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Ultra-Wrong About The "Ultra-Right", Terry Eastland
Ultra-Wrong About The "Ultra-Right", Terry Eastland
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Packing the Courts: The Conservative Campaign to Rewrite the Constitution by Herman Schwartz
Judicial Review And American Democracy, Stanley S. Sokul
Judicial Review And American Democracy, Stanley S. Sokul
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Judicial Review and American Democracy by Albert P. Melone and George Mace
Outlaw Blues, Suzanna Sherry
Outlaw Blues, Suzanna Sherry
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Red, White, and Blue: A Critical Analysis of Constitutional Law by Mark Tushnet
Choosing Judges The Democratic Way, Larry Yackle
Choosing Judges The Democratic Way, Larry Yackle
Faculty Scholarship
A generation ago, the pressing question in constitutional law was the countermajoritarian difficulty.' Americans insisted their government was a democratic republic and took that to mean rule by a majority of elected representatives in various offices and bodies, federal and local. Yet courts whose members had not won election presumed to override the actions of executive and legislative officers who had. The conventional answer to this apparent paradox was the Constitution, which arguably owed its existence to the people directly. Judicial review was justified, accordingly, when court decisions were rooted firmly in the particular text, structure, or historical backdrop of …
Constitutional Defenses Against Punitive Damages: Down But Not Out, Nicholas K. Kile
Constitutional Defenses Against Punitive Damages: Down But Not Out, Nicholas K. Kile
Indiana Law Journal
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First Amendment, Burt Neuborne
Weighted Voting, Richard David Emery ,Esq.
Section 1983, Martin A. Schwartz, Honorable George C. Pratt, Leon Friedman
Section 1983, Martin A. Schwartz, Honorable George C. Pratt, Leon Friedman
Touro Law Review
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Isolationism Or Deference? The Alien Tort Claims Act And The Separation Of Powers, Victor A. Pappalardo
Isolationism Or Deference? The Alien Tort Claims Act And The Separation Of Powers, Victor A. Pappalardo
Michigan Journal of International Law
This Note examines the rationales behind Filartiga and other cases which have had the opportunity to pass upon its holding, notably the holdings in Tel-Oren v. Libyan Arab Republic and Forti v. Suarez- Mason. It then focuses on the validity of these rationales with respect to the constitutional separation of powers scheme. In so doing, it analyzes Filartiga's conclusions in light of the act of state and political question doctrines, two closely interrelated doctrines which have been at the forefront of the separation of powers criticisms of Filartiga. This Note concludes by suggesting that a clear case exists …
Housing Discrimination, Richard F. Bellman ,Esq., Richard Cahn ,Esq.
Housing Discrimination, Richard F. Bellman ,Esq., Richard Cahn ,Esq.
Touro Law Review
No abstract provided.
Fourth Amendment, William E. Hellerstein