David Rudenstine

David Rudenstine is the former dean of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University. His most recent book, The Age of Deference: The Supreme Court, National Security and the Constitutional Order, will be published by Oxford University Press in August 2016.

Antonin Scalia

Why Antonin Scalia Became So Prominent—And Why His Influence Will Not Last Why Antonin Scalia Became So Prominent—And Why His Influence Will Not Last

He was celebrated because he used his position as a Supreme Court justice to mobilize conservatives—but his views were antithetical to what is most enduring about American legal an...

Mar 15, 2016 / David Rudenstine

Who Will Tell the People? Who Will Tell the People?

Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers is Daniel Ellsberg's story of his personal journey from being in the early 1960s a "dedicated cold warrior" who supported A...

Dec 5, 2002 / Books & the Arts / David Rudenstine

Vietnam: ‘Quagmire’ Quackery Vietnam: ‘Quagmire’ Quackery

Another book on the Vietnam War? Yes, and one well worth our attention. Enough time has now passed that A.J. Langguth's Our Vietnam: The War 1954-1975 serves not only as a wonder...

Feb 15, 2001 / Books & the Arts / David Rudenstine

Sunstein’s Law Sunstein’s Law

He criticizes the liberal Warren Court for breaking new constitutional ground on too many fronts too broadly, while also giving no quarter to the constitutional theories of conse...

Sep 23, 1999 / Books & the Arts / David Rudenstine

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