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Issue 3<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
871<\/td>Foreword<\/a><\/td>Justice Antonin Scalia<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
875<\/td>A Critical Introduction to the Originalism Debate<\/a><\/td>Steven G. Calabresi<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Symposium Essays On Originalism<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
I. Originalism and Pragmatism<\/td><\/tr>
901<\/td>Pragmatism’s Role In Interpretation<\/a><\/td>Frank H. Easterbrook<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
907<\/td>Two (More) Problems With Originalism<\/a><\/td>Larry Kramer<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
917<\/td>A Pragmatic Defense of Originalism<\/a><\/td>John O. McGinnis & Michael B. Rappaport<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
937<\/td>Originalism and Pragmatism: False Friends<\/a><\/td>Jeffrey Rosen<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
II. Originalism and Precedent<\/td><\/tr>
947<\/td>Text vs. Precedent In Constitutional Law<\/a><\/td>Steven G. Calabresi<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
961<\/td>On Text and Precedent<\/a><\/td>Akhil Reed Amar<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
969<\/td>Why Conservatives Shouldn’t Be Originalists<\/a><\/td>David A. Strauss<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
977<\/td>The Conservative Case For Precedent<\/a><\/td>Thomas W. Merrill<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
983<\/td>Resisting the Ratchet<\/a><\/td>Stephen J. Markman<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
III. The Original Meaning of the Commerce, Spending, and Necessary and Proper Clauses<\/td><\/tr>
991<\/td>A Government of Adequate Powers<\/a><\/td>Michael Stokes Paulsen<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
1005<\/td>The Choice Between Madison and FDR<\/a><\/td>Randy Barnett<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Articles<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
1017<\/td>Paper Money and the Original Understanding of The Coinage Clause<\/a><\/td>Robert G. Natelson<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
1083<\/td>The Original Meaning of the Free Exercise Clause: The Evidence From the First Congress<\/a><\/td>Vincent Phillip Mu\u00f1oz<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Essays<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
1121<\/td>Thinking About Originalism<\/a><\/td>Charles R. Kesler<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
1129<\/td><\/a>Costituting<\/a> the Constitution: Understanding the American Constitution Through the British Cultural Constitution<\/a><\/td>Garrett Ward Sheldon<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Note<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
1139<\/td>Politics, Constitutional Interpretation, and Media Ecology: An Argument Against Judicial Minimalism<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Recent Developments: The Supreme Court of the United States, 2006 Term<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
1159<\/td>Reconceptualizing Split-Recovery Statutes: Philip Morris USA v. Williams<\/em>, 127 S. Ct. 1057 (2007)<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
1169<\/td>Playing Lawyers: The Implications of Endowing Parents with Substantive Rights Under Idea in Winkelman v. Parma City School District<\/em>, 127 S. Ct. 1994 (2007)<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
1183<\/td>Avoiding Mead: The Problem with Unanimity in Long Island Care at Home, Ltd. v. Coke<\/em>, 127 S. Ct. 2339 (2007)<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
1195<\/td>No Taxation Without Separation: The Supreme Court Passes on an Opportunity to End Establishment Clause Exceptionalism, Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc.<\/em>, 127 S. Ct. 2553 (2007)<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Issue 2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Essays In Honor Of Judge Robert H. Bork<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
I. Competition Law and the Free Market<\/td><\/tr>
439<\/td>The Chicago School and Exlcusionary Conduct<\/a><\/td>Frank H. Easterbrook<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
449<\/td>Judge Bork, Consumer Welfare, and Antitrust Law<\/a><\/td>Douglas H. Ginsburg<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
455<\/td>The Abiding Influence of The Antitrust Paradox<\/a><\/td>George L. Priest<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
II. Judicial Philosophy and Originalism<\/td><\/tr>
467<\/td>Of Inkblots and Originalism: Historical Ambiguity and the Case of the Ninth Amendment<\/a><\/td>Kurt T. Lash<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
473<\/td>On the Hypothesis that Lie at the Foundations of Originalism<\/a><\/td>John Harrison<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
485<\/td>The Misunderstood Relationship Between Originalism and Popular Sovereignty<\/a><\/td>Saikrishna B. Prakash<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
III. Law and Culture<\/td><\/tr>
495<\/td>Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar’s, and unto God that which is God’s<\/a><\/td>Steven G. Calabresi<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
505<\/td>Slouching Towards Gomorrah, Revisited<\/a><\/td>Robert P. George<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
511<\/td>The Borkean Case Against Robert Bork’s Case for Censorship<\/a><\/td>Ilya Somin<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Articles<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
519<\/td>Partial-Birth Abortion and the Perils of Constitutional Common Law<\/a><\/td>Robert J. Pushaw, Jr.<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
593<\/td>Demystifying the Right to Exclude: Of Property, Inviolability, and Automatic Injunctions<\/a><\/td>Shyamkrishna Balganesh<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
663<\/td>A New Architecture of Commercial Speech Law<\/a><\/td>Charles Fischette<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
717<\/td>Judicial Review of Local Land Use Decisions: Lessons from RLUIPA<\/a><\/td>Ashira Pelman Ostrow<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Essay<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
761<\/td>Lopez, Morrison, and Raich: Federalism in the Rehnquist Court<\/a><\/td>Lino A. Graglia<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Book Review<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
795<\/td>Yoo’s Labour’s Lost: Jack Goldsmith’s Nine-Month Saga in the Office of Legal Counsel<\/a><\/td>Douglas W. Kmiec<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Recent Developments: The Supreme Court of the United States, 2006 Term<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
827<\/td>A “Plausible” Explanation of Pleading Standards Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly<\/em>, 127 S. Ct. 1955 (2007)<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
841<\/td>The Veil of Vagueness: Reasonableness Review in Rita v. United States<\/em>, 127 S. Ct. 2456 (2007)<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
855<\/td>The Course Correction: A Century in the Making Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc.<\/em>, 127 S. Ct. 2705 (2007) <\/a><\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Issue 1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/td>Preface<\/a><\/td>Robert R. Porter<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Foreword<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>A Founder’s Retrospective: The Journal<\/em> at 30 <\/a>Y<\/a>ears<\/a><\/td>Spencer Abraham<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Symposium<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Law and Morality<\/td><\/tr>
7<\/td>On the Foundations and Nature of Morality<\/a><\/td>Robert P. Burns<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
I. Moral Choices and the Eight Amendment<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
25<\/td>Moral Choices, Moral Truth, and the Eighth Amendment<\/a><\/td>Ronald J. Allen<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
35<\/td>Methodology, Proportionality, Equality: Which Moral Question Does the Eight Amendment Pose?<\/a><\/td>Laurence Claus<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
47<\/td>Morality in Eighth Amendment Jurisprudence<\/a><\/td>Michael S. Moore<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
II. Government Promotion of Moral Issues<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
69<\/td>Government Promotion of Moral Issues: Gambling, Smoking, and Advertising<\/a><\/td>Lino A. Graglia<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
77<\/td>What Is the Government’s Role in Promoting Morals?… Seriously?<\/a><\/td>G. Marcus Cole<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
85<\/td>How to Reverse Government Imposition of Immorality: A Strategy for Eroding Roe v. Wade<\/em><\/a><\/td>Steven G. Calabresi<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
III. The Morality of First Amendment Jurisprudence<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
95<\/td>The Morality of First Amendment Jurisprudence<\/a><\/td>Phyllis Schlafly<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
105<\/td>Why Phyllis Schlafly is Right (But Wrong) About Pornography<\/a><\/td>Andrew Koppelman<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
127<\/td>The Federalist Approach to the First Amendment<\/a><\/td>John O. McGinnis<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
IV. Marriage, Public Policy, and the Constitution<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
135<\/td>Gay Sex and Marriage, the Reciprocal Disadvantage Problem, and the Crisis in Liberal Constitutional Theory<\/a><\/td>Louis Michael Seidman<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Keynote Address<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
153<\/td>Moral Duty and the Rule of Law<\/a><\/td>William H. Pryor Jr.<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Articles<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
171<\/td>Natural <\/a>Law<\/a><\/td>Robert P. George<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
197<\/td>Dred Scott<\/em> Revisited<\/a><\/td>Harry V. Jaffa<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
219<\/td>Modesty and Moralism: Justice, Prudence, and Abortion \u2014 A Reply to Skeel & Stuntz<\/a><\/td>John M. Breen<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
313<\/td>Marriage Facts<\/a><\/td>Monte Neil Stewart<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Note<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
371<\/td>“Play in the Joints”: The Struggle to Define Permissive Accommodation under the First Amendment<\/a><\/td>Sarah M. Isgur<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Recent Developments<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
393<\/td>Enemy Combatants and a Challenge to the Separation of War Powers in Al-Marri v. Wright<\/em>, 487 F.3d 160 (4th Cir. 2007)<\/a><\/td>Gregory H. Shill<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
411<\/td>Saying What the Law Should Be: Judicial Usurpation in Al-Marri v. Wright<\/em>, 487 F.3d 160 (4th Cir. 2007)<\/a><\/td>J.B. Tarter<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
423<\/td>Justices in the Jury Box: Video Evidence and Summary Judgment in Scott v. Harris<\/em>, 127 S. Ct. 1769 (2007)<\/a><\/td>David Kessler<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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