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* Latest * Magazine * Current Issue * Archives * Subscribe * Crossword * Video * Podcasts * All Shows * The Reason Roundtable * The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie * The Soho Forum Debates * Just Asking Questions * The Best of Reason Magazine * Why We Can't Have Nice Things * Volokh * Newsletters * Donate * Donate Online * Donate Crypto * Ways To Give To Reason Foundation * Torchbearer Society * Planned Giving * Subscribe * Print/Digital Subscriptions * Gift Subscriptions Search for: LOGIN FORM Username(Required) Password(Required) Remember Me Login Create new account Forgot password THE VOLOKH CONSPIRACY Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The Volokh Conspiracy * Editorial Independence * Who we are * Books * Volokh Daily Email * Archives * DMCA * RSS Constitutional Interpretation MY FORTHCOMING ARTICLE ON "THE CASE FOR EXPANDING THE ANTICANON OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW" IT ARGUES FOR INCREASING THE NUMBER OF CASES IN THE SUPREME COURT'S "HALL OF SHAME" AND PROPOSES THREE WORTHY ADDITIONS. Ilya Somin | 3.14.2023 4:38 PM (Joe Ravi/Wikimedia/CC-BY-SA 3.0) Earlier today, I posted to SSRN my forthcoming article on "The Case for Expanding the Anticanon of Constitutional Law," part of a symposium published by the Wisconsin Law Review. Here's the abstract: > The "anticanon" of constitutional law is an underappreciated constraint on > judicial discretion. Some past decisions are so reviled that no judge can > issue analogous rulings today, without suffering massive damage to his or her > reputation. This article argues for expanding the anti-canon, and proposes > three worthy new candidates: The Chinese Exclusion Case, Euclid v. Ambler > Realty, and Berman v. Parker. The three rulings all share in spades the main > characteristics of other anti-canonical decisions: terrible legal reasoning, > enormously harmful real-world effects, and facilitating racial and ethnic > discrimination and oppression. > > Part I outlines the nature of the anticanon and how cases can "qualify" for > it. Part II makes the case for adding new cases to the list. Finally, Part III > explains why The Chinese Exclusion Case, Berman, and Euclid would be worthy > additions to the Supreme Court's Hall of Shame. As noted in the article, the main point is to spark a dialogue over the idea of making additions to the anticanon. Others may suggest rulings that make even more worthy additions than my three candidates. Still, I think the latter are at least tough to beat. The Chinese Exclusion Case, for example, combines terrible legal reasoning with more blatant racism than even Plessy v. Ferguson, and caused a comparable amount of harm (see Part III.A of the article for details). Berman and Euclid also combine awful reasoning with vast harm inflicted on millions of people, combined with facilitating large-scale racial exclusion and what James Baldwin called "Negro removal" (see Parts III.B-C). To get the Volokh Conspiracy Daily e-mail, please sign up here. Email(Required) Name This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Submit Δ NEXT: Latest Journal of Free Speech Law Article Published 2 Months After It Was Submitted Ilya Somin is Professor of Law at George Mason University, and author of Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom and Democracy and Political Ignorance: Why Smaller Government is Smarter. Constitutional InterpretationSupreme CourtImmigrationProperty RightsEminent DomainZoningTakingsRacism Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on RedditShare by emailPrint friendly versionCopy page URL Media Contact & Reprint Requests Show Comments (70) LATEST SCOTUS IS TROUBLED BY THE CLAIM THAT STATES CAN DISQUALIFY TRUMP FROM THE ELECTION AS AN INSURRECTIONIST Jacob Sullum | 2.12.2024 1:35 PM PROTECT ACT COULD REQUIRE REMOVAL OF ALL EXISTING PORN ONLINE Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 2.12.2024 12:00 PM BIDEN'S BIZARRE 'SHRINKFLATION' NONSENSE Eric Boehm | 2.12.2024 11:15 AM DELINQUENT COUNTRIES Liz Wolfe | 2.12.2024 9:30 AM JOE BIDEN'S NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY J.D. Tuccille | 2.12.2024 7:00 AM RECOMMENDED TERRIBLE SUPREME COURT DECISIONS THAT SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE "ANTICANON" OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW - PART I TWO MORE WORTHY ADDITIONS TO THE "ANTICANON" OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW - BERMAN V. PARKER AND EUCLID V. AMBLER REALTY DOES LIVING CONSTITUTIONALISM LEAD TO "DYING CONSTITUTIONALISM"? ADDITIONAL ISSUES IN CEDAR POINT V. HASSID A NONDELEGATION CHALLENGE TO TRUMP'S TRAVEL BANS [UPDATED TO INCLUDE SOME ADDITIONAL MATERIAL] * About * Browse Topics * Events * Staff * Jobs * Donate * Advertise * Subscribe * Contact * Media * Shop * Amazon Reason FacebookReason TwitterReason InstagramReason TikTokReason YoutubeReason ItunesReason on FlipboardReason RSS © 2024 Reason Foundation | Accessibility | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Notifications