Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s elegant little book has gotten a lot of press. The reason for the buzz is that the view of constitutional interpretation that he puts forth directly challenges the view of the Court’s most outspoken conservative, Justice Antonin Scalia. Scalia has long argued that his view of how the Constitution should be interpreted, which he calls â (...)
December 16, 2005
Books
How Should Judges Judge?
Active LibertyInterpreting Our Democratic ConstitutionStephen BreyerAlfred A. Knopf, $21, 176 pp.
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