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Constitutional Scholar

Larry Kramer

Former dean of Stanford Law School and leading authority on judicial review and popular constitutionalism. Kramer challenges the assumption that the Supreme Court's power to review laws is inherent in the Constitution, instead tracing how the Court gradually claimed this authority through political and historical decisions.

Known For

Popular constitutionalismJudicial review historyConstitutional interpretation

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Books

The People Themselves: Popular Constitutionalism and Judicial Review

Episodes