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Kendall and Ryan assert that Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and other Democratic candidates ought to talk about their own constitutional vision too. They should be prepared to explain what they mean by constitutional accountability, and they should provide examples of where conservative judges have...

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Published in:The New republic 2007-08, Vol.237 (3), p.14
Main Authors: Kendall, Douglas T, Ryan, James E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Constitutional law
Constitutions
History
Judges & magistrates
Political behavior
Political parties
Scalia, Antonin
Service introduction
Social conditions & trends
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Summary:Kendall and Ryan assert that Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and other Democratic candidates ought to talk about their own constitutional vision too. They should be prepared to explain what they mean by constitutional accountability, and they should provide examples of where conservative judges have violated this mandate. They should talk about the Constitution and its history, but resist the impulse to discuss the hardest cases first and avoid getting bogged down in the details of philosophy. They must recognize that there is a big difference between defending a constitutional vision and deciding a case.
ISSN:0028-6583
2169-2416