I wonder if anyone remembers James McClellan and his Center for Judicial Studies.
He published a journal called Benchmark back in the 1980s and to me was the scholar that Mark Levin pretends to be. McClellan died much too young.
“James McClellan, Benchmark, And an informed public.”
https://isi.org/intercollegiate-review/james-mcclellan-embenchmark-em-and-an-informed-public/
Bump. Good read.
I never ran into writings of James McClellan. My trajectory had me deep into Archibald Roberts, Robert White, and a few others from early 80’s - then got immersed in work, then studied law starting mid 1990’s.
Reading cases and looking at citations (to see what they really stood for) was eye opening. Courts are fundamentally dishonest. Not that knowing the law is pointless, but it is not an honest venue. Any run of the mill case outcome is “flip a coin,” and hot cases are decided based on judicial preference. There are enough preceents out there to support any outcome. Not honestly, but “it looks good on paper” unless you study carefully and find the trick.