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Wednesday, April 13, 2016

A Letter from the Grave: Scalia to Tillman, September 13, 2010


I came across this letter in my files: [here].

Antonin Scalia sent it in response to: Nora Rotter Tillman & Seth Barrett Tillman, A Fragment on Shall and May, 50 American Journal Legal History 453 (2010). The latter paper can be found [here].  









I wonder how many more will write that the Constitution’s use of “shall” is mandatory?

Seth

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