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Constitutional Collectivism And Ex-Offender Residence Exclusion Laws, Wayne A. Logan
Constitutional Collectivism And Ex-Offender Residence Exclusion Laws, Wayne A. Logan
Scholarly Publications
The U.S. has often been imperiled by the competing interests of individual states, and while past threats have most frequently assumed economic or political form, this article addresses a different threat: state efforts to limit where ex-offenders (those convicted of sex crimes in particular) can live. The laws have thus far withstood constitutional challenge, with courts deferring to the police power of states. This deference, however, ignores the negative externalities created when states jettison their human dross, and defies Justice Cardozo's oft-repeated constitutional tenet that the “the peoples of the several states must sink or swim together.” The article discusses …
The U.S. Constitution And International Law: Finding The Balance, Christopher Linde
The U.S. Constitution And International Law: Finding The Balance, Christopher Linde
Florida State University Journal of Transnational Law & Policy
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