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Showing posts with label originalism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label originalism. Show all posts
Monday, February 15, 2016

A Matter of Interpretation: Federal Courts and the Law Antonin Scalia

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One article on Scalia argues that this book marks "the high point of his intellectual influence across party lines." I offer it be...

From Scotusblog: Commentary: Scalia in history — a first draft

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Lyle Denniston takes a crack at figuring out how history might remember Scalia. He sees a mixed bag. - Click here for the article . Histo...
Sunday, February 14, 2016

538: How Scalia Became The Most Influential Conservative Jurist Since The New Deal

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More supporting the idea that Scalia helped transform the Supreme Court. - Click here for the article . Think of the Supreme Court as a s...
Saturday, January 16, 2016

This didn't take long - from The Hill: Attorney files 'birther' lawsuit against Cruz

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This will be worth following. I assume it will go through the courts quickly, but who knows? The article reports that Marco Rubio's elig...
Monday, January 11, 2016

From the Los Angeles Times: Is Ted Cruz a 'natural born Citizen'? Not if you're a constitutional originalist.

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I want to walk through this article - slowly - my dual credit classes this week and next because it perfectly illustrates what I want you t...

A few major court cases related to the Second Amendment

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Attention DHS dual credit students - we will walk through these cases, and the laws they challenge, at some point in class as a way to see h...
Saturday, January 9, 2016

Governor Abbott joins list of politicians calling for a convention to amend the United States Constitution

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Looks like good material for the spring semester. The Texas Tribune writes up his call here:  Abbott Calls on States to Amend U.S. Constitut...