Daniel Henninger looks at American legal history, pre- and post-1935.
Why 1935? Because that's more or less when the transformation to a legal-administrative state that considers the Constitution largely irrelevant (and the government the ultimate authority on what is moral or just) got its beginnings.
He ties this history to the current battle over Supreme Court nominees.
Gem Books from 100 Years Past: 1924
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It was indeed a different era. What was going on in 1924 when these books
were being published and read? The 1924 Paris Olympics, Leopold and Loeb
murders,...
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