Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Richard Posner
Born: January 11, 1939 (age 86)
Bio: Richard Allen Posner is an American jurist and economist, who is a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago and a Senior Lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School.
Known for:
- Economic analysis of law (2014)
- Reflections on Judging (2013)
- How Judges Think (2008)
- Sex and reason (1992)
- The Little Book of Plagiarism (2007)