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Living Originalism: A Conference

By Big Tent Democrat, Section Constitution
Posted on Fri Apr 27, 2012 at 08:04:00 AM EST
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I'm participating at a Yale Law School conference on Constitutional Interpretation on Jack Balkin's book "Living Originalism. I wrote about it last week. Some previous posts on the subject: Constitutional Interpretation, Originalism and a Living Constitution and Dred Scott, Originalism and a Living Constitution..

You can watch a live stream of the conference. It should be fascinating.

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    Great Kos piece (none / 0) (#1)
    by Dadler on Fri Apr 27, 2012 at 01:03:46 PM EST
    Glad I had a chance to catch it.  Balls and strikes nonsense, indeed.  What of balks? Batters with a foot outside the box? Catcher's interference? Not to mention checking the disputed dribbler base-hit for the shoe polish which would prove it foul. Or ejecting a manager for calling your mother an unshowered prostitute. Or when to call the game because of weather or crowd unruliness.  Or,