Below is a round-up of the latest from the Battle for the Constitution: a special project on the constitutional debates in American life, in partnership with The Atlantic.
By Jeffrey Rosen, President & CEO, National Constitution Center
Jeffery Rosen interviewed Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and the two discussed key moments and lessons from her life.
A Dangerous Moment for the Court
By Mary Ziegler, Stearns Weaver Miller Professor, Florida State University College of Law
Mary Ziegler lays out the stakes in the coming battle over replacing Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the possibility of court expansion.
By Amanda Tyler, Shannon C. Turner Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Amanda Tyler writes about her time clerking for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the memories she still holds dear.
Term Limits Won’t Fix the Court
By Ilya Shapiro, Director of the Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute
Ilya Shapiro examines the debate about instituting term-limits for Supreme Court justices, and weighs the pros and cons of such a move.
The Great Liberal Reckoning Has Begun
By Alan Z. Rozenshtein, Associate Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law School
Alan Z. Rozenshtein says that liberals’ faith in, and love of, the Supreme Court will come to an end with the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, which will result in them adopting a realpolitik approach to the Court.
By Francesca Procaccini, Climenko Fellow and Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School
Francesca Procaccini argues that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s most important insight was that liberty and equality—the two key values of the Constitution—are not distinct or in tension, but in fact intertwined and mutually reinforcing.
By Donald Ayer, Former U.S. Deputy Attorney General
Donald Ayer attempts to understand why Attorney General Bill Barr acts as he does, pinpoints two key motivating issues—executive power and religion—and says that Barr incorrectly believes the country has not fulfilled the Founders’ intentions on those subjects, and that he must rectify the situation.
