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Antidisestablishmentarianism: Why Rfra Really Was Unconstitutional, Jed Rubenfeld
Antidisestablishmentarianism: Why Rfra Really Was Unconstitutional, Jed Rubenfeld
Michigan Law Review
Two months ago, the Supreme Court struck down the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA), handing down its most important church-state decision, and one of its most important federalism decisions, in fifty years. Through RFRA, Congress had prohibited any state actor from "substantially burden[ing] a person's exercise of religion" unless imposing that burden was the "least restrictive means" of furthering "a compelling governmental interest." RFRA was a response to Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith, in which the Supreme Court abandoned the very same compelling interest test that RFRA mandated. Smith, overturning decades-old precedent, held …
Jack Rakove's Rendition Of Original Meaning, Raoul Berger
Jack Rakove's Rendition Of Original Meaning, Raoul Berger
Indiana Law Journal
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Interprovincial Sovereign Immunity Revisited, Janet Walker
Interprovincial Sovereign Immunity Revisited, Janet Walker
Osgoode Hall Law Journal
The conventional wisdom has been that the Canadian provincial Crowns are immune from the jurisdiction of the courts of other Canadian provinces just as they are immune from the jurisdiction of foreign courts. This reflects the old views that the provinces are like foreign countries for the purposes of the conflict of laws and that court jurisdiction over the Crown is purely a creature of statute. Recent recognition of the constitutional bases for court jurisdiction and the need to reassess conflict of laws rules in light of the principles of Canadian federalism invites us to revisit interprovincial sovereign immunity, especially …
United States V. Lopez: Theoretical Bang And Practical Whimper? An Illustrative Analysis Based On Lower Court Treatment Of The Child Support Recovery Act, Sara L. Gottovi
United States V. Lopez: Theoretical Bang And Practical Whimper? An Illustrative Analysis Based On Lower Court Treatment Of The Child Support Recovery Act, Sara L. Gottovi
William & Mary Law Review
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