James Bradley Thayer and the Supreme Court

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Made the best early case for restricting the reach of the SC and keeping it from become a super legislature, as it is now, and a disaster. He influenced a variety of SC Justices, like Brandies, Frankfurter, and Holmes.

A link to his most well known article here at Archive.org; there are better copies on Jstor, but a link to those wouldn't work here:

The Origin and Scope of the American Doctrine of Constitutional Law

by James Bradley Thayer

Published 1893

The Origin and Scope of the American Doctrine of Constitutional Law : James Bradley Thayer : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

A decent synopsis of the issues involved in the modern era, and the abuses.

The Rise and Fall of Judicial Review, Richard A. Posner


http://scholarship.law.berkeley.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=californialawreview
 

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