# Alexander Bickel
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Alexander Mordecai Bickel (1924–1974) was an American legal scholar and expert on the United States Constitution. One of the most influential constitutional commentators of the twentieth century, his writings emphasize judicial restraint.
== Life and career ==
Bickel was born on December 17, 1924, in Bucharest, Romania, to Jewish parents, Solomo and Yetta Bickel.
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The Morality of Consent
The Federalist Society's Legal Classics Revisited series returns to the writing of Professor Alexander Bickel and his last work, The Morality of Consent. In a July 11, 2016 Teleforum, we discussed Bickel's Least Dangerous Branch. The Morality of Consent is far shorter and was in manuscript form whe…
Standing Disagreements
In today’s episode, a discussion of the Supreme Court’s recent decision regarding the Texas abortion statute becomes a debate about “standing” and other jurisdictional doctrines. Richard and Adam also discuss the late Professor Alexander Bickel—he’s one of Adam’s favorites, but Richard has some, we…
Originalism and the Supreme Court with Will Haun
Constitutionalist court watchers, judges, and scholars are now engaged in an intense debate over how to apply originalism and textualism in practice. The work of late legal scholar Alexander Bickel points toward a tradition-based originalism that could offer a path through that debate. His approach…
Episode 2 – The First 10: Foundations of American Constitutional Law
Welcome to “Reading the Law with Marnie.”
In our second episode, we’re starting our journey with the first 10 cases going through 100 of the most important constitutional law cases in American history. Whether you’re a law student, a lawyer, or just someone curious about how this country’s legal fo…
The Case Against Judicial Review
An earlier essay treated judicial review as a cornerstone. This one makes the case against it, the real argument, anchored in Alexander Bickel's counter-majoritarian difficulty: that unelected, life-tenured judges overruling elected legislatures is not obviously compatible with self-government. A c…
Alaska v. a Charter Plane and a Six-Pack of Beer
Sarah Isgur and David French explain a case in which an Alaskan charter plane was seized over a six-pack of beer and discuss Title IX due-process rights on college campuses.
Sarah and David are then joined by Harvard Law professor Richard Re to break down his column arguing that Chief Justice John…
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