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The Sanctity Of Polling Places, Timothy Zick
Counter-Stories: Maintaining And Expanding Civil Liberties In Wartime, Mark A. Graber
Counter-Stories: Maintaining And Expanding Civil Liberties In Wartime, Mark A. Graber
Mark Graber
No abstract provided.
Judicial Recantation, Mark A. Graber
Legal, Strategic Or Legal Strategy: Deciding To Decide During The Civil War And Reconstruction, Mark A. Graber
Legal, Strategic Or Legal Strategy: Deciding To Decide During The Civil War And Reconstruction, Mark A. Graber
Mark Graber
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The Natural Right Of Self-Defense: Heller's Lesson For The World, David B. Kopel
The Natural Right Of Self-Defense: Heller's Lesson For The World, David B. Kopel
David B Kopel
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in District of Columbia v. Heller constitutionalized the right of self-defense, and described self-defense as a natural, inherent right. Analysis of natural law in Heller shows why Justice Stevens' dissent is clearly incorrect, and illuminates a crucial weakness in Justice Breyer's dissent. The constitutional recognition of the natural law right of self-defense has important implications for American law, and for foreign and international law.
Parents Involved And The Meaning Of Brown: An Old Debate Renewed, Jonathan L. Entin
Parents Involved And The Meaning Of Brown: An Old Debate Renewed, Jonathan L. Entin
Faculty Publications
In Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 the Supreme Court debated the meaning of Brown v. Board of Education. This essay, prepared for a symposium on Parents Involved, traces the roots of the debate between color-blindness and anti-subordination to Brown itself and efforts to desegregate public schools in the wake of that decision but shows that the debate goes back at least as far as the tensions reflected in the first Justice Harlan's celebrated dissent in Plessy v. Ferguson.
Is Nominal Use An Answer To The Free Speech & Right Of Publicity Quandary?: Lessons From America’S National Pastime, Raymond Shih Ray Ku
Is Nominal Use An Answer To The Free Speech & Right Of Publicity Quandary?: Lessons From America’S National Pastime, Raymond Shih Ray Ku
Faculty Publications
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International Travel And The Constitution, Jeffrey D. Kahn
International Travel And The Constitution, Jeffrey D. Kahn
Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters
This Article makes the case for the fundamental right of U.S. citizens to leave their country and return home again. Surprisingly, Americans do not enjoy such a right. Under current Supreme Court precedents, the right to travel abroad is merely an aspect of liberty that may be restricted within the bounds of due process. The controversial No Fly List is one result. Another is a new rule that went into effect in February 2008, under which all travelers now require the express prior permission of the U.S. Government to board any aircraft or maritime vessel that will enter or leave …