Richard Epstein: The Constitution, Parental Rights, and More
This video was originally posted by Chicago's Morning Answer. Watch the full conversation here.
Legal scholar Richard Epstein joined host Dan Proft to discuss the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision not to hear L.W. v. Skrmetti, a challenge to Tennessee’s law prohibiting medical gender transition treatments for minors. The conversation covered the constitutional framework of the case, broader questions of parental rights, and the legal and ethical implications of gender medicine for minors.
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Constitutionalism
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Judicial review and originalism serve as valuable commitment mechanisms to enforce future compliance with a political bargain.
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State Courts Can’t Run Foreign Policy
Suncor is also a golden opportunity for the justices to stop local officials from interfering with an industry critical to foreign and national-security policy.
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When Can a Crass Political Remark Be Deemed an Indictable “Threat of Violence”?
When can a crass political remark be deemed an indictable “threat of violence”? When those charged with recognizing the law’s “supremacy” and the “limitations” on their authority disavow both principles.
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The Supreme Court has become the source of the very arbitrariness it set out to eliminate.
