Randy Barnett: Abortion, Guns, and the Future of the Supreme Court

The leading libertarian legal theorist talks about worrying trends at the Supreme Court as a conservative majority takes hold.

by Nick Gillespie
Reason.com

As the most momentous Supreme Court term in recent memory comes to a close, are things better or worse for libertarians?

Georgetown Law’s Randy Barnett is arguably the most important and influential libertarian legal scholar walking the planet today. Over the years, he’s argued against Obamacare and for medical marijuana in front of the Supreme Court. In books like Restoring the Lost Constitution and The Structure of Liberty, he’s developed the concept of what he calls “judicial engagement,” or the idea that judges need to be more forceful in striking down laws that restrict rights guaranteed by the Constitution. At the same time, he’s a powerful critic of liberal judicial activism where judges effectively create law out of ideological preference and he pushes back against conservative majoritarianism, which holds that legislatures can basically do whatever they want.

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