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; Ulysses S. Grant and the Republicans won, leading to the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment.) One of the great scenes in Blight’s book is an event that
“all orders or instruc- tions relating to military operations” to be issued through the General of the Army, Ulysses S. Grant—a requirement that
discuss the first option, external constraints. This method takes for granted 67. See JON ELSTER, ULYSSES UNBOUND (2000). 68. See supra note 45 and
the United States. Ulysses S. Grant, A Proclamation (Oct. 17, 1871), reprinted in 7 A COMPILATION OF THE MESSAGES AND PAPERS OF THE PRESIDENTS 1789
curiae, it does so on the understanding that its recommendations are just that.26 This, quite explicitly, is Ulysses lashing himself to the mast.27
poetry. But perhaps not. After all, even Ulysses needed to be tied to the mast. The difficulties for the mortal judge are, as we have noted, that there
subject that has been thoroughly studied of late. See, e.g., JON ELSTER, ULYSSES UNBOUND 88-167 (2000); Jeremy Waldron, Precommitment and Disagreement
added). 161. Ulysses S. Grant, U.S. President, President Grant’s Des Moines Address (Sept. 29, 1875), in 3 ANNALS OF IOWA 138-39 (1897). 162
; see also JON ELSTER, ULYSSES AND THE SIRENS: STUDIES IN RATIONALITY AND IRRATIONALITY (1979) (discussing the design of mechanisms that anticipate and
categorical approach to the First Amendment—indeed, the First Amendment itself—serves as a kind of Ulysses contract: In calm times, the people bind themselves