January 2018

'The Bombing of Wall Street' premieres in February on PBS, based on book by Beverly Gage

On September 16, 1920, as hundreds of Wall Street workers headed out for lunch, a horse-drawn cart packed with dynamite exploded in front of Morgan Bank — the world’s most powerful banking institution. The blast turned the nation’s financial center into a bloody war zone and left 38 dead and hundreds more seriously injured. As financial institutions around the country went on high alert, many wondered if this was the strike against American capitalism that radical agitators had threatened for so long.

India Times: "What constitutionalism calls for: the judges who called out the institutional breach are not mutineers" by Rohit De and Tarunabh Khaitan

A constitution can flourish only if there exists a culture of respect for constitutionalism, and not just constitutionality. Constitutionality means ensuring that one is legally on the right side of the constitution. Constitutionalism is a broader commitment to the idea that state power must always be limited, accountable and democratic. It is a commitment to the letter as well as the spirit of a democratic constitution ñ one that demands that state officials respect not only the law but also the customs and conventions that allow institutions to function properly.