Judicialism at work (and at rest) in Katzmann/Kavanaugh/Katzmann interchange over interpretation

The June issue of the Harvard Law Review carries a book review by Judge Brett Kavanaugh of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The book reviewed is by Judge Robert Katzmann of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The Harvard Law Review Forum runs a response by J. Katzmann to J. Kavanaugh. The interchange is stimulating. I particularly appreciate the insights each brings to bear from their appellate adjudication experience. These pieces are the sort of "extrajudicial writings ... in which judges engage in self-reflection and situate their own thought in relation to their peers, past and present" that Marc DeGirolami and I tried to call attention to in our article on Judge Posner & Judge Wilkinson.