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8 May 2008, 4:23 am
The Jack Balkin (our generous host) who, along with Sandy Levinson, articulates a descriptive theory of the development of constitutional law as largely a matter of "partisan entrenchment" appears to be in tension with the Jack Balkin who is building a version of originalism as a prescriptive theory of constitutional interpretation. [read post]
28 Apr 2008, 6:25 am
I think Sandy is right. [read post]
28 Apr 2008, 6:13 am
And in some cases, it appears from Sandy Levinson's comment on Balkinization, the student editors *are* asking for reviews of certain books and it's hard for them to get the targeted authors to agree to write the particular review. [read post]
24 Apr 2008, 7:58 pm
Jack argues that one of the government's legal approaches to terror threats-bring early cases against people who pose remote threats, rather than waiting for them to act, so as to disrupt terror plots even at the risk of failing to secure convictions-is characteristic of the new National Surveillance State that we now live in, an idea that is discussed in this paper by Jack and Sandy Levinson. [read post]
29 Mar 2008, 11:17 pm
Steve TelesLet me state right up front that I think Jack's theory (jointly produced with Sandy Levinson) is, as essentially electoral theories of constitutional change go, about as good as you can get. [read post]
23 Mar 2008, 9:35 am
Obviously, many conservative arguments (made sincerely, I do not doubt) were for a return to the older, "correct" readings of the Constitution, but the actual effect of the practice was an exercise in living Constitutionalism.You can read Teles' book as a partial critique of Sandy Levinson's and my theory of partisan entrenchment, which argues that constitutional change comes from successive appointments in the federal judiciary, reflecting the vector sum of… [read post]
29 Feb 2008, 9:50 pm
"Now the key issue for an original meaning originalist, as Sandy Levinson, Jordan Steiker and I pointed out back in 1995, is whether "at the time of adoption of this Constitution" refers only to "Citizen of the United States" or also to the antecedent clause, "a natural born Citizen. [read post]
11 Jan 2008, 12:57 am
In this article with Sandy Levinson and on the pages of this blog I've been arguing that the United States is gradually moving from a National Security State to a National Surveillance State, which uses new information technologies and both public action and private cooperation to govern through the collection, collation, and analysis of information obtained through a wide variety of surveillance practices. [read post]
28 Dec 2007, 3:02 am
Sandy Levinson and I have argued that we are gradually moving from a national security state to a national surveillance state, with greatly increased delegations of power to the executive to collect, collate, and analyze information for purposes of everyday governance. [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]
22 Dec 2007, 8:20 am
Roosevelt's effort to forge a purer coalition stalled his program completely.For the past year, my friend and co-blogger Sandy Levinson has called for a political movement for constitutional reform. [read post]
14 Dec 2007, 4:36 pm
Sullivan and the Mitchell Report, Jack Balkin and Sanyd Levinson assert that Roger Clemens cannot "clear his name" by suing George Mitchell for libel, assuming he never took steroids or HGH. [read post]
13 Dec 2007, 2:10 pm
My colleague Sandy Levinson asked me whether Roger Clemens got a raw deal. [read post]
26 Nov 2007, 4:09 am
SANDY LEVINSON: According to a blog published by the New York Times, Hillary Clinton has told Iowa voters, â € œI believe in the Second Amendment, and I donâ € ™t see any contradiction between the Second Amendment and laws that keep guns out of the hands of criminals. [read post]
21 Nov 2007, 7:54 am
A LOOK AT the Second Amendment as a teaching tool in Constitutional Law classes, with a link to an article by me, Eugene Volokh, Sandy Levinson, Bob Cottrol, and Scot Powe on the subject. [read post]
20 Nov 2007, 8:54 am
I just read an interesting post by Sandy Levinson on the blog, Balkinization on Nativism and the American Right. [read post]
24 Oct 2007, 6:10 am
University of Texas law professor Sandy Levinson has recently published a... [read post]
6 Oct 2007, 3:55 pm
And just as lame.Over at Balkinization, Sandy Levinson -- who taught Blawgletter a thing or two about writing -- lays out constitutional amendments that he'd like to see. [read post]
4 Oct 2007, 5:59 am
Sandy Levinson and I will be providing comments today at Georgetown at Noon on Louis Michael Seidman's new book, Silence and Freedom. [read post]
3 Oct 2007, 7:55 pm
As Sandy Levinson at Balkinization laments, our Constitution starts looking a bit frayed around the edges when such a popular initiative can be stopped in its tracks by a determined president and 1/3 + 1 of one (gerrymandered and polarized) chamber of Congress. [read post]
