Two articles that might be of interest for my fellow con law wonks. The first is from the new issue of Legal Affairs, a fairly glowing article about him from Stephen Presser. He writes quite a bit about Thomas' notions of originalism and his disbelief in stare decisis. The second is from Doug Laycock, one of our foremost scholars on the religion clauses of the first amendment, in a message posted to the religion law listserv that I am a member of. Laycock explains why Thomas' claim that the Establishment Clause should not be binding on the states is incorrect.
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My buddy Dan just emailed me about this, having read about it on Brian Leiter's law school blog.
Over at the Legal Affairs debate club, this week's debate is over the question, Is Teaching Intelligent Design Illegal?
As they did with the Raich and Kelo decisions, SCOTUSBlog has put together a group of eminent scholars to discuss today's Ten Commandments decisions.
David Schraub points out something interesting while linking to my post about Douglas Laycock going to U of M law school and being a grad of Michigan State: