Volume 31

Issue 3

871ForewordJustice Antonin Scalia
875A Critical Introduction to the Originalism DebateSteven G. Calabresi
Symposium Essays On Originalism
I. Originalism and Pragmatism
901Pragmatism’s Role In InterpretationFrank H. Easterbrook
907Two (More) Problems With OriginalismLarry Kramer
917A Pragmatic Defense of OriginalismJohn O. McGinnis & Michael B. Rappaport
937Originalism and Pragmatism: False FriendsJeffrey Rosen
II. Originalism and Precedent
947Text vs. Precedent In Constitutional LawSteven G. Calabresi
961On Text and PrecedentAkhil Reed Amar
969Why Conservatives Shouldn’t Be OriginalistsDavid A. Strauss
977The Conservative Case For PrecedentThomas W. Merrill
983Resisting the RatchetStephen J. Markman
III. The Original Meaning of the Commerce, Spending, and Necessary and Proper Clauses
991A Government of Adequate PowersMichael Stokes Paulsen
1005The Choice Between Madison and FDRRandy Barnett
Articles
1017Paper Money and the Original Understanding of The Coinage ClauseRobert G. Natelson
1083The Original Meaning of the Free Exercise Clause: The Evidence From the First CongressVincent Phillip Muñoz
Essays
1121Thinking About OriginalismCharles R. Kesler
1129Costituting the Constitution: Understanding the American Constitution Through the British Cultural ConstitutionGarrett Ward Sheldon
Note
1139Politics, Constitutional Interpretation, and Media Ecology: An Argument Against Judicial Minimalism
Recent Developments: The Supreme Court of the United States, 2006 Term
1159Reconceptualizing Split-Recovery Statutes: Philip Morris USA v. Williams, 127 S. Ct. 1057 (2007)
1169Playing Lawyers: The Implications of Endowing Parents with Substantive Rights Under Idea in Winkelman v. Parma City School District, 127 S. Ct. 1994 (2007)
1183Avoiding Mead: The Problem with Unanimity in Long Island Care at Home, Ltd. v. Coke, 127 S. Ct. 2339 (2007)
1195No Taxation Without Separation: The Supreme Court Passes on an Opportunity to End Establishment Clause Exceptionalism, Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc., 127 S. Ct. 2553 (2007)

Issue 2

Essays In Honor Of Judge Robert H. Bork
I. Competition Law and the Free Market
439The Chicago School and Exlcusionary ConductFrank H. Easterbrook
449Judge Bork, Consumer Welfare, and Antitrust LawDouglas H. Ginsburg
455The Abiding Influence of The Antitrust ParadoxGeorge L. Priest
II. Judicial Philosophy and Originalism
467Of Inkblots and Originalism: Historical Ambiguity and the Case of the Ninth AmendmentKurt T. Lash
473On the Hypothesis that Lie at the Foundations of OriginalismJohn Harrison
485The Misunderstood Relationship Between Originalism and Popular SovereigntySaikrishna B. Prakash
III. Law and Culture
495Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar’s, and unto God that which is God’sSteven G. Calabresi
505Slouching Towards Gomorrah, RevisitedRobert P. George
511The Borkean Case Against Robert Bork’s Case for CensorshipIlya Somin
Articles
519Partial-Birth Abortion and the Perils of Constitutional Common LawRobert J. Pushaw, Jr.
593Demystifying the Right to Exclude: Of Property, Inviolability, and Automatic InjunctionsShyamkrishna Balganesh
663A New Architecture of Commercial Speech LawCharles Fischette
717Judicial Review of Local Land Use Decisions: Lessons from RLUIPAAshira Pelman Ostrow
Essay
761Lopez, Morrison, and Raich: Federalism in the Rehnquist CourtLino A. Graglia
Book Review
795Yoo’s Labour’s Lost: Jack Goldsmith’s Nine-Month Saga in the Office of Legal CounselDouglas W. Kmiec
Recent Developments: The Supreme Court of the United States, 2006 Term
827A “Plausible” Explanation of Pleading Standards Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 127 S. Ct. 1955 (2007)
841The Veil of Vagueness: Reasonableness Review in Rita v. United States, 127 S. Ct. 2456 (2007)
855The Course Correction: A Century in the Making Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc., 127 S. Ct. 2705 (2007)

Issue 1

PrefaceRobert R. Porter
Foreword
1A Founder’s Retrospective: The Journal at 30 YearsSpencer Abraham
Symposium
Law and Morality
7On the Foundations and Nature of MoralityRobert P. Burns
I. Moral Choices and the Eight Amendment
25Moral Choices, Moral Truth, and the Eighth AmendmentRonald J. Allen
35Methodology, Proportionality, Equality: Which Moral Question Does the Eight Amendment Pose?Laurence Claus
47Morality in Eighth Amendment JurisprudenceMichael S. Moore
II. Government Promotion of Moral Issues
69Government Promotion of Moral Issues: Gambling, Smoking, and AdvertisingLino A. Graglia
77What Is the Government’s Role in Promoting Morals?… Seriously?G. Marcus Cole
85How to Reverse Government Imposition of Immorality: A Strategy for Eroding Roe v. WadeSteven G. Calabresi
III. The Morality of First Amendment Jurisprudence
95The Morality of First Amendment JurisprudencePhyllis Schlafly
105Why Phyllis Schlafly is Right (But Wrong) About PornographyAndrew Koppelman
127The Federalist Approach to the First AmendmentJohn O. McGinnis
IV. Marriage, Public Policy, and the Constitution
135Gay Sex and Marriage, the Reciprocal Disadvantage Problem, and the Crisis in Liberal Constitutional TheoryLouis Michael Seidman
Keynote Address
153Moral Duty and the Rule of LawWilliam H. Pryor Jr.
Articles
171Natural LawRobert P. George
197Dred Scott RevisitedHarry V. Jaffa
219Modesty and Moralism: Justice, Prudence, and Abortion — A Reply to Skeel & StuntzJohn M. Breen
313Marriage FactsMonte Neil Stewart
Note
371“Play in the Joints”: The Struggle to Define Permissive Accommodation under the First AmendmentSarah M. Isgur
Recent Developments
393Enemy Combatants and a Challenge to the Separation of War Powers in Al-Marri v. Wright, 487 F.3d 160 (4th Cir. 2007)Gregory H. Shill
411Saying What the Law Should Be: Judicial Usurpation in Al-Marri v. Wright, 487 F.3d 160 (4th Cir. 2007)J.B. Tarter
423Justices in the Jury Box: Video Evidence and Summary Judgment in Scott v. Harris, 127 S. Ct. 1769 (2007)David Kessler
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