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After more than 30 years away from his alma mater, Cass R. Sunstein ’75—the most cited law professor in the U.S.—will be returning to Harvard to join the Law School faculty this fall...
...That brings up an important point. As the court's term draws to a close, it becomes increasingly clear that Roberts and Alito - Bush's two selections for the court - are far different from Scalia and Thomas. As Cass Sunstein, the constitutional law professor at the University of Chicago, describes them, Scalia and Thomas are "visionaries:" justices with a clear view of the Constitution's meaning and an equally clear sense of how they want the law to change. They write or join dissenting or concurring opinions - like the one in this case, or the one that calls for reversing...
...Though Alito and Roberts have often voted with Scalia and Thomas, they are not visionaries. Instead, they pay close attention to precedent, and they write opinions with deep attention to detail and legal craft. Unlike Scalia and Thomas, "they don't thunder," says Sunstein. "They?re excellent, but not inspiring...
...Family Professor in the Department of Psychology Steven A. Pinker, however, maintains that different standards apply. “We don’t worry about foxes hurting bunnies the way we worry about what’s happening in Darfur and Iraq.” Panelist Cass R. Sunstein ’75, professor of jurisprudence at the University of Chicago Law School, says he was “puzzling a lot” over another scenario offered during the discussion: is it ethical to kill a pig and harvest its organs to save five human lives...
...challenging as it may seem to apply ethical standards to animal practices, one professor sees a simple solution: enforce the law. “There is a real gap in the laws governing animal rights,” Cass R. Sunstein ’75, Llewellyn Distinguished Service Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Chicago Law School, said before a packed audience in Sever Hall last night. Sunstein, part of a panel of philosophers and legal scholars addressing the intersection of ethics and the treatment of animals, argued that animal cruelty would continue to persist unless individuals and society...