Justice Holmes: A Controversial Legacy

Sarah and David welcome special guest Anthony Sanders, director of the Center for Judicial Engagement at the Institute for Justice, to eviscerate Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Plus: David’s rant on Presumed Innocent.

The Agenda:

—Judicial engagement

—Social Darwinism and “putting to death the inadequate”

—Progressive forgiveness for progressives

—First Amendment

—Civil rights and judicial abdications

—Holmes’ defense of sterilization

—The difference between judicial progressives, liberals, and libertarians

—Spoiler alerts for Presumed Innocent

Show Notes:

—Kelo v. New London

—Institute of Justice’s Bound by Oath podcast series

—Oliver Wendell Holmes’ The Common Law

—Moore v. Dempsey

—Buck v. Bell

—Albert Alschuler’s Law Without Values

—Giles v. Harris

—Bailey v. Alabama

—Buchanan v. Warley

—Skinner v. Oklahoma

—Lochner v. New York

—Minersville School District v. Gobitis

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