So how does one get to Formalism?
Speaking of Prof. Solum, he's got his latest in a line of articles on formalism, Getting to Formalism. More a practical argument for how to move the judiciary towards formalist interpretation, he pushes for horizontal stare decisis in the Supreme Court. Unsure how I stand on that personally, but it's well worth a read.
For those new readers who didn't see my last post on its usefulness, by the way, I'd like to direct you to The Legal Theory Lexicon, also by Solum and of more immediate use to 1Ls. His last two topics, The Rule of Law and Positive and Normative Legal Theory featured or at least appeared in today's Perspectives class, so it's a helpful read.