st since the beginning of June. Mark is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and writes widely in American Legal History, Constitutional Law, and Comparative Constitutional Law. His most recent book is Why the Constitution Matters, just out in May from Yale University Press, and lauded by Sandy Levinson as "profoundly important and illuminating." According to the press:In this surprising and highly unconventional work, Harvard law professor Mark Tushnet poses a seemingly simple question that yields a thoroughly unexpected answer.More book details are here. Mark’s posts, which have generated a lot of interest around the blogosphere, have included:The Constitution matters, he argues, not because it structures our government but because it structures our politics. He maintains that politicians and political parties—not Supreme Court decisions—are the true engines of constitutional change in our system. This message will empower all citizens who use direct political action to define and protect our rights and liberties as Americans.
“Transformative” Supreme Court Appointments
Supreme Court Nominations in Historical Perspective, parts one and two
How Does Constitutional Law Change?, and
Felix Frankfurter on the “Switch in Time”
Thanks to Mark!
