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The Powers Of The Michigan Civil Rights Commission, Roger C. Cramton
The Powers Of The Michigan Civil Rights Commission, Roger C. Cramton
Michigan Law Review
The thesis of this article is that the Attorney General has misread the language and actions of the constitution-makers. The Michigan Civil Rights Commission is an important and powerful agency of government which has substantial tasks to perform. But it does not possess the exclusive powers envisioned by the Attorney General. Other governmental units-the legislature, the executive, the courts, and the local governments-may continue to play a creative and positive role in fashioning a legal order that accords to every human being in society a reasonable opportunity to realize his potentialities.
Discriminatory Enforcement Of Blue Laws As Denial Of Equal Protection
Discriminatory Enforcement Of Blue Laws As Denial Of Equal Protection
Washington and Lee Law Review
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The Waite Court And The Fourteenth Amendment, Howard J. Graham
The Waite Court And The Fourteenth Amendment, Howard J. Graham
Vanderbilt Law Review
Underscoring so much while leaving so much unsaid, this book is a powerful plea for post-1937 trends and constructions--not merely in the Supreme Court, but now in Congress. How does the nation, the Court, the Congress, make good a lost century? Chief Justice Waite's triumph--decidedly more modest in my estimation than in Dr. Magrath's--was that he dared, tried, succeeded--at least by half. The country's failure was that it so long did not--has not yet--even by half. Twenty years and three constitutional amendments after emancipation too many of our forebears, including all members of this Court except the former Union colonel …