At Balkin’s Living Originalism Conference, where assembled the “the entire Yale School of Constitutional Theory,” Michael Greve and Michael McConnell were the Shabbos Goys

May 2nd, 2012

LOL.

Yale Law School just held a Conference on Jack Balkin’s Living Originalism, a darn good book that merits careful reading and engagement. Jack—the most spirited, generous, smartest, funnest guy you can hope to meet in a habitually dorky profession—assembled the entire Yale School of Constitutional Theory, plus a large segment of the journalistic commentariat. Along with Judge Michael McConnell, I had the pleasure of serving (in the words of one participant) as the shabbos goy.

It was a real pleasure, but I did feel tempted more than once to switch off the lights.

I similarly commented on the lack of right-of-center thought.