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10 Jan 2014, 10:57 am
As many friends, most notably Sandy Levinson and Mark Tushnet have pointed out, the way in which constitutions structure politics at particular times often has more influence on who gets what from government than constitutional law. [read post]
21 Aug 2015, 8:55 am
” Sandy Levinson aside, very few people who label themselves constitutional theorists are concerned with the problem that occupied Madison, namely how power could best be organized to ensure that Americans are treated equally and justly. [read post]
3 Jun 2018, 10:25 am
A few days ago, Professor Sandy Levinson argued on this blog that to believe the ERA would pass, one would have to believe Congress has no power to set time limits for amendments and that states cannot rescind their ratifications. [read post]
21 Dec 2012, 12:44 pm
University of Texas School of Law, January 24-26, 2013Conference Schedule (tentative)Thursday, 5:30-7:30pm (Law School Auditorium): The State of the Union, Evan Smith (moderator) Mickey Edwards, Bill Galston, Sandy Levinson, Tom Mann, Norman Ornstein, Alan Wolfe Friday (Eidman Courtroom) 9:15-10:45am: Compromise and governance, Elizabeth Sherman (moderator)… [read post]
10 Dec 2019, 10:25 am
" Jack Balkin and Sandy Levinson both take issue with this, emphasizing the decidedly inegalitarian realities of the Fourteenth Amendment as well as of the religious and philosophical traditions underpinning the principle of reciprocity. [read post]
18 Jul 2022, 6:30 am
Sandy Levinson got it just right in saying that presumably one can teach as much concerning analysis of legal systems by talking about sports as by talking about the Dormant Commerce Clause – but for many students talking about sports is a whole lot more fun. [read post]
10 Jun 2022, 6:30 am
This post was prepared for a roundtable on Constitutional Faith and Veneration, convened as part of LevinsonFest 2022—a year-long series gathering scholars from diverse disciplines and viewpoints to reflect on Sandy Levinson’s influential work in constitutional law. [read post]
24 Nov 2021, 6:30 am
Sandy Levinson reminds us that Mark Graber has ar [read post]
7 Feb 2017, 5:05 am
" Sandy Levinson and I wrote an article about constitutional crises in 2009. [read post]
24 Dec 2006, 12:38 pm
In the past year and a half, I have added the blogging team that Jack established and that Sandy Levinson, Marty Lederman and so many others have enlivened, to my own friends, and beyond them, a circle of readers - some crotchety, some exasperating, and others who offer essential moral support (and even a keen editorial eye and blue pencil, which must be what every poster hopes for). [read post]
14 Apr 2010, 7:24 pm
My dear friend Sandy Levinson posts briefly on this over at Balkinization, and comments on a speech by Jack Goldsmith at University of Texas: I note that Jack Goldsmith gave an excellent talk at the University of Texas last week making the argument that in almost all fundamental respects the Obama Administration is continuing the “anti– and counter-terrorism” policies of the “second Bush Administration,” i.e., the second-term Bush presidency that freed… [read post]
26 Dec 2007, 9:25 am
I invite anyone on this list to join the discussion there.The heart of Mark's post is as follows:For the past year, my friend and co-blogger Sandy Levinson has called for a political movement for constitutional reform. [read post]
14 Apr 2010, 7:43 pm
My dear friend Sandy Levinson posts briefly on this over at Balkinization, and comments on a speech by Jack Goldsmith at University of Texas: I note that Jack Goldsmith gave an excellent talk at the University of Texas last week making the argument that in almost all fundamental respects the Obama Administration is continuing the “anti– and counter-terrorism” policies of the “second Bush Administration,” i.e., the second-term Bush presidency… [read post]
28 Apr 2008, 6:25 am
I think Sandy is right. [read post]
16 Jan 2009, 4:11 am
Although the work was published in a series edited by Sandy Levinson, we hear very little of Constitutions as iron cages or, from my dismal perspective, problems of constitutional evil. [read post]
21 Dec 2009, 5:15 am
What ails the system does not require a constitutional amendment (pace my dear friend Sandy Levinson). [read post]
27 Jun 2008, 1:30 pm
Over at Balkinization, Sandy Levinson offers his initial thoughts on the decision here. [read post]
4 Mar 2009, 8:34 am
James Read, the author of the new University of Kansas Press book on John Calhoun, Majority Rule versus Consensus, has asked me to post the following comment, which I am happy to do:I would like to follow up on Sandy Levinson's post, "Does Calhoun still live? [read post]
5 Jul 2011, 7:44 am
One of my pet peeves – and an inspiration for my current project – is that the court-centered obsessions of law professors (much lamented by Sandy Levinson, amongst others) have led us to believe that the phrase “constitutional theory” applies only to theories advanced to advise judges about the “best” or “only legitimate way” to interpret the constitutional text. [read post]
3 Aug 2011, 11:43 am
The most important constitutional question in 2011, as Sandy Levinson never tires of reminding us, is whether the Constitution of the United States (or many state constitutions) provides a means of staffing the government and making rules that enables government to do a decent job filling in potholes. [read post]
