Alex Masters’s article in Islander VI, “Politics Is a Complex System,” has much to recommend it in the way of recognizing reality; where it fails is in its vision of the final outcome, a flaw which echoes backwards into its
Read MoreThe difference between an ‘originalist’ judge and a ‘living Constitution’ judge is significant. Conservatives laud the first (sometimes) and damn the second; liberals damn the first and (sometimes) laud the second. Delaney approaches the question of judicial philosophy more circumspectly