Word: friedli
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"We must take the Constitution at the original intention of its framers, lest we are forced to accept an usurpation of power [by the judiciary]," said Solicitor General and Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence Charles Fried, in a discussion moderated by former Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox '34.
But three other distinguished legal academicians disagreed with Fried's attack on judges' power to overturn laws they deem unconstitutional.
Laurence H. Tribe '62, Tyler Professor of Constitutional Law, opposed Fried's view, arguing that the Ninth Amendment provides for rights the Constitution does not specify, thereby allowing for a more general interpretation of the nation's highest law. Using this argument, Tribe attacked the Supreme Court for its ruling...
Answering Fried's statement that the people should be allowed to determine the laws of society through their elected representatives, Tribe said "good American virtues refracted by an elitist lens can degenerate into a narrow, parochial imposition of one set of general moral values upon another."
Answering Fried's statement that the people should be allowed to determine the laws of society through their elected representatives, Tribe said "good American virtues refracted by an elitist lens can degenerate into a narrow, parochial imposition of one set of general moral values upon another."