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Child Sacrifices: The Precarity Of Minors' Autonomy And Bodily Integrity After Dobbs, Teri D. Baxter
Child Sacrifices: The Precarity Of Minors' Autonomy And Bodily Integrity After Dobbs, Teri D. Baxter
University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law
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Original Understanding, Punishment, And Collateral Consequences, Brian M. Murray
Original Understanding, Punishment, And Collateral Consequences, Brian M. Murray
University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law
Can Founding-era understandings of punishment limit the reach of punitive state activity, specifically with respect to automatic collateral consequences? This Article begins to tackle that question. For over a century, the Supreme Court has struggled to define the boundaries of crime and punishment. Under current doctrine, a deprivation constitutes punishment when it furthers a legislatively assigned penal purpose. A retributive purpose is sufficient, whereas traditionally instrumentalist purposes, such as deterrence, rehabilitation, or incapacitation, are not. Scholars have criticized this framework for several reasons, highlighting its jurisprudential assumptions, philosophical confusion, historical inconsistency, unworkability, complexity, and failure to reflect the essentially punitive …
"The Key-Stone To The Arch": Unlocking Section 13'S Original Meaning, Kevin Bendesky
"The Key-Stone To The Arch": Unlocking Section 13'S Original Meaning, Kevin Bendesky
University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania holds that Section 13 of the State’s constitution, which prohibits all “cruel punishments,” is coextensive with the Eighth Amendment, which prohibits only punishments that are both “cruel and unusual.” Rather than analyze the state provision independently, the court defers to the U.S. Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Eighth Amendment. This, says the court, is because Pennsylvania history does not provide evidence that the Commonwealth’s prohibition differs from the federal one. And without that historical basis, the court believes it is bound by federal precedent. This is mistaken.
History reveals that Pennsylvanians had a distinct, original …
The Federal War On Guns: A Story In Four-And-A-Half Acts, Brandon E. Beck
The Federal War On Guns: A Story In Four-And-A-Half Acts, Brandon E. Beck
University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law
“History is a jangle of accidents, blunders, surprises and absurdities, and so is our knowledge of it, but if we are to report it at all we must impose some order upon it.”
Beginning in the early 1990s, the Executive Branch took a novel approach to the enforcement of federal firearms offenses. It replaced traditional notions of restraint with a newfound willingness to exercise its power broadly, leading to a sharp increase in the number of federal firearms offenders that continues today. A recent development, however, threatens to dismantle the core of the federal firearms scheme. Decided in 2022, the …
Implicit Bias, Structural Bias, And Implications For Law And Policy, Goodwin Liu
Implicit Bias, Structural Bias, And Implications For Law And Policy, Goodwin Liu
University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law
No abstract provided.
Equal Protection Against Policing, Evan Bernick
Equal Protection Against Policing, Evan Bernick
University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law
No abstract provided.
Insanity-Plea Bargains: A Constitutionally And Practically Good Idea?, Sarah J. Goodman
Insanity-Plea Bargains: A Constitutionally And Practically Good Idea?, Sarah J. Goodman
University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law
No abstract provided.
The Unfinished Revolution For Immigrant Civil Rights, Allison B. Tirres
The Unfinished Revolution For Immigrant Civil Rights, Allison B. Tirres
University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law
No abstract provided.
Education For Learners With Disabilities As A Social Right, Dimitris Anastasiou, Ilias Bantekas
Education For Learners With Disabilities As A Social Right, Dimitris Anastasiou, Ilias Bantekas
University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law
No abstract provided.
Challenging The Constitutionality Of Qualified Immunity, Taylor Kordsiemon
Challenging The Constitutionality Of Qualified Immunity, Taylor Kordsiemon
University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law
No abstract provided.
Exigencies, Not Exceptions: How To Return Warrant Exceptions To Their Roots, Michael Gentithes
Exigencies, Not Exceptions: How To Return Warrant Exceptions To Their Roots, Michael Gentithes
University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law
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Fugitives From Slavery And The Lost History Of The Fourth Amendment, Michael J. Zydney Mannheimer
Fugitives From Slavery And The Lost History Of The Fourth Amendment, Michael J. Zydney Mannheimer
University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law
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Racial Justice: The Failure Of The Warren Court's Criminal Procedure, George C. Thomas Iii
Racial Justice: The Failure Of The Warren Court's Criminal Procedure, George C. Thomas Iii
University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law
No abstract provided.
The Past And Future Of Procedure Scholarship, James E. Pfander
The Past And Future Of Procedure Scholarship, James E. Pfander
University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law
No abstract provided.
Exploring The Interpretation And Application Of Procedural Rules: The Problem Of Implicit And Institutional Racial Bias, Edward A. Purcell Jr.
Exploring The Interpretation And Application Of Procedural Rules: The Problem Of Implicit And Institutional Racial Bias, Edward A. Purcell Jr.
University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law
No abstract provided.
Virtual Guilty Pleas, Jenia I. Turner
Virtual Guilty Pleas, Jenia I. Turner
University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law
No abstract provided.
Juries, Democracy, And Petty Crime, John D. King
Juries, Democracy, And Petty Crime, John D. King
University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law
No abstract provided.
Dred Scott And Asian Americans: Was Chief Justice Taney The First Critical Race Theorist?, Kevin R. Johnson
Dred Scott And Asian Americans: Was Chief Justice Taney The First Critical Race Theorist?, Kevin R. Johnson
University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law
No abstract provided.
The Appointment Of Counsel In Collateral Review, Diana Cummiskey
The Appointment Of Counsel In Collateral Review, Diana Cummiskey
University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law
No abstract provided.
Good Cops, Bad Cops, And The Exclusionary Rule, Andrew M. Carter
Good Cops, Bad Cops, And The Exclusionary Rule, Andrew M. Carter
University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law
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The Constitution Of Black Abolitionism: Reframing The Second Founding, James W. Fox Jr.
The Constitution Of Black Abolitionism: Reframing The Second Founding, James W. Fox Jr.
University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law
No abstract provided.
A Backdoor Bivens Remedy: State Civil Rights Torts And The Federal Tort Claims Act, Aseem Chipalkatti
A Backdoor Bivens Remedy: State Civil Rights Torts And The Federal Tort Claims Act, Aseem Chipalkatti
University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law
No abstract provided.
Young Adults And Criminal Culpability, Amber Venturelli
Young Adults And Criminal Culpability, Amber Venturelli
University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law
No abstract provided.
The Olc Emoluments Clause Jurisprudence In The Executive Branch, Arthur H. Garrison
The Olc Emoluments Clause Jurisprudence In The Executive Branch, Arthur H. Garrison
University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law
No abstract provided.
Punishing The Poor: Challenging Carceral Debt Practices Under Bearden And M.L.B., Tyler Smoot
Punishing The Poor: Challenging Carceral Debt Practices Under Bearden And M.L.B., Tyler Smoot
University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law
No abstract provided.
Mass Seizure And Mass Search, Gregory Brazeal
Mass Seizure And Mass Search, Gregory Brazeal
University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law
No abstract provided.
23policemenandme: Analyzing The Constitutional Implications Of Police Use Of Commercial Dna Databases, Evan Frohman
23policemenandme: Analyzing The Constitutional Implications Of Police Use Of Commercial Dna Databases, Evan Frohman
University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law
No abstract provided.
Wardlow Revisited: How Media Coverage Of Police Brutality Makes Empirical Data More Relevant Than Ever, Jack T. Vanderford
Wardlow Revisited: How Media Coverage Of Police Brutality Makes Empirical Data More Relevant Than Ever, Jack T. Vanderford
University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law
No abstract provided.
Machine Learning Evidence: Admissibility And Weight, Patrick W. Nutter
Machine Learning Evidence: Admissibility And Weight, Patrick W. Nutter
University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law
No abstract provided.
Immigration Adjudication Bankruptcy, Jill E. Family
Immigration Adjudication Bankruptcy, Jill E. Family
University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law
No abstract provided.