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Considerations Of History And Purpose In Constitutional Borrowing, Robert Tsai
Considerations Of History And Purpose In Constitutional Borrowing, Robert Tsai
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This essay is part of a symposium issue dedicated to "Constitutional Rights: Intersections, Synergies, and Conflicts" at William and Mary School of Law. I make four points. First, perfect harmony among rights might not always be normatively desirable. In fact, in some instances, such as when First Amendment and Second Amendment rights clash, we might wish to have expressive rights consistently trump gun rights. Second, we can't resolve clashes between rights in the abstract but instead must consult history in a broadly relevant rather than a narrowly "originalist" fashion. When we do so, we learn that armed expression and white …
A Fraudulent Sense Of Belonging: The Case For Removing The 'False Claim To Citizenship' Bar For Noncitizen Voting, Anne Parsons
A Fraudulent Sense Of Belonging: The Case For Removing The 'False Claim To Citizenship' Bar For Noncitizen Voting, Anne Parsons
The Modern American
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Democracy's Handmaid, Robert L. Tsai
Democracy's Handmaid, Robert L. Tsai
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Democratic theory presupposes open channels of dialogue, but focuses almost exclusively on matters of institutional design writ large. The philosophy of language explicates linguistic infrastructure, but often avoids exploring the political significance of its findings. In this Article, Tsai draws from the two disciplines to reach new insights about the democracy enhancing qualities of popular constitutional language. Employing examples from the founding era, the struggle for black civil rights, the religious awakening of the last two decades, and the search for gay equality, he presents a model of constitutional dialogue that emphasizes common modalities and mobilized vernacular. According to this …
Identity Notes Part One: Playing In The Light , Adrienne D. Davis
Identity Notes Part One: Playing In The Light , Adrienne D. Davis
American University Law Review
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