Contributions by ‘Sanford Levinson’

Mastering the Cases and Delineating the Role of the Supreme Court

The first thing readers of Keith Whittington’s remarkable book should notice is its title, Judicial Review of Acts of Congress from the Founding to the Present. What he has done is to carefully read and evaluate 1308 cases decided over the entire history of the United States Supreme Court, from the beginning until the end…

Presidential Elections and Constitutional Stupidities.

Why the Canon Should Be Expanded to Include the Insular Cases and the Saga of American Expansionism

What Are the Facts of Marbury V. Madison?

Shards of Citizenship, Shards of Sovereignty: On the Continued Usefulness of an Old Vocabulary. Book Review of: Semblances of Sovereignty: The Constitution, the State, and American Citizenship. By T. Alexander Aleinikoff

So Much to Rewrite, So Little Time….

Accounting for Constitutional Change (Or, How Many Times Has the United States Constitution Been Amended? (A) 26; (D) All of the Above)

Authorizing Constitutional Text: On the Purported Twenty-Seventh Amendment.

The Political Implications of Amending Clauses.

Book Review: Dimensions of Tolerance: What Americans Believe about Civil Liberties. By Herbert Mcclosky and Alida Brill.