Friday, July 15, 2005

OpinionJournal - Wonder Land: The American Way?

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.

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