Does anyone know what post-liberal constitutionalism means?

Question

it would be a great help if someone, anyone, has any idea what this means

modern liberalism guys

i got it guys, its all good thanks for the responses though :)

Answer 1

Looking at it, seems like Constitutional interpretation after the liberals are done hacking away at it.

But I haven't heard of this.

Answer 2

Mark D has the basics pretty much pegged, but the meat and bones boil down to a lot of things that could have never happened in this country prior to Post Liberal Constitutionalism. The illegal direct taxation of the working public by the federal government, the elimination of the granting of homestead property to individuals (as opposed to auctioning it to high dollar developers) The creation of welfare ghettos and the nationwide drug problems they now spawn, The loss of Cuba as a communist free Allie, the loss of South Vietnam as a communist free Allie, the massacre at Ruby Ridge, the massacre at Waco, and the alienation of the entire Arab world causing todays energy problems.... Did I miss one?

Answer 3

I like Ruth's answer too.

And here is my idea, not too far from Ruth's. In "The Federal Courts, Politics, and the Rule of Law," by John C. Hughes (published 1995), it says:

"In the contemporary political context, those who fear conformity have tended to describe themselves as liberal and have tended to applaud judicial 'protection' of human rights. Those who fear diversity have tended to call themselves conservatives and have been appalled by judicial 'usurpation' of the majority's discretion to form the kind of community it finds most conducive to its own happiness. The former tends to approve of the expansive theories of constitutional interpretation, while the latter tends to prefer the restrained theories of judicial review. These alignments are neither perfect nor inevitable, but the debate has surely been shrill."

Liberals have been interpretting the Constitution any way they feel like in order to thwart the majority's political discretion. They use constitutional law to insult the majority.

Answer 4

Haha, I like Ruth's answer.

Personally, I can't say because it depends on the definition of the word "liberal" -- whether you're referring to Enlightenment liberalism or modern liberalism.

Answer 5

Never heard of it.

Answer 6

no