What Would James Madison Do?
| David French and Sarah Isgur | Jun 22 | 11 | 30 |
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David and Sarah discuss the president's rally in Tulsa, the firing of the U.S. attorney in New York, the lawsuit over John Bolton's book, and they process last week's Supreme Court decisions.
Show Notes:
-Drew Griffin Twitter thread on Tulsa rally
-28 U.S. Code § 546. Vacancies
-Barr's statement on on the nomination of Jay Clayton
-Ross Douthat on the Supreme Court
-Jack Balkin on the conservative legal movement
-Ezra Klein's podcast on polarization
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I say this as someone who grew up a Democrat/progressive and now has become a somewhat radical libertarian: what the heck are the progressive/liberal judicial philosophies? I've heard the term living constitution, but it has always felt as though it's just what ever they feel is "right."
Also, I have developed a new horrifying nightmare of Josh Hawley becoming president and appointing Adrian Vermeule to the Supreme Court.
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Regarding Christian "orginalists" approaching the Bible as trying to learn the mind of God: that is perhaps unique to Christianity.
Karen Armstrong wrote a bestseller ~20 years ago surveying the common origins and distinctions of the three Abrahamic religions. She noted that Christians are obsessed with belief, whereas Jews tend to stress practice/observance (in addition to identity.)
Maybe that Christian obsession with belief accounts for some of the obsession with intent.
I suspect the Jewish conception of "the mind of God" is more like the lifting of the lid off the Ark of the Covenant scene in the Speilberg movie. Not for us to know.
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