Cass Sunstein Discusses the Future of the Supreme Court

September 27, 2005

Scores of people turned out to hear Prof. Cass Sunstein of the University of Chicago Law School discuss the future of the Supreme Court, and his take on emerging modes of constitutional interpretation.

Prof. Sunstein focused on four methods of interpretation - "perfectionist," "restrained bipartisanship," "minimalist," and "fundamentalist" - and parsed the strengths and weaknesses of each. His real criticism was with fundamentalist interpretation, and preferred minimalism as the most reasonable method. A more in-depth take on his rationale is presented in his new book, Radicals in Robes: Why Extreme Right-Wing Courts Are Wrong For America.