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The Living Constitution: Why The Supreme Court Must Part Ways With Exclusionary Eminent Domain, Aaron Mackay Jan 2024

The Living Constitution: Why The Supreme Court Must Part Ways With Exclusionary Eminent Domain, Aaron Mackay

Indiana Law Journal

The Fifth Amendment’s “public use” requirement for takings is no longer a requirement at all. Instead, the meaning of “public use” has been expanded far beyond its original intent and public understanding. The broadening of the “public use” requirement reached its breaking point in Kelo. Since Kelo, state legislatures have responded by restricting eminent domain use to remove “blighted” areas. In effect, contemporary eminent domain reduces the availability of affordable housing, which has exacerbated the affordable housing crisis. This Note explores a constitutionally permissible re-working of the eminent domain doctrine to encourage the provision of affordable housing. Interpreting the “public …


The Global Person: Pig-Human Embryos, Personhood, And Precision Medicine, Yvonne Cripps Jul 2018

The Global Person: Pig-Human Embryos, Personhood, And Precision Medicine, Yvonne Cripps

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

Chimeras, in the form of pig-human embryos engineered by CRISPR-Cas9 and other biotechnologies, have been created as potential sources of organs for transplantation. Against that background, and in an era of "precision medicine," this Article examines the concept of the global genetically modified person and asks whether humanness and personhood are being eroded, or finding new boundaries in intellectual property and constitutional law.


Reciprocal Immunity, Colin Miller Jan 2018

Reciprocal Immunity, Colin Miller

Indiana Law Journal

This essay advances a reciprocal rights theory. It argues that the Constitution precludes statutes and rules from providing nonreciprocal benefits to the State when the lack of reciprocity interferes with the defendant’s ability to secure a fair trial, unless reciprocity would implicate a significant state interest. Therefore, unless a significant State interest is involved, a grant of immunity to a prosecution witness should trigger reciprocal immunity to a directly contradictory defense witness.


Taking The Oceanfront Lot, Josh Eagle Apr 2016

Taking The Oceanfront Lot, Josh Eagle

Indiana Law Journal

Oceanfront landowners and states share a property boundary that runs between the wet and dry parts of the shore. This legal coastline is different from an ordinary land boundary. First, on sandy beaches, the line is constantly in flux, and it cannot be marked except momentarily. Without the help of a surveyor and a court, neither the landowner nor a citizen walking down the beach has the ability to know exactly where the line lies. This uncertainty means that, as a practical matter, ownership of some part of the beach is effectively shared. Second, the common law establishes that the …


Cable Operators' Fifth Amendment Claims Applied To Digital Must-Carry, Nissa Laughner, Justin Brown Apr 2006

Cable Operators' Fifth Amendment Claims Applied To Digital Must-Carry, Nissa Laughner, Justin Brown

Federal Communications Law Journal

This Article addresses the legal and policy implications of property rights in the digital must-carry issue. The Authors review must-carry regulations, present a traditional Fifth Amendment analysis of must-carry, address free speech implications of that property-based analysis, and show how property-based claims might influence future cable regulations and policies. The Authors conclude that while the Fifth Amendment claims are unlikely to succeed legally, they do contain significant rhetorical power that can help shift public policy in ways favorable to the cable industry.


Section 253 Of The Telecommunications Act Of 1996: A Permanent Physical Appropriation Of Private Property That Must Be Justly Compensated, Jennifer L. Worstell Mar 1998

Section 253 Of The Telecommunications Act Of 1996: A Permanent Physical Appropriation Of Private Property That Must Be Justly Compensated, Jennifer L. Worstell

Federal Communications Law Journal

Section 253 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 was promulgated in an effort to remove unnecessary regulation by local governments and open up competition among local phone companies, cable providers, and other telecommunications concerns. However, this provision effectively prohibits local governments from managing their rights-of-way. Furthermore, it violates modern Fifth Amendment takings jurisprudence, Section 253 and the first three FCC and court decisions examining it not only have jeopardized effective municipal management and resource allocation discretion, but also have usurped local governments' property rights without just compensation in explicit violation of the United States Constitution.


Modern Confession Law After Duckworth V. Eagan: What's The Use Of Explaining?, Julia C. Weissman Jul 1991

Modern Confession Law After Duckworth V. Eagan: What's The Use Of Explaining?, Julia C. Weissman

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Conjurer's Circle--The Fifth Amendment Privilege In Civil Cases, Robert H. Heidt Jan 1982

The Conjurer's Circle--The Fifth Amendment Privilege In Civil Cases, Robert H. Heidt

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.


Griffin V. California: Still Viable After All These Years, Craig M. Bradley Jan 1981

Griffin V. California: Still Viable After All These Years, Craig M. Bradley

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.


The Constitutional Protection Of Private Papers: The Role Of A Hierarchical Fourth Amendment, James A. Mckenna Oct 1977

The Constitutional Protection Of Private Papers: The Role Of A Hierarchical Fourth Amendment, James A. Mckenna

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Potentiality Of Incarceration: A Proposed Standard For The Applicability Of Miranda To Nonfelony Offenses, Mark J. Roberts Jan 1977

Potentiality Of Incarceration: A Proposed Standard For The Applicability Of Miranda To Nonfelony Offenses, Mark J. Roberts

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Tax Treatment Of Condemnation Proceeds: An Analysis And Some Proposals For Reform, A. James Barnes, Jonathan A. Small Jan 1967

Tax Treatment Of Condemnation Proceeds: An Analysis And Some Proposals For Reform, A. James Barnes, Jonathan A. Small

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.


Book Review. Griswold, E.N., The Fifth Amendment Today, Ralph F. Fuchs Jan 1955

Book Review. Griswold, E.N., The Fifth Amendment Today, Ralph F. Fuchs

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.


Application Of The Self-Incrimination Clause To The Compulsory Production Of Books And Papers Required To Be Kept By Statute Apr 1949

Application Of The Self-Incrimination Clause To The Compulsory Production Of Books And Papers Required To Be Kept By Statute

Indiana Law Journal

Constitutional Law Note


Due Process Of Law Under The United States Constitution, Hugh Evander Willis Jan 1926

Due Process Of Law Under The United States Constitution, Hugh Evander Willis

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.