Shades of the Kentucky and Virgina Resolves — this critique of Supreme Court Nominee Samuel Alito is premised on a simple, radical, and, in my view, sound theory of the Constitution. The main drawback of this piece is that it’s a bit nitpicky re Alito’s comment that his job is to interpret the Constitution. Look, I agree with the author that neither the Court nor the federal government should have the final or sole authority to construe the Constitution, espeically vis-a-vis the States’ interpretation. It is true that the Constitution should be viewed as compact among States and the federal … Continue reading Extreme Federalism