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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]
4 Jan 2012, 12:55 pm by Harvard Law Review
  In this response, Professor Sanford Levinson questions whether the vitriol visited upon anticanonical cases, whether by lawyers or the laity, is necessarily defensible. [read post]
22 Sep 2011, 6:16 pm by Glenn Reynolds
Meanwhile, on the subject of constitutional conventions and amendments, there’s also this new issue of the Tennessee Law Review, featuring contributions by everyone from Richard Epstein to Sanford Levinson to Randy Barnett. [read post]
21 Sep 2011, 1:58 pm by ct286
Event location:  122 Event time:  Wednesday, October 5, 2011 - 6:10pm - 7:00pm Please join Jack Balkin and Visiting Professor Sanford Levinson as they discuss Professor Balkin's newest work: Constitutional Redemption: Political Faith in an Unjust World.During this book talk, Balkin will argue that the American constitutional project is… [read post]
18 Sep 2011, 7:53 am by Ilya Somin
A number of liberal legal scholars, such as Sanford Levinson, believe it’s a bad idea to give some states fifty times greater representation per capita in the Senate than others. [read post]