http://bench.nationalreview.com/ en-us benchmemos@nationalreview.com 2009-07-04T08:37:20-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://bench.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YjBjYzg1ZjRlNGE2MzIxYTA4NmNhMDAxMDdhMjQ4YjM= Over at The Corner, Jonah points us to a piece by historian Joseph Ellis at The Daily Beast about what really happened on July 4, 1776.nbsp; The short... . . . 2009-07-04T08:37:20-05:00 http://bench.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NWZjZTExZjk0MDQwNTUyMTliYmI0ODY1OTE5OWNmODk= 1776mdash;The Declaration of Independence is a stirring statement of Americarsquo;s creed, but is it also a sexist and xenophobic document?nbsp; Defen... . . . 2009-07-04T08:00:00-05:00 http://bench.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MmNkYTE5Mjg1NDM0OWQwZGQ4ODhiNzhiMDIyZDMxNzY= The basic concept which lies at the heart of my point about Congress, courts and the Fourteenth Amendment is indeterminacy. Consider as examples some ... . . . 2009-07-03T12:05:43-05:00 http://bench.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NzI1YzljMDQ0NWI5Yzc0NDQzN2Y3MmU4MWY1MDM0NmM= Professor Bradley, I think your last post nicely illuminates our disagreement, but Irsquo;m having trouble seeing the grounds for the asymmetry that y... . . . 2009-07-02T18:13:10-05:00 http://bench.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MTRhYWQyYzRiZTBiNjAzMTg1ODNlYzY4NTFlZjNmYmE= Well, Douglas Kmiec won't get a judicial nomination in return for supporting Barack Obama, but he is going to become the Ambassador to Malta. . . . 2009-07-02T16:26:04-05:00 http://bench.nationalreview.com/post/?q=Y2JiYjk3MzMwNmZmNjFjODhiOGFlYzM5NTZkYTc2YjE= Anthony supplies some needed balance and context to the remarks I posted yesterday. I surely agree with him that, from my remarks, it does not follow ... . . . 2009-07-02T15:23:00-05:00 http://bench.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MDZjN2VmODE1Y2Q5YzMxMzAzN2U0YzBmZDZhOGIyZmI= Professor Bradley, your input is very welcome. I donrsquo;t think the historical record is so clear that the ratifiers of the Fourteenth Amendment wan... . . . 2009-07-02T13:25:11-05:00 http://bench.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZmZlYTgwY2IxNmY2ZjcwM2JiZDI3NTY4YWMzODdkNDA= Thatrsquo;s the headline from Rasmussen Reports on its analysis of its latest survey of public opinion on the Sotomayor nomination.nbsp; Even more str... . . . 2009-07-02T10:19:19-05:00 http://bench.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YTcwNmE0OTY3NzA1OWZjZmJlZjgyZTE1ZWVkYjFlNzA= To the very useful exchange in progress between Anthony and Ramesh I would add an invitation to anyone who considers the question to un-learn their co... . . . 2009-07-01T16:34:39-05:00 http://bench.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YjgzNDdjOTIzNTY1MTg2ZTlhMjc3MTRkMDc3N2VlOWI= Two weeks ago, I discussed Judge Sotomayorrsquo;s terribly muddled April 2009 speech in which she offers a blanket defense of freewheeling resort to f... . . . 2009-07-01T15:49:51-05:00 http://bench.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZmQ5YWM5ZGM1ODYxMzBhNGI0YmQ2ZmRhZjA2MjhjNTU= Ramesh, Irsquo;m open to taking into account the background assumptions of the framers concerning the scope of the judicial power. I donrsquo;t think ... . . . 2009-07-01T14:48:30-05:00 http://bench.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ODVjZDA5NzY1Y2VjYmQ0ZTExNzQyNGM2NTdmYTU4ZmI= In her notorious 2001 Berkeley speech titled ldquo;A Latina Judgersquo;s Voice,rdquo; Judge Sotomayor discussed what she called ldquo;Latino represent... . . . 2009-07-01T11:14:04-05:00 http://bench.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OGRhMmM1ZDcxYzFlNmM3NTljOTBhZWE3NmFmNmQ3Yjg= I got some grief four years ago, on the occasion of Justice O'Connor's announced intention to retire, when I argued that until she was gone for keeps ... . . . 2009-06-30T17:56:40-05:00 http://bench.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZThmNjY3OTJmNTZlZmZiNDg1YjRjYTBiMWM3NGFiYjM= Anthony, I believe you are reading the narrow interpretation Bradley mentioned too narrowly. There's no reason to assume a limitation to physical dama... . . . 2009-06-30T15:31:28-05:00 http://bench.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZjI2YzZjM2FkNzNkN2NkMDhjOWM4ZTNjNWQ1NjQ5OWE= Ramesh, Judge McConnellrsquo;s article doesnrsquo;t explicitly say that the Fourteenth Amendment commands colorblindness, but I think the clear implic... . . . 2009-06-30T13:18:25-05:00 http://bench.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MzY3Yzc5OWJkMzg2YzBiNjI2MWU5YjI5ZDc3NTMzNjI= On May 1, Justice Souter sent a letter to President Obama in which he stated, ldquo;When the Supreme Court rises for the summer recess this year, I in... . . . 2009-06-30T11:35:57-05:00 http://bench.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MDI2OGFhMTA4MmZkODVmOWNhYjgxNWZmMWMxMGMwMjk= Well, only in Scrapplefacersquo;s world of parody. . . . 2009-06-30T11:00:13-05:00 http://bench.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OGYxZjJiMmU4MWI0MTQzYWI5YTg5ZmU4ODhkMjY3ZmE= A follow-up to this post of mine, which passed along the contention by Sotomayor supporters that her position and that of Justice Ginsburg and the oth... . . . 2009-06-30T07:21:08-05:00 http://bench.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZDRlZDE0ZmNjNDExOTZmZjMyZTNmODIxOGM2NTBlNmI= Anthony, you write, "But I do think there are good-faith originalist arguments that the EPC commands colorblindness, andnbsp;I don't take it that your... . . . 2009-06-29T21:24:25-05:00 http://bench.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OGEzOGRmYjg1NjNkMzYzYWRlYWMzZjc4ZDZkZDI1ZTI= Ramesh, it seems to me that the Equal Protection Clause is one of many examples of a constitutional provision whose precise meaning is probably indete... . . . 2009-06-29T18:44:40-05:00