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A Rhetoric For Ratification: The Argument Of The Federalist And Its Impact On Constitutional Interpretation, Dan T. Coenen Nov 2006

A Rhetoric For Ratification: The Argument Of The Federalist And Its Impact On Constitutional Interpretation, Dan T. Coenen

Duke Law Journal

Courts, lawyers, and scholars have long assumed that The Federalist Papers supply important information for use in constitutional argument and interpretation. In recent years, commentators have questioned this view. Their skepticism grows out of two major concerns. First, Justice Scalia's challenge to the use of legislative history in the statutory context casts a cloud over judicial use of background texts such as The Federalist in seeking the meaning of the Constitution. Second, even if courts may rely on some background materials in interpreting the Constitution, there is reason to conclude that The Federalist. does not qualify as the sort of …


The Aftermath Of In Re 2001 Redistricting Cases: The Need For A New Constitutional Scheme For Legislative Redistricting In Alaska, Gordon S. Harrison Jun 2006

The Aftermath Of In Re 2001 Redistricting Cases: The Need For A New Constitutional Scheme For Legislative Redistricting In Alaska, Gordon S. Harrison

Alaska Law Review

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You Say Takings, And I Say Takings: The History And Potential Of Regulatory Takings Challenges To The Endangered Species Act, Darren Botello-Samson Apr 2006

You Say Takings, And I Say Takings: The History And Potential Of Regulatory Takings Challenges To The Endangered Species Act, Darren Botello-Samson

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

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