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14 Jun 2012, 4:35 am by JB
My latest article, The Distribution of Political Faith, is now available on SSRN.This article is part of a symposium on my 2011 book Constitutional Redemption: Political Faith in an Unjust World (Harvard University Press), and that also celebrated the republication of Sanford Levinson's Constitutional Faith (Princeton University Press 1989).Faith in the Constitution is a key aspect of both books. [read post]
8 Jun 2012, 9:20 am by JB
Scott Horton interviews Sandy about his new book, Framed, at Harper's Magazine online. [read post]
30 May 2012, 4:01 pm by Lawrence Solum
Here is the abstract: This essay, part of a symposium on Jack Balkin's Constitutional Redemption and Sanford Levinson's Constitutional Faith, seeks to explain the curious disregard many originalists show toward the Fourteenth Amendment. [read post]
30 May 2012, 9:06 am by Tom Smith
via campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com I've seen Sanford Levinson (who authored the piece linked to) speak a number of times. [read post]
30 May 2012, 6:14 am by pete.black@gmail.com (Peter Black)
Clever but no mention of Eddie Stobart barristers" pjblack.me/KVnknc#auslaw "Cook Reveals More Details About Apple’s Product Naming Policies, And Yes, The ‘S’ Stands For Siri" pjblack.me/KVmsPE sanford levinson curses how hard it is to amend the american constitution: "Our Imbecilic Constitution" pjblack.me/KBqY8S #lwb242 "Privatize Marriage" pjblack.me/KYt0yn /via @shaneogden from… [read post]
30 May 2012, 6:07 am by Bridget Crawford
Fleming (PDF) Constitutional Cultures, Democracy, and Unwritten Principles – Jeffrey Goldsworthy (PDF) Jack Balkin As the Picasso of Constitutional Theorists – Sanford Levinson (PDF) The Constitution Can Do No Wrong – Gerard Magliocca (PDF) The Abstract Meaning Fallacy – John O. [read post]
29 May 2012, 7:59 pm by University of Illinois Law Review
Fleming (PDF) Constitutional Cultures, Democracy, and Unwritten Principles – Jeffrey Goldsworthy (PDF) Jack Balkin As the Picasso of Constitutional Theorists – Sanford Levinson (PDF) The Constitution Can Do No Wrong – Gerard Magliocca (PDF) The Abstract Meaning Fallacy – John O. [read post]
29 May 2012, 10:59 am by jleaming@acslaw.org
As Sanford Levinson, a leading constitutional scholar writes in a column for The New York Times critical discussion of the Constitution’s imperfections and their impact on governance is needed, but often impossible to entertain because of the reticence to do so by prominent politicians. [read post]
10 Apr 2012, 8:05 am by JB
The Internet and digital media, which blend traditional legal experts, journalists, commentators, and the general public, have, if anything, enhanced these features of American constitutional culture.The all-star cast of participants includes: Bruce Ackerman (Yale), Akhil Amar (Yale), Jack Balkin (Yale), Emily Bazelon (Yale, Slate), Joan Biskupic (Reuters News), Sujit Choudhry (NYU), Justin Driver (Texas, New Republic), Garrett Epps (University of Baltimore, American Prospect), Barry Friedman (NYU),… [read post]
23 Mar 2012, 12:45 pm by Andrew Koppelman
With all the extensive discussion of the merits (or lack thereof) of the constitutional complaints against the health insurance mandate, it’s worth taking a moment to reflect on what it would mean if the Court struck it down.Jack Balkin and Sanford Levinson have distinguished two senses in which constitutional law decisions can be political. [read post]
21 Mar 2012, 9:30 pm by Dan Ernst
”  The workshop will be led by Sanford Levinson, the W. [read post]
19 Mar 2012, 8:00 am by Glenn Reynolds
IN THE MAIL: From Sanford Levinson, Framed: America’s 51 Constitutions and the Crisis of Governance. [read post]
8 Mar 2012, 8:27 pm by Ilya Somin
(Ilya Somin) In this recent post, University of Texas constitutional law professor Sanford Levinson calls for a reassessment of our federal and state constitutions: [I]nstead of being fixated on what the Constitution means, one instead asks whether the Constitution, given a stipulated meaning that may in fact not be at all difficult to discern, is in fact wise. [read post]
6 Feb 2012, 3:25 am by New Books Script
25 new acquisitions for the Osgoode Hall Law School Library, including 1 from 2012: Successions et libe? [read post]
26 Jan 2012, 7:24 am by Glenn Reynolds
As Sanford Levinson has noted, though, their traditions are not ours: Such analyses provide the basis for Edward Abbey’s revision of a common bumper sticker, “If guns are outlawed, only the government will have guns.” 67 One of the things this slogan has helped me to understand is the political tilt contained within the Weberian definition of the state — i.e., the repository of a monopoly of the legitimate means of violence 68 — that is so commonly… [read post]
18 Jan 2012, 12:00 pm by Tomiko Brown-Nagin
 Sanford Levinson (Texas--Law & Political Science) offers a fascinating response to Greene. [read post]
17 Jan 2012, 2:03 pm by Dan Ernst
  Participants include Jack Balkin, Sanford Levinson, Mark Graber, Eric Foner, Aviam Soifer, Alexander Tsesis and Rebecca Zietlow [read post]
17 Jan 2012, 5:44 am by Lawrence Solum
The closest subway stop is 116th street (1 train). 9.00am: Opening Remarks 9.15-10.30am: Panel I: Thirteenth Amendment in Context · Jack Balkin-Yale Law School & Sanford Levinson-University of Texas School of Law [co-presenting] · Mark Graber-University of Maryland School of Law · George Rutherglen-University of Virginia School of Law Moderator: Prof. [read post]