https://bsky.app/profile/cbarzun.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/cbarzun.bsky.social/post/3mp4stbmfp22oThe Wolford decision this AM yet again makes clear that the Court has no clear theory as to when or why the "tainted" motivations of legislation or judicial doctrine matter for (non-14th am.) Const'l analysis. The debate b/w Barrett and Jackson only underscores the confusion.25 Jun 2026 16:08 +0000at://did:plc:43chothyebnyne7bfx2h35pk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp4stbmfp22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/cbarzun.bsky.social/post/3mh7243j2k22nI have not tried to raise legal and philosophical questions on Blue Sky recently (or possibly ever). I have a question about Dworkin that I'd be curious to crowd source, but is anyone out there interested?16 Mar 2026 18:02 +0000at://did:plc:43chothyebnyne7bfx2h35pk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh7243j2k22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/cbarzun.bsky.social/post/3m4bkyxzchc2wMy review of Scott Hershovitz's recent book, Law is a Moral Practice. Published in the University of Toronto Law Journal: https://utppublishing.com/stoken/author/ATJPYX666AJQJSAUKZRM/full28 Oct 2025 18:32 +0000at://did:plc:43chothyebnyne7bfx2h35pk/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4bkyxzchc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/cbarzun.bsky.social/post/3m26flunll22qMike Klarman v. Jonathan Turley on whether we're in a constitutional criss. Very interesting, if a bit embarrassing for Turley, IMHO. I would have liked to him to try to answer MK's question about whether there are any past comparables to the Trump actions MK listed. He didn't. vimeo.com/1115185437 https://vimeo.com/111518543702 Oct 2025 01:27 +0000at://did:plc:43chothyebnyne7bfx2h35pk/app.bsky.feed.post/3m26flunll22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/cbarzun.bsky.social/post/3lzhxf2kccc2vIt's that time of year again: https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/its-decorative-gourd-season-motherfuckers23 Sep 2025 03:14 +0000at://did:plc:43chothyebnyne7bfx2h35pk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzhxf2kccc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/cbarzun.bsky.social/post/3lpr425opbc2fPart of my continuing effort to show that the late Justice Souter was more than a mild-mannered, common-law judge (though he was that, too). His philosophy of the common law has a radical side. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 May 2025 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:43chothyebnyne7bfx2h35pk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpr425opbc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/cbarzun.bsky.social/post/3lklhnjfk7c2vDisturbingly relevant (again). Souter: "The day will come when somebody will come forward and we and the government will in effect say 'take the ball and run with it,' 'do what you have to do.' And that is the way democracy dies." https://youtu.be/rWcVtWennr0?t=32017 Mar 2025 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:43chothyebnyne7bfx2h35pk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lklhnjfk7c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/cbarzun.bsky.social/post/3ljn4u452cc2mMy review essay of Scott Hershovitz's very interesting recent book, Law is a Moral Practice. @shershovitz.bsky.social https://lsolum.typepad.com/legaltheory/2025/03/barzun-on-law-is-a-moral-practice-by-hershovitz.html05 Mar 2025 13:52 +0000at://did:plc:43chothyebnyne7bfx2h35pk/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljn4u452cc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/cbarzun.bsky.social/post/3lhuccousik2oBelow is from yesterday's NYT Editorial. The statement seems dead right to me. But the question I'm interested in is this: What assumptions does the idea that history is the proper judge of morality (and legality) depend on? https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/opinion/transgender-trump-orders.html10 Feb 2025 23:28 +0000at://did:plc:43chothyebnyne7bfx2h35pk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhuccousik2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/cbarzun.bsky.social/post/3lel3y63g4c27The Crying Game, The Sixth Sense, _________?31 Dec 2024 03:25 +0000at://did:plc:43chothyebnyne7bfx2h35pk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lel3y63g4c27https://bsky.app/profile/cbarzun.bsky.social/post/3lbknlvgyhc26Robert Oppenheimer, "The Open Mind" (1949):22 Nov 2024 18:52 +0000at://did:plc:43chothyebnyne7bfx2h35pk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbknlvgyhc26https://bsky.app/profile/cbarzun.bsky.social/post/3lbhly6tgc22mMy interest in the idea of progress and its relevance to Constitutional Interpretation has led me to Judge David Barron's recent essay/lecture, "The Court of History." Super interesting: https://nyulawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/98-NYU-L-Rev-683.pdf21 Nov 2024 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:43chothyebnyne7bfx2h35pk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbhly6tgc22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/cbarzun.bsky.social/post/3latrl6zcse2g(First post on this platform) What does it mean to say that social or moral "progress" has occurred over some period of time? An important Q for political progressives, IMO. In this essay, I argue that it entails a judgment that social *learning* has taken place during that time. t.co/00KH5ilnRJ https://t.co/00KH5ilnRJ13 Nov 2024 16:32 +0000at://did:plc:43chothyebnyne7bfx2h35pk/app.bsky.feed.post/3latrl6zcse2g