Is Griswold v. Connecticut Consistent with the Original Meaning?
Griswold – which held that married couples had a constitutional right to use contraceptives – is an extremely popular case. Supreme Court nominees usually feel the need to approve of the decision in...
View ArticleI Have a Dream–or Rather Had a Dream . . . about Griswold v. Connecticut
Dreams are surreal, of course, and often you wonder where in the world some dream could have come from. In this instance, though, I think I know: I suspect that my dream was prompted by a post on this...
View ArticleOriginalist Rules of Precedent
In my last two posts on precedent, I argued for two propositions. First, the Constitution contemplates precedent as a legal consideration in some circumstances and determines the appropriate...
View ArticleSupreme Failures from the Court
It should come as no surprise that many conservative legal thinkers consider Roe v. Wade to be among the worst decisions ever handed down by the Supreme Court. The fiftieth anniversary of Roe is also...
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