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Heller, High Water(Mark)? Lower Courts And The New Right To Keep And Bear Arms, Glenn Harlan Reynolds
Heller, High Water(Mark)? Lower Courts And The New Right To Keep And Bear Arms, Glenn Harlan Reynolds
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This paper examines the post-Heller Second Amendment case law in the lower courts and concludes that although federal courts are not rushing to overturn gun laws under the Second Amendment, they are moving more rapidly to implement Heller than under previous 'revolutionary' decisions such as U.S. v. Lopez. There is also some evidence that state courts are taking the right to arms more seriously, with the additional possibility that the new federal right to arms may boost interest in the numerous state right-to-arms provisions. Finally, by characterizing gun ownership as a protected individual right, Heller has served to 'renormalize' firearms …
How To Entrench A De Facto State Church In Russia: A Guide In Progress, Robert C. Blitt
How To Entrench A De Facto State Church In Russia: A Guide In Progress, Robert C. Blitt
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The Russian Orthodox Church's (ROC) assertion of a constitutionally inappropriate role in affairs of state has severely compromised Russia's secular constitutional framework. This gradual but steady erosion of the barrier between church and state is evidenced by a series of contemporary developments that are inexorably linked to the Church's vision of its traditional place in Russian history.
Disturbingly, each successive post-communist regime has further enabled this behavior, and there is no indication that the political transition from President Vladimir Putin to his hand-picked successor, Dmitry Medvedev, will change anything.
This paper argues that the emerging pattern of collusion presents a …
Pioneers In The Legal Profession: Some Of The First African-American And Women Lawyers In Tennessee, Dwight Aarons
Pioneers In The Legal Profession: Some Of The First African-American And Women Lawyers In Tennessee, Dwight Aarons
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Starting With The Students: Lessons From Popular Education, Fran Ansley
Starting With The Students: Lessons From Popular Education, Fran Ansley
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