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31 Mar 2009, 11:41 am
"  Sandy Levinson (who, in full disclosure, was a professor of mine while I was in law school) is quoted as saying that "Heller will more likely than not turn out to be of no significance to anyone but constitutional theorists. [read post]
30 Mar 2009, 3:34 pm
"I agree with Sandy on one thing: Senator Gillibrand's response to the story is weak. [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]
3 Mar 2009, 6:05 am
(Sandy Levinson's post immediately below pointing out the antidemocratic difficulties created by the filibuster might suggest that Obama won't be able to pass anything. [read post]
13 Feb 2009, 8:57 am
Sandy Levinson of this blog has also signed onto that proposal; however, in this op-ed Sandy has also argued for a different proposal that would feature fixed 18 year terms for the Justices.Here is the proposal for regularizing Supreme Court appointments:PROPOSAL I: REGULAR APPOINTMENTS TOTHE SUPREME COURTOne question to be considered is the prospect that as Justices retain power for extended lengths of time, appointments to the Court are made so infrequently as to… [read post]
11 Feb 2009, 5:09 pm
This is the title of Sandy Levinson's post, over at Balkinization, reacting to (the New York Times'  account and characterization of) Pope Benedict XVI's recent dealings with several formerly-schismatic Catholic bishops, including one who is clearly a loathesome Holocaust denier. [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]
22 Dec 2008, 11:52 am
I'm ordinarily a patient predator, but Sandy Levinson definitely has a point about the inordinate delay between the election and actual change of governments. [read post]
22 Nov 2008, 7:58 am
Sandy Levinson has frequently criticized the gap between the election and inauguration as a poor example of constitutional design. [read post]
4 Nov 2008, 10:16 am
(Credit Sandy Levinson for making this point in a colloquy with me at the GW Law Review conference a couple of weeks ago and more generally, for proposing numerous changes to Our Undemocratic Constitution.)One advantage to the current system is that it gives Senators and their staff an opportunity to consider the credentials of Cabinet nominees before holding confirmation hearings. [read post]
28 Sep 2008, 7:12 pm
Sandy Levinson apparently agrees with the need for more-active moderators (perhaps drawn from the smartest and more-principled of the commentariat--he names, among others, Andrew Sullivan, Paul Krugman, Charles Krauthammer, and E.J. [read post]
22 Sep 2008, 10:21 am
  Sandy Levinson asked When does a political/economic crisis become a constitutional one? [read post]
21 Sep 2008, 1:09 am
Why do people like me and Sandy Levinson keep talking about the Nazi philosopher Carl Schmitt? [read post]
18 Sep 2008, 11:41 am
(Sandy Levinson discusses the article, too, nearby.) [read post]
17 Sep 2008, 6:55 am
Sandy Levinson and I have just posted our latest paper, Constitutional Crises, on SSRN. [read post]
12 Sep 2008, 2:26 pm
TPM, Annals of Suspension TalkLeft, McCain’s Desperate Gamble Informed Comment, Palin’s Russian Roulette Dave Hoffman, Concurring Opinions, John McCain’s Unworkable Plan to Deregulate and Insure Our Way Out of the Crisis Thursday tristero, Hullabaloo, points us to this great video on McCain’s role in the Keating Five Sandy Levinson, Thoughts on John McCain as our constitutional dictator Crooks & Liars, McCain’s… [read post]