It contains reviews of Judging Free Speech: First Amendment Jurisprudence of US Supreme Court Justices (edited by Helen Knowles and Steven Lichtman); William Howell and Terry Moe’s Relic: How Our Constitution Undermines Effective Government— and Why We Need a More Powerful Presidency (also reviewed here) and Saikrishna Prakash‘s "Imperial from the Beginning: The Constitution of the Original Executive (also reviewed here and here). [read post]