Trifling Violence: The U.S. Supreme Court, Domestic Violence and the Golden Rule
Mike Rappaport

Jeffrey R. Baker (Faulkner University Jones School of Law) has posted Trifling Violence: The U.S. Supreme Court, Domestic Violence and the Golden Rule on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Domestic violence is ubiquitous across eras, cultures, religions and political systems. Feminist responses to domestic violence seek to free women from gender subjugation, but such movement […]

Comparative Originalism
Mike Rappaport

David Fontana (George Washington University Law School) has posted Comparative Originalism (Texas Law Review See Also, Vol. 88, p. 189, 2010) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Jamal Greene has written an important paper examining originalism in other countries. This short response argues that comparing the United States with Canada and Australia (the countries Professor […]

Originalism on the Web
Mike Rappaport

The archived webcast of the Ohio State Law Journal: 2010 Symposium: Originalism and the Jury is available in three parts: Part I | Part II | Part III. Michael B. Rappaport on How a Bill Becomes a Law: The Constitutional Way. (This piece was originally written for the Heritage Guide to the Constitution. 

Review of Church, State and Original Intent by Donald Drakeman
Mike Rappaport

Zachary R. Calo (Valparaiso University School of Law) has posted Review of Church, State and Original Intent by Donald Drakeman (Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Vol. 78, p. 827, 2010) on SSRN. The short abstract reads: This paper reviews Donald Drakeman’s, Church, State and Original Intent.

Originalism on the Web
Mike Rappaport

The Federalist Society has posted a video of a panel discussion on Alternatives to Originalism: Conservative and Libertarian Perspectives. I saw this panel in San Francisco.  Interesting, but it did not lead me to quesion my originalism.