The Reasonable Man

I think this is an important article. I know, I know, it’s in National Review, and it’s by Jonah Goldberg, who is a conservative. Nevertheless, I recommend this article, wholeheartedly, to my few remaining liberal friends. It’s about the “reasonable man” concept in Supreme Court jurisprudence, originated by Oliver Wendell Holmes, and how this concept has not only been lost, but, at the same time, has perverted judicial thought. This sounds kinda esoteric, but it isn’t. It goes to the heart of many current, very important dilemmas.

Cutting the Fat