Reasonable Disagreements

Judicial Legitimacy And Proposals To Restructure The Supreme Court

Nice Court You Have Here, Shame If Something Happened To It.

Reasonable DisagreementsNovember 7, 2019
Judicial Legitimacy And Proposals To Restructure The Supreme Court

Reacting to Senator Whitehouse’s brief questioning of the Supreme Court’s legitimacy, Hoover Institution’s Richard Epstein and George Mason University’s Adam White discuss “judicial legitimacy” and proposals to restructure the Court. Richard also tells the story behind his 1984 debate with then-Judge Antonin Scalia. 

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Richard A. Epstein

Richard A. Epstein

Adam J. White

Adam J. White

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