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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 …
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 …
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
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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 …
Globalization And Structure, Julian Ku, John Yoo
Globalization And Structure, Julian Ku, John Yoo
William & Mary Law Review
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Partisan Conflicts Over Presidential Authority, Jide Nzelibe
Partisan Conflicts Over Presidential Authority, Jide Nzelibe
William & Mary Law Review
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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 …
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. …
Dual Constitutions And Constitutional Duels: Separation Of Powers And State Implementation Of Federally Inspired Regulatory Programs And Standards, Jim Rossi
William & Mary Law Review
Frequently, state-wide executive agencies and localities attempt to implement federally inspired programs. Two predominant examples are cooperative federalism programs and incorporation of federal standards in state-specific law. Federally inspired programs can bump into state constitutional restrictions on the allocation of powers, especially in states whose constitutional systems embrace stronger prohibitions on legislative delegation than the weak restrictions at the federal level, where national goals and standards are made.
This Article addresses this tension between dual federal/state normative accounts of the constitutional allocation of powers in state implementation of federally inspired programs. To the extent the predominant ways of resolving the …
American Insurance Association V. Garamendi And Executive Preemption In Foreign Affairs, Brannon P. Denning, Michael D. Ramsey
American Insurance Association V. Garamendi And Executive Preemption In Foreign Affairs, Brannon P. Denning, Michael D. Ramsey
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
Judicial Power In The Constitutional Theory Of James Madison, Jack N. Rakove
Judicial Power In The Constitutional Theory Of James Madison, Jack N. Rakove
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
Structural Review, Pseudo-Second-Look Decision Making, And The Risk Of Diluting Constitutional Liberty, Dan T. Coenen
Structural Review, Pseudo-Second-Look Decision Making, And The Risk Of Diluting Constitutional Liberty, Dan T. Coenen
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
Subconsitutional Constitutional Law: Supplement, Sham, Or Substitute?, Mark Tushnet
Subconsitutional Constitutional Law: Supplement, Sham, Or Substitute?, Mark Tushnet
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
A Constitution Of Collaboration: Protecting Fundamental Values With Second-Look Rules Of Interbranch Dialogue, Dan T. Coenen
A Constitution Of Collaboration: Protecting Fundamental Values With Second-Look Rules Of Interbranch Dialogue, Dan T. Coenen
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
Clinton, Kosovo, And The Final Destruction Of The War Powers Resolution, Geoffrey S. Corn
Clinton, Kosovo, And The Final Destruction Of The War Powers Resolution, Geoffrey S. Corn
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
How Not To Challenge The Court, Neal Devins
How Not To Challenge The Court, Neal Devins
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Federalism Implications Of Flores, Stephen Gardbaum
The Federalism Implications Of Flores, Stephen Gardbaum
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
Why Now Is Not The Time For Constitutional Amendment: The Limited Reach Of City Of Boerne V. Flores, Kent Greenawalt
Why Now Is Not The Time For Constitutional Amendment: The Limited Reach Of City Of Boerne V. Flores, Kent Greenawalt
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
Two Section Twos And Two Section Fives: Voting Rights And Remedies After Flores, Pamela S. Karlan
Two Section Twos And Two Section Fives: Voting Rights And Remedies After Flores, Pamela S. Karlan
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
Conceptual Gulfs In City Of Boerne V. Flores, Douglas Laycock
Conceptual Gulfs In City Of Boerne V. Flores, Douglas Laycock
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act Is A Constitutional Expansion Of Rights, Erwin Chemerinsky
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act Is A Constitutional Expansion Of Rights, Erwin Chemerinsky
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
Rfra, David P. Currie
Why The Congress Was Wrong And The Court Was Right - Reflections On City Of Boerne V. Flores, Ira C. Lupu
Why The Congress Was Wrong And The Court Was Right - Reflections On City Of Boerne V. Flores, Ira C. Lupu
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
Judicial Supremacy And The Settlement Function, Robert F. Nagel
Judicial Supremacy And The Settlement Function, Robert F. Nagel
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
Two Versions Of Judicial Supremacy, Mark Tushnet
Two Versions Of Judicial Supremacy, Mark Tushnet
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
City Of Boerne V. Flores: A Landmark For Structural Analysis, Marci A. Hamilton
City Of Boerne V. Flores: A Landmark For Structural Analysis, Marci A. Hamilton
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
On The Danger Of Wearing Two Hats: Mistretta And Morrison Revisited, Ronald J. Krotoszynski Jr.
On The Danger Of Wearing Two Hats: Mistretta And Morrison Revisited, Ronald J. Krotoszynski Jr.
William & Mary Law Review
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Treading On Sacred Ground: Congress's Power To Subject White House Advisers To Senate Confirmation, Douglas S. Onley
Treading On Sacred Ground: Congress's Power To Subject White House Advisers To Senate Confirmation, Douglas S. Onley
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
A "Tier-Ful" Revelation: A Principled Approach To Separation Of Powers, Timothy T. Hui
A "Tier-Ful" Revelation: A Principled Approach To Separation Of Powers, Timothy T. Hui
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.