Original Thinking

One of our more intriguing constitutional scholars is Akhil Reed Amar of Yale. He has a pretty good piece in Slate today, on how liberals should take another look at originalism. I'm not saying I'm convinced--his viewpoint runs the risk of requiring "just so" stories, and he's a bit too dismissive of alternatives--but it's well worth reading.

Columbus Guy says: Careful, LAGuy. Two more steps down that road and you'll be stuck arguing Plessy was a bad decision.