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POTUS v. SCOTUS: There Are No Rules

Posted on May 7, 2012, 9:38 am, by Jack L. B. Gohn, under The Big Picture.

When, at his confirmation hearings, Chief Justice Roberts claimed his job was just calling balls and strikes, he was being disingenuous. The very concept of balls and strikes presupposes a strike zone, and constitutional interpretation is full of competing strike zones. In fact, there aren’t even reliable rules for choosing among these strike zones.

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