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November 15, 2019|judicial engagement, Judicial Review, Judicial Supremacy, Originalism, The Political Constitution

Judicial Supremacy and the Constitution

by Greg Weiner|

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Contributing editor Greg Weiner discusses his new book The Political Constitution: The Case against Judicial Supremacy.

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Greg Weiner

Greg Weiner is a contributing editor of Law & Liberty. He is Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at Assumption College, where he is also associate professor of political science. He is a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. Weiner is the author of Old Whigs: Burke, Lincoln, and the Politics of Prudence and The Political Constitution: The Case Against Judicial Supremacy. He tweets at @GregWeiner1.

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