Men in Black

There are about a billion books out there about the conservative approach to constitutional law that are more scholarly and/or even-tempered, but this one is the most direct, succinct and comprehensible for the lay reader. Some of the issues presented (abortion, first amendment) might be familiar, s......more

What a difference a few years can make. Republicans had been talking about how the Supreme Court was getting too big for its britches for some years. The republican congress even took some legislative action called "court stripping" to re-take jurisdiction from the courts on some matters. Liberals st......more

When I earned my degree in Political Science, one of the most interesting courses I took was in Constitutional Law. I've also read widely about the framing of the Constitution and the early history of our nation. This NY Times Best Seller lived up to all the hype I heard about it. Mr Levin, aReagan-......more

Meh. Although there are excellent observations made, the book has flaws. First, although it talks about principled decisions, it doesn't enumerate any principles. Second, it is biased, excoriating the evil Democrats of Congress, but not the evil Republicans; and obviously considers certain SCOTUS de......more