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I'm also driving to NYC tomorrow for rosefox's birthday and the KGB reading on Wednesday this means you, burkean.

Stuff and Nonsense yuki_onna 2007

hey jeff -- all this burkean talk about tradition, religion, etc has been used to suppress outsiders. besides, a large part of what passes as contemporary conservatism is just free-market-yeah-government-boo -- businessmen who would knock down and out all that you hold dear for a profit.

Eons of biology 2005

For example, David B. and I tend to disagree on most constitutional issues: I’m a more of a burkean conservative stare decisis, judicial minimalist type, and I believe David is more or less the opposite.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Mencken on Holmes: 2009

More broadly, it is true that I am more of a precedent guy than most: I’m essentially a burkean conservative, so I think judges should follow the law independently of their will.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Legal Ambiguity, Empathy, and the Role of Judicial Power: 2009

Those judges who don’t see a lot of ambiguity, and who are more burkean conservatives like myself, have a much more boring job. . .

The Volokh Conspiracy » Legal Ambiguity, Empathy, and the Role of Judicial Power: 2009

Those judges who don’t see a lot of ambiguity, and who are more burkean conservatives like myself, have a much more boring job; I suspect this explains why so many GOP-appointed judges are retiring early see the recent announcement of intent to resign from Mike McConnell.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Legal Ambiguity, Empathy, and the Role of Judicial Power: 2009