Re: Jim Oleske's new review of book by Robert George

2015-02-17 Thread Ryan T. Anderson
One additional note on this. Mike Paulsen reports the following: http://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/398692/friends-and-enemies-conscience-and-its-enemies-michael-stokes-paulsen As it happens, last spring *I* had been invited by the *Harvard Law Review Forum *to review *Conscience and Its E

Re: Jim Oleske's new review of book by Robert George

2015-02-17 Thread Ira Lupu
I doubt that most list members are very engaged in this tussle between Jim Oleske and Robby George. George and his friends certainly seem very engaged, though -- one might say they are more than a tad defensive in their responses to Jim Oleske's rigorously argued (I repeat) review of George's book

RE: Jim Oleske's new review of book by Robert George

2015-02-17 Thread Scarberry, Mark
In response to Chip: Perhaps I should let Eugene speak for himself, but I think he for the most part thinks the Court got it right in Smith but also thinks a RFRA approach makes sense. I suppose, though, that he (and others who take the same view) do not agree with Justice Scalia that the judic

RE: Jim Oleske's new review of book by Robert George

2015-02-17 Thread Volokh, Eugene
I do think Smith is right, but jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction RFRAs (i.e., the model we now have in many states and at the federal level after City of Boerne) are sound, too, for reasons I discussed in my “Common-Law Model” article. I don’t know what Robert George thinks.