Law & Liberty
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Julian Zelizer : The recent passing of Princeton Professor Harry Frankfurt has reminded us of what BS means.
Zelizer asks: Are all of these judicial opinions true representations of the facts and logic that led the justice to make that decision? He says we need to distinguish between the Supreme Court's constitutional interpretation and the formal act of interpretation of the law.
He says the Court shouldn’t spin a story about the Framers or grand theories or social science data.
John Avlon: The Supreme Court hasn’t really interpreted the Constitution ; it has simply made federal common law.
Avlon says if a majority of the Supreme Court thinks there should be a different outcome, they can write their elected representatives and suggest a constitutional amendment.
If those decisions are just common law decisions, then they do not represent what the Constitution means, Avlon writes.
The concept of truth is essential to the rule of law, and we should demand it of them, he says.
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