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The President And Individual Rights, Mark Tushnet
The President And Individual Rights, Mark Tushnet
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
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Destructive Federal Decentralization, David Fontana
Destructive Federal Decentralization, David Fontana
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
This Article—written for a symposium hosted by the William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal—focuses on the efforts by the Trump administration to relocate federal officials outside of Washington to reduce the capacity of the federal government. Federalism and the separation of powers are usually the twin pillars of structural constitutional law. Locating federal officials outside of Washington— federal decentralization—has been an additional tool of diffusing power that has started to gain some scholarly attention. These debates largely focus on structural constitutional law as constructive—as improving the capacity and operation of the federal and state governments. The power …
Who Constrains Presidential Exercise Of Delegated Powers?, Rebecca L. Brown
Who Constrains Presidential Exercise Of Delegated Powers?, Rebecca L. Brown
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
Building on the work of administrative law scholars who have identified and illuminated the several components of the problem over the years, this Article will seek to show what has happened when a cluster of separate circumstances have come together to create a new and serious threat to individual liberty when the President exercises expansive delegated authority. Several doctrinal components lead to this confluence: First, the moribund “intelligible principle” test has evolved to provide little or no constraint on this or any other delegation. Second, a delegation to the President, specifically, is not subject to the procedural requirements of the …
The Theory And Practice Of Contestatory Federalism, James A. Gardner
The Theory And Practice Of Contestatory Federalism, James A. Gardner
William & Mary Law Review
Madisonian theory holds that a federal division of power is necessary to the protection of liberty, but that federalism is a naturally unstable form of government organization that is in constant danger of collapsing into either unitarism or fragmentation. Despite its inherent instability, this condition may be permanently maintained, according to Madison, through a constitutional design that keeps the system in equipoise by institutionalizing a form of perpetual contestation between national and subnational governments. The theory, however, does not specify how that contestation actually occurs, and by what means.
This paper investigates Madison’s hypothesis by documenting the methods actually deployed …
When Influence Encroaches: Statutory Advice In The Administrative State, William C. Hudson
When Influence Encroaches: Statutory Advice In The Administrative State, William C. Hudson
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
This Article revisits the D.C. Circuit’s 1993 decision in FEC v. NRA Political Victory Fund, and concludes that the separation of powers reasoning applied in NRA Political Victory Fund could invalidate other common practices in the administrative state, such as statutory requirements that Executive Branch officers serve on the boards of corporations created and staffed by Congress.
Standing, Politics, And Exhaustion: A Response To Legislative Exhaustion, Heather Elliott
Standing, Politics, And Exhaustion: A Response To Legislative Exhaustion, Heather Elliott
William & Mary Law Review Online
Professor Michael Sant’Ambrogio’s article, Legislative Exhaustion, usefully approaches the problem of “legislative standing” by abandoning the typical Article III standing analysis and making instead a separation-of-powers argument. His theory—that Congress may sue the President only when it has no legislative avenue for addressing its problems—provides both a workable account of and a limiting principle for suits by the legislative branch against the executive. His analysis, however, raises questions regarding the effect of legislative lawsuits on the constitutional balance of powers. This Essay suggests that these questions should be more fully explored before Professor Sant’Ambrogio’s approach can be adopted. It concludes …
Legislative Exhaustion, Michael Sant’Ambrogio
Legislative Exhaustion, Michael Sant’Ambrogio
William & Mary Law Review
Legislative lawsuits are a recurring by-product of divided government. Yet the Supreme Court has never definitively resolved whether Congress may sue the executive branch over its execution of the law. Some scholars argue that Congress should be able to establish Article III standing when its interests are harmed by executive action or inaction just like private parties. Others, including most prominently the late Justice Antonin Scalia, argue that intergovernmental disputes do not constitute Article III “cases” or “controversies” at all. Rather, the Framers envisioned the political branches resolving their differences through nonjudicial means.
This Article proposes a different approach to …
How To Make Sense Of Supreme Court Standing Cases – A Plea For The Right Kind Of Realism, Richard H. Fallon Jr.
How To Make Sense Of Supreme Court Standing Cases – A Plea For The Right Kind Of Realism, Richard H. Fallon Jr.
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
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Does The Supreme Court Ignore Standing Problems To Reach The Merits? Evidence (Or Lack Thereof) From The Roberts Court, Heather Elliott
Does The Supreme Court Ignore Standing Problems To Reach The Merits? Evidence (Or Lack Thereof) From The Roberts Court, Heather Elliott
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
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Standing And The Role Of Federal Courts: Triple Error Decisions In Clapper V. Amnesty International Usa And City Of Los Angeles V. Lyons, Vicki C. Jackson
Standing And The Role Of Federal Courts: Triple Error Decisions In Clapper V. Amnesty International Usa And City Of Los Angeles V. Lyons, Vicki C. Jackson
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
Governmental Sovereignty Actions, Ann Woolhandler
Governmental Sovereignty Actions, Ann Woolhandler
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
Blackstone's Curse: The Fall Of The Criminal, Civil, And Grand Juries And The Rise Of The Executive, The Legislature, The Judiciary, And The States, Suja A. Thomas
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Federal Circuit As A Federal Court, Paul R. Gugliuzza
The Federal Circuit As A Federal Court, Paul R. Gugliuzza
William & Mary Law Review
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has exclusive jurisdiction over patent appeals and, as a consequence, the last word on many legal issues important to innovation policy. This Article shows how the Federal Circuit augments its already significant power by impeding other government institutions from influencing the patent system. Specifically, the Federal Circuit has shaped patent-law doctrine, along with rules of jurisdiction, procedure, and administrative law, to preserve and expand the court's power in four interinstitutional relationships: the court's federalism relationship with state courts, its separation of powers relationship with the executive and legislative branches, its vertical …
Jurisdictional Procedure, Justin Pidot
Jurisdictional Procedure, Justin Pidot
William & Mary Law Review
Scholars have lavished attention on the substance of jurisdictional doctrines such as standing, mootness, diversity, and federal question. They have left largely unexamined, however, the procedures courts use to address these doctrines; collectively, I refer to these procedures as “jurisdictional procedure.” A paramount feature of jurisdictional procedure is the unique and virtually unqualified obligation federal courts possess to identify and decide issues of subject matter jurisdiction even if the parties and lower courts overlook these issues. Courts have reached no consensus about how to identify the facts necessary to effectuate this obligation. The confluence of court-initiated legal inquiry and unpredictable …
An Unusual Separation Of Power Episode: Samantar V. Yousuf And The Need For The Executive Branch To Assert Control Over Foreign Official Sovereign Immunity Determinations, Laura Manns
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
Globalization And Structure, Julian Ku, John Yoo
Globalization And Structure, Julian Ku, John Yoo
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
Partisan Conflicts Over Presidential Authority, Jide Nzelibe
Partisan Conflicts Over Presidential Authority, Jide Nzelibe
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
Constitutional Solipsism: Toward A Thick Doctrine Of Article Iii Duty; Or Why The Federal Circuits' Nonprecedential Status Rules Are (Profoundly) Unconstitutional, Penelope Pether
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
Political Judges And Popular Justice: A Conservative Victory Or A Conservative Dilemma?, George D. Brown
Political Judges And Popular Justice: A Conservative Victory Or A Conservative Dilemma?, George D. Brown
William & Mary Law Review
Most of the judges in America are elected. Yet the institution of the elected judiciary is in trouble, perhaps in crisis. The pressures of campaigning, particularly raising money, have produced an intensity of electioneering that many observers see as damaging to the institution itself. In an extraordinary development, four justices of the Supreme Court recently expressed concern over possible loss of trust in state judicial systems. Yet mechanisms that states have put in place to strike a balance between the accountability values of an elected judiciary and rule of law values of unbiased adjudication are increasingly invalidated by the federal …
Congressional Criminality And Balance Of Powers: Are Internal Filter Teams Really What Our Forefathers Envisioned?, Emily E. Eineman
Congressional Criminality And Balance Of Powers: Are Internal Filter Teams Really What Our Forefathers Envisioned?, Emily E. Eineman
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
Signing Statements And Divided Government, Neal Devins
Signing Statements And Divided Government, Neal Devins
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
Second Class Citizen Soldiers: A Proposal For Greater First Amendment Protections For America's Military Personnel, Emily Reuter
Second Class Citizen Soldiers: A Proposal For Greater First Amendment Protections For America's Military Personnel, Emily Reuter
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
The On/Off Switch, Philip Heymann
The On/Off Switch, Philip Heymann
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
Presidential Signing Statements In Perspective, Nelson Lund
Presidential Signing Statements In Perspective, Nelson Lund
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
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Presidential Signing Statements And The Rule Of Law As An "Unstructured Institution", Peter M. Shane
Presidential Signing Statements And The Rule Of Law As An "Unstructured Institution", Peter M. Shane
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
Litigating Presidential Signing Statements, Michele Estrin Gilman
Litigating Presidential Signing Statements, Michele Estrin Gilman
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
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Signing Statements As Declaratory Judgments: The President As Judge, Phillip J. Cooper
Signing Statements As Declaratory Judgments: The President As Judge, Phillip J. Cooper
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
The "Benefits" Of Non-Delegation: Using The Non-Delegation Doctrine To Bring More Rigor To Benefit-Cost Analysis, Victor B. Flatt
The "Benefits" Of Non-Delegation: Using The Non-Delegation Doctrine To Bring More Rigor To Benefit-Cost Analysis, Victor B. Flatt
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
Political Judging: When Due Process Goes International, Montré D. Carodine
Political Judging: When Due Process Goes International, Montré D. Carodine
William & Mary Law Review
The Supreme Court's recent reliance on foreign precedent to interpret the Constitution sparked a firestorm of criticism and spawned a rich debate regarding the extent to which U.S. courts should defer to foreign law when developing U.S. constitutional norms. This Article looks at a subset of the issue of deference to foreign law and international influences in judicial decision making: the extent to which our courts should apply American notions of due process in determining whether to recognize and enforce judgments obtained abroad. Courts reviewing foreign judgments to determine whether they areworthy of recognition have created an "international due process"analysis. …
Queries From Querin: Guantanamo Tribunals And The Separation Of Powers Doctrine, Tanja Korpi
Queries From Querin: Guantanamo Tribunals And The Separation Of Powers Doctrine, Tanja Korpi
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.