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27 May 2011, 6:25 pm by Lawrence Solum
Ranging from particular enthusiasts of "non-originalism," to Ronald Dworkin' s metaphoric likening of the Supreme Court to "Hercules," to Bruce Ackerman's special notion of "non-textual amendments" (i.e., constitutional changes resulting during special "constitutional moments"), and nearly a dozen theories in all, each "theory" advances its own idea of a "living" constitution. [read post]
22 May 2011, 2:36 pm by Lawrence Solum
 This third approach is strongly associated with the work of Bruce Ackerman—perhaps the most influential constitutional theorist since Alex [read post]
26 Apr 2011, 7:27 am by Thomas Crocker
Professors Bruce Ackerman and Yochai Benkler published an open letter in the New York Review of Books with signatures from many law professors (including the present writer), calling for the administration to justify publicly the precise grounds for Private Manning’s extraordinary conditions of detention (which include forced nudity, regular sleep disruption, and solitary confinement) and to end any procedures not justified. [read post]
20 Apr 2011, 5:07 am by Lawrence Solum
Here is the abstract: This is a review essay of Bruce Ackerman's new book, The Decline and Fall of the American Republic. [read post]
11 Apr 2011, 8:20 pm by Social Sciences Faculty Librarian
Obama’s Unconstitutional War - By Bruce Ackerman Why His War in Libya Is Unconstitutional The Qaddafi I Know - By Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni 4 Things I Like About Libya’s Leader … and 5 Things I Don’t Regularly Scheduled Conflict - By Hussein Ibish Will a New Israel-Hamas Fight Derail the Arab Revolutions? [read post]
8 Apr 2011, 10:57 am by Eugene Volokh
The first issue features an article by Stuart Chinn of the University of Oregon School of Law, with commentary by Bruce Ackerman of the Yale Law School and Sanford Levinson of the University of Texas School of Law.* The Congressional Record, FantasyLaw Edition, is a student-edited journal (formerly an adjunct to the Green Bag) focusing on empirical analysis of the activities of federal legislators.And we will be introducing at least one additional journal in the next issue of… [read post]
30 Mar 2011, 5:02 am by John Steele
Advocates of structural reform, such as Bruce Ackerman, view sanctions as small change, and urge OLC’s makeover as an adjudicative body. [read post]
28 Mar 2011, 12:00 am by George M. Wallace
Blawg Review #304—The "Spooked by Nukes" Edition ~~~  "A nuclear era, but I have no fear.... [read post]
26 Mar 2011, 7:57 am by annalthouse@gmail.com (Ann Althouse)
Lawprof Bruce Ackerman explains: After the Vietnam War, Congress passed the War Powers Resolution, which granted the president the power to act unilaterally for 60 days in response to a "national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces. [read post]
25 Mar 2011, 1:58 pm by axd10
Selected Article Citations on Presidential Powers Bruce Ackerman & Oona Hathaway, Limited War and the Constitution: Iraq and the Crisis of Presidential Legality, 109 Michigan L. [read post]
25 Mar 2011, 10:40 am
In particular, it is hard to account for the extraordinary increase in presidential power that Arthur Schlesinger has described as the “imperial presidency,” and which is critiqued in Bruce Ackerman’s most recent work, simply in terms of formal amendments and judicial precedents. [read post]
21 Mar 2011, 1:02 pm by mv284
Still, if like me you thought the Constitution requires something more than a heads-up on this kind of thing, two recent pieces by Professors Bruce Ackerman and Oona Hathaway will be of interest. [read post]
20 Mar 2011, 9:59 pm by Lyonette Louis-Jacques
 (Natalie Oman, Opinio Juris, March 17, 2011)("responsibility to protect") It's Not Up to the President to Impose a No-Fly Zone Over Libya(Bruce Ackerman & Oona A. [read post]
20 Mar 2011, 9:01 pm by Editor
Bruce Ackerman (Yale) and Yochai Benkler (Harvard) are circulating a letter protesting the inhumane conditions of Bradley Manning's detention and asking for law professor support. [read post]
20 Mar 2011, 9:01 pm by Editor
Bruce Ackerman (Yale) and Yochai Benkler (Harvard) are circulating a letter protesting the inhumane conditions of Bradley Manning's detention and asking for law professor support. [read post]
16 Mar 2011, 8:08 am by Brian Leiter
A good statement by Bruce Ackerman (Yale) and Yochai Benkler (Harvard). [read post]
16 Mar 2011, 8:06 am by Brian Leiter
A good statement by two law professors, Bruce Ackerman (Yale) and Yochai Benkler (Harvard). [read post]
3 Mar 2011, 8:24 am by Patrick S. O'Donnell
Bruce Ackerman has an essay in Foreign Policy, “Parliament to the Rescue,” in which he claims, among other things, that “Egypt’s military has begun to commandeer its revolution. [read post]