Tribal Superstitions (review of Abortion: The Clash of Absolutes, by Laurence H. Tribe)

Tribal Superstitions

WITH HIS testimony against Robert Bork’s confirmation to the Supreme Court in 1987, Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe lent much needed academic credibility to opposition claims that Judge Bork was outside of the “mainstream” of American constitutional jurisprudence. Mr. Tribe’s new book provides another opportunity to look at his peculiar constitutional theories, especially as they relate to abortion, the issue that will dominate the attention of the Court (and Court-watchers) for the foreseeable future.

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Tribal Superstitions

WITH HIS testimony against Robert Bork’s confirmation to the Supreme Court in 1987, Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe lent much needed academic credibility to opposition claims that Judge Bork was outside of the “mainstream” of American constitutional jurisprudence. Mr. Tribe’s new book provides another opportunity to look at his peculiar constitutional theories, especially as they relate to abortion, the issue that will dominate the attention of the Court (and Court-watchers) for the foreseeable future.