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The Myth of Judicial Activism

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That's the title of Penn Law prof Kermit Roosevelt's latest book.  It's reviewed in the upcoming National Law Journal by Stewart Harris.  LINKScientific american magazine once offered several thousand dollars for the best explanation of the Theory of Relativity ? in 3,000 words or less. Albert Einstein declined to enter the contest, noting ruefully, "I don't believe I could do it." Now, in a different context, Kermit Roosevelt III has bravely attempted what Einstein would not. In 262 short pages, his new book, The Myth of Judicial Activism: Making Sense of Supreme Court Decisions (Yale University Press 2007), attempts to explain the U.S. Supreme Court's constitutional analysis in a way "that will be illuminating and useful to non-lawyers," offering "a perspective from which citizens can judge the Court...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 01, 2008 (boomark / email).