Negative Space: book festivals

As I have noted elsewhere, it is virtually impossible to determine the singular motive of a collective legislative body, see, e.g., Edwards v. Aguillard, 482 U. S. 578, 636-639 (1987) (Scalia, J., dissenting), and this Court has a long tradition of refraining from such inquiries, see, e.g., Fletcher v. Peck, 6 Cranch 87, 130-131 (1810) (Marshall, C. J.); United States v. O’Brien, 391 U. S. 367, 383-384 (1968). — Justice Scalia (Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah)