Image via Wikipedia Yesterday, Warren Jeffs‘ conviction was overturned and the Utah Supreme Court ordered a retrial, and today the world is all a-twitter with the case. It turns out that polygamy is just as interesting to news readers today as it was in the 1890s. Texas and federal prosecutors are waiting their turns to […]
A word on originalism, courts and legislatures
June 24, 2010 by Daniel Burton
The Constitution, though it has an effect superior to other laws, is in its nature the sort of “law” that is the business of the courts…
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