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The Connotation/Denotation Distinction In Constitutional Interpretation, Christopher Birch
The Connotation/Denotation Distinction In Constitutional Interpretation, Christopher Birch
The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process
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Campaign Finance Reform: Central Meaning And A New Approach, Mark C. Alexander
Campaign Finance Reform: Central Meaning And A New Approach, Mark C. Alexander
Washington and Lee Law Review
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Constitutional Purpose And Inter-Clause Conflict: The Constraints Imposed On Congress By The Copyright Clause, Andrew M. Hetherington
Constitutional Purpose And Inter-Clause Conflict: The Constraints Imposed On Congress By The Copyright Clause, Andrew M. Hetherington
Michigan Telecommunications & Technology Law Review
The argument that the preamble of the Copyright Clause provides a strict constraint on congressional intellectual property legislation has met with broad support among legal academics, but it is viewed with some skepticism by the judiciary. The Supreme Court did acknowledge in Eldred that intellectual property legislation must, in at least some sense, promote the progress of science, but stressed that it is for Congress, not the courts, to decide what does and does not promote progress. The Court specifically rejected a "stringent" form of rational basis review for Copyright Clause enactments proposed in Justice Breyer's dissent, noting that the …