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Enforcement Of Federal Private Rights Against States After Alden V. Maine: The Importance Of Hutto V. Finney And Compensation Via Civil Contempt Proceedings, Gordon G. Young
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The Case For Including Marks V. United States In The Canon Of Constitutional Law, Maxwell L. Stearns
The Case For Including Marks V. United States In The Canon Of Constitutional Law, Maxwell L. Stearns
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In this essay, I would like to suggest adding a single case, with appropriate commentary, to the canon of constitutional law, as presented in introductory casebooks. Specifically, I suggest including Marks v. United States, as a principal case, or in the form of a detailed summary, immediately before or after the first major plurality decision. I should note that the case is rather short – nine pages in the U.S. Reports – and that it nominally involves obscenity doctrine. I would suggest, counterintuitively perhaps, that the case is more fruitfully presented toward the beginning of an introductory course in constitutional …
Naked Land Transfers And American Constitutional Development, Mark A. Graber
Naked Land Transfers And American Constitutional Development, Mark A. Graber
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The constitutional prohibition on naked land transfers, laws granting to B property that belonged to A, played a far greater role in American constitutional development than is generally realized. The Marshall and Taney Courts heard numerous cases in which government officials were accused of expropriating private property, typically by legislative oversight rather than by deliberate intent. When resolving these cases, antebellum justices relied heavily on “certain great principles of justice” rather than on specific constitutional provisions. Supreme Court majorities on several occasions probably exercised the judicial power to declare federal laws unconstitutional. More frequently, Marshall and Taney Court decisions in …