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Common Sense and Common Law
Common-Law Liberty: Rethinking American Constitutionalism.by James R. Stoner, Jr.University Press of Kansas. 208 pp. $29.95. For most people the term โcommon lawโ summons up quaint images of wigged British...
Justice Stevensโ Religion Problem
On many occasions the Supreme Court has declared that the religion clause of the First Amendment prohibits government from acting with the purpose of disapproving a particular religion or...
Playing Defense in Colorado
The long-standing debate about the legitimacy of the Supreme Courtโs constitutional rulings has recently been renewed with increased intensity. Traditionally, critics of the Court have charged that its decisions...
