Here's Jack Balkin's analysis of Judge Taylor's ruling in the NSA warrantless wiretapping lawsuit. He likes the outcome, doesn't like the rationale and isn't sure it will survive an appeal. I tend to agree with him.
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Another outbreak of debate about originalism as the proper mode of constitutional interpretation has broken out all around the blogosphere, particularly among some of my favorite legal scholars.
As a follow up on Specter's new bill (see full text here), I suggest this post by Or
Chris Geidner has a roundup of the reactions from around the blogosphere to last week's New York court ruling in favor of gay marriage, including analysis of the decision from
Jack Balkin has a couple of fascinating essays on how easily originalism is used to justify a particular result, an argument I have long made myself.