Posted by David Bernstein: Mencken on Holmes: http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_08_16-2009_08_22.shtml#1250696237
My colleague David Schleicher referred to this amazing takedown of Holmes, and the bizarre affection "liberals" had for him, [1]by H.L. Mencken. A taste: "If what he said in some of those opinions were accepted literally, there would be scarcely any brake at all upon lawmaking, and the Bill of Rights would have no more significance than the Code of Manu." References 1. http://www.io.com/gibbonsb/mencken/holmes.html _______________________________________________ Volokh mailing list [email protected] http://lists.powerblogs.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volokh
