Nelson Lund

TL;DR: More than half a century after Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court is closely and bitterly divided about the meaning of that decision, and about the interpretation of the Equal Protection Clause to which it appealed.

TL;DR: The authors argued that modern Supreme Court Justices consistently promise to adhere to the traditional ideal of judicial self-restraint during confirmation hearings, but frequently depart quite dramatically from that ideal after they take their seats on the bench.

TL;DR: The ABA report as mentioned in this paper argued that the President has a "constitutional obligation to veto any bill that he believes violates the Constitution in whole or in party" and pointed out that when a President signs a bill but announces that he regards some provision in it as unconstitutional and unenforceable, or interprets the provision in a manner inconsistent with what the authors call "the will of Congress," the Report contends that he is exercising an unconstitutional line-item veto.

TL;DR: The right to keep and bear arms is a vital element of our liberal order, but its philosophic basis is no longer appreciated by American elites as discussed by the authors, and conservative pundits have generally stayed silent in the face of such attacks on the Constitution.

TL;DR: The challenge to New York City's uniquely severe restrictions on transporting firearms in public raises another foundational issue: whether the Second Amendment right to “bear arms” is protected outside one's own home.