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Lincoln, Vallandingham, And Anti-War Speech In The Civil War, Michael Kent Curtis
Lincoln, Vallandingham, And Anti-War Speech In The Civil War, Michael Kent Curtis
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
In the early morning hours of May 5, 1863, Union soldiers forcibly arrested Clement L. Vallandigham, a prominent Democratic politician and former congressman, for an anti-war speech which he had given a few days earlier in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Vallandigham's arrest ignited debate about freedom of speech in a democracy during a time of war and the First Amendment rights of critics of an administration. This Article is one in a series by Professor Curtis which examines episodes in the history of free speech before and during the Civil War.
In this Article, Professor Curtis explores the First Amendment's guarantee …
Original Intent: Does The Double Jeopardy Clause Apply To Incarceration?, Bruce Ledewitz
Original Intent: Does The Double Jeopardy Clause Apply To Incarceration?, Bruce Ledewitz
Ledewitz Papers
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Imperfect Death Penalty Not Acceptable, Bruce Ledewitz
Imperfect Death Penalty Not Acceptable, Bruce Ledewitz
Ledewitz Papers
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Constitutionalizing Kwik-E-Mart, Bruce Ledewitz
Constitutionalizing Kwik-E-Mart, Bruce Ledewitz
Ledewitz Papers
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How To Constitutionalize International Law And Foreign Policy For The Benefit Of Civil Society?, Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann
How To Constitutionalize International Law And Foreign Policy For The Benefit Of Civil Society?, Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann
Michigan Journal of International Law
All societies have adopted rules in order to reconcile conflicts among the short-term interests of their citizens with their common long-term interests. All societies have learned that rule-making and rule-enforcement require government powers, as well as "checks and balances" against abuses of such powers. Constitutionalism has emerged as the most important human invention for protecting equal rights of the citizens against such abuses. It rests on the rationality of Ulysses who, when approaching the island of the sirens and knowing of their dangers, ordered his companions to bind him to the mast and not to release him under any circumstances.' …
Establishing A Federal Constitutional Right To A Healthy Environment In Us And In Our Posterity, Bruce Ledewitz
Establishing A Federal Constitutional Right To A Healthy Environment In Us And In Our Posterity, Bruce Ledewitz
Ledewitz Papers
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Affirmative Action: Where Is It Coming From And Where Is It Going?, Denise Page Hood
Affirmative Action: Where Is It Coming From And Where Is It Going?, Denise Page Hood
Michigan Journal of Race and Law
A review of We Wont Go Back: Making the Case for Affirmative Action by Charles R. Lawrence III & Mari J. Matsuda
Co-Opting Compassion: The Federal Victim's Rights Amendment, Lynne Henderson
Co-Opting Compassion: The Federal Victim's Rights Amendment, Lynne Henderson
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