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Ub Viewpoint – Dissolving The Shadows, Eric Easton Nov 2002

Ub Viewpoint – Dissolving The Shadows, Eric Easton

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


The War On Terrorism And The Constitution, Michael I. Meyerson Nov 2002

The War On Terrorism And The Constitution, Michael I. Meyerson

All Faculty Scholarship

Discussion of civil liberties during wartime often omit the fact that there can be no meaningful liberty at all if our homes and offices are bombed or our loved ones are killed or injured by acts of terror. The Government must be given the tools necessary to accomplish its vital mission. The first priority must be to win the war against terrorism. There are, however, other priorities. The United States, in its just battle for freedom, must ensure that freedom is preserved during that battle as well. Moreover, care must be taken so that an exaggerated cry of “emergency” is …


Brief Of Keith N. Hylton As Amicus Curiae In Support Of The Respondents In State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Petitioner V. Curtis B. Campbell And Inez Preece Campbell, Respondents, Keith N. Hylton Oct 2002

Brief Of Keith N. Hylton As Amicus Curiae In Support Of The Respondents In State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Petitioner V. Curtis B. Campbell And Inez Preece Campbell, Respondents, Keith N. Hylton

Faculty Scholarship

Virtually all courts accept the view that high punitive damage awards are appropriate in instances where the defendant's harmful conduct is unlikely to lead to liability. See, e.g., BMW of N. Am. Inc. v. Gore, 517 U.S. 559, 582 (1996). The Utah Supreme Court reinstated the $145 million punitive damage award in this case in part on the ground that "State Farm's actions, because of their clandestine nature, will be punished at most in one out of every 50,000 cases as a matter of statistical probability." Pet App. 30a. A central issue of this case is whether the Utah Supreme …


Misclassifying Monetary Restitution, Colleen P. Murphy Oct 2002

Misclassifying Monetary Restitution, Colleen P. Murphy

Law Faculty Scholarship

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The Federalism-Rights Nexus: Explaining Why Senate Democrats Tolerate Rehnquist Court Decision Making But Not The Rehnquist Court, Neal Devins Oct 2002

The Federalism-Rights Nexus: Explaining Why Senate Democrats Tolerate Rehnquist Court Decision Making But Not The Rehnquist Court, Neal Devins

Faculty Publications

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Marbury And Judicial Deference: The Shadow Of Whittington V. Polk And The Maryland Judiciary Battle, Jed Handelsman Shugerman Oct 2002

Marbury And Judicial Deference: The Shadow Of Whittington V. Polk And The Maryland Judiciary Battle, Jed Handelsman Shugerman

Faculty Scholarship

On the 200th anniversary of Whittington and approaching the 200th anniversary of Marbury, this article revisits these two decisions and challenges legal scholars' assumptions that they were such strong precedents for judicial review.5 When one takes into account the broader contexts, both decisions were in fact judicial capitulations to aggressive legislatures and executives. The Maryland General Court asserted its judicial supremacy only in dicta, and the court failed to enforce judicial supremacy when it was legally justified. This article picks apart the court's reasoning step by step, using Whittington to illuminate Marbury and Marbury to illuminate Whittington. …


Federal Judicial Selection As War, Part Three: The Role Of Ideology, Michael J. Gerhardt Oct 2002

Federal Judicial Selection As War, Part Three: The Role Of Ideology, Michael J. Gerhardt

Faculty Publications

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Section 10: Miscellaneous, Institute Of Bill Of Rights Law, William & Mary Law School Sep 2002

Section 10: Miscellaneous, Institute Of Bill Of Rights Law, William & Mary Law School

Supreme Court Preview

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Section 1: Lockyer V. Andrade, Institute Of Bill Of Rights Law, William & Mary Law School Sep 2002

Section 1: Lockyer V. Andrade, Institute Of Bill Of Rights Law, William & Mary Law School

Supreme Court Preview

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Section 4: First Amendment, Institute Of Bill Of Rights Law, William & Mary Law School Sep 2002

Section 4: First Amendment, Institute Of Bill Of Rights Law, William & Mary Law School

Supreme Court Preview

No abstract provided.


Section 3: The War On Terror, Institute Of Bill Of Rights Law, William & Mary Law School Sep 2002

Section 3: The War On Terror, Institute Of Bill Of Rights Law, William & Mary Law School

Supreme Court Preview

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Section 2: Supreme Court Advocacy, Institute Of Bill Of Rights Law, William & Mary Law School Sep 2002

Section 2: Supreme Court Advocacy, Institute Of Bill Of Rights Law, William & Mary Law School

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Section 8: Criminal Law & Procedure, Institute Of Bill Of Rights Law, William & Mary Law School Sep 2002

Section 8: Criminal Law & Procedure, Institute Of Bill Of Rights Law, William & Mary Law School

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Section 6: Civil Rights, Institute Of Bill Of Rights Law, William & Mary Law School Sep 2002

Section 6: Civil Rights, Institute Of Bill Of Rights Law, William & Mary Law School

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Section 5: Business Law, Institute Of Bill Of Rights Law, William & Mary Law School Sep 2002

Section 5: Business Law, Institute Of Bill Of Rights Law, William & Mary Law School

Supreme Court Preview

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Section 7: Federalism, Institute Of Bill Of Rights Law, William & Mary Law School Sep 2002

Section 7: Federalism, Institute Of Bill Of Rights Law, William & Mary Law School

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Section 9: Upcoming Issues, Institute Of Bill Of Rights Law, William & Mary Law School Sep 2002

Section 9: Upcoming Issues, Institute Of Bill Of Rights Law, William & Mary Law School

Supreme Court Preview

No abstract provided.


Marbury Ascendant: The Rehnquist Court And The Power To "Say What The Law Is", Timothy Zick Jul 2002

Marbury Ascendant: The Rehnquist Court And The Power To "Say What The Law Is", Timothy Zick

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Product Liability In The United States Supreme Court: A Venture In Memory Of Gary Schwartz., Anita Bernstein Jul 2002

Product Liability In The United States Supreme Court: A Venture In Memory Of Gary Schwartz., Anita Bernstein

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


A Parent’S Right To Choose: The Constitutionality Of Grandparent Visitation According To Troxel V. Granville, Robert A. Sedler Jun 2002

A Parent’S Right To Choose: The Constitutionality Of Grandparent Visitation According To Troxel V. Granville, Robert A. Sedler

Law Faculty Research Publications

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The Unhappy History Of Civil Rights Legislation, Fifty Years Later, Jack M. Beermann Apr 2002

The Unhappy History Of Civil Rights Legislation, Fifty Years Later, Jack M. Beermann

Faculty Scholarship

Seldom, if ever, have the power and the purposes of legislation been rendered so impotent.... All that is left today are afew scattered remnants of a once grandiose scheme to nationalize the fundamental rights of the individual.

These words were written fifty years ago by Eugene Gressman, now William Rand Kenan, Jr. Professor Emeritus, University of North Carolina School of Law, as a description of what the courts, primarily the Supreme Court of the United States, had done with the civil rights legislation passed by Congress in the wake of the Civil War. Professor Gressman's article, The Unhappy History of …


The Constitution And The New Deal, Richard D. Friedman Jan 2002

The Constitution And The New Deal, Richard D. Friedman

Reviews

The Supreme Court of the New Deal era continues to captivate American lawyers and historians. Constitutional jurisprudence changed rapidly during the period. Moreover, some of the most significant changes appeared - whatever the reality - to result from pressure imposed in 1937 by President Franklin Roosevelt's plan to pack the Court with Justices amenable to his programme. The structure of constitutional law that emerged within a few years of Roosevelt's death remains intact in significant respects today.


Reviewing Congressionally Created Remedies For Excessiveness, Colleen P. Murphy Jan 2002

Reviewing Congressionally Created Remedies For Excessiveness, Colleen P. Murphy

Law Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Supreme Court Employment Law Cases 2001-02 Term, Rafael Gely Jan 2002

Supreme Court Employment Law Cases 2001-02 Term, Rafael Gely

Faculty Publications

I set two simple objectives for the article. First, the article will summarize each of the cases. My intent is to provide those unfamiliar with the cases a brief review of the facts and a summary of the Court's reasoning. Parts II through VI provide this discussion, grouping the cases by subject area. Second, in Part VII, the article provides a "big picture" analysis of the various cases. My intent is to identify trends, issues, interesting aspects and features of the Court's term. My objective is to aid in our understanding of the patterns that might affect the Court's treatment …


Picking Up The Pieces After Alexander V. Sandoval? Resurrecting A Private Cause Of Action For Disparate Impact, Derek W. Black Jan 2002

Picking Up The Pieces After Alexander V. Sandoval? Resurrecting A Private Cause Of Action For Disparate Impact, Derek W. Black

Faculty Publications

The Supreme Court in Alexander v. Sandoval limited plaintiffs' ability to challenge racially inequality and discrimination through lawsuits. The Court held that plaintiffs could no longer bring private causes of action for racially disparate impact under federal regulations. This article analyzes that holding and its detrimental impact on minority communities. The article proposes alternative theories under which plaintiffs' can continue to bring their claims and minimize the impact of the Court's holding.


Lurking In The Shadows Of Judicial Process: Special Masters In The Supreme Court's Original Jurisdiction Cases, Anne-Marie Carstens Jan 2002

Lurking In The Shadows Of Judicial Process: Special Masters In The Supreme Court's Original Jurisdiction Cases, Anne-Marie Carstens

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Immigration Law In The Supreme Court: The Flagging Spirit Of The Law, 28 J. Legis. 113 (2002), Michael G. Heyman Jan 2002

Immigration Law In The Supreme Court: The Flagging Spirit Of The Law, 28 J. Legis. 113 (2002), Michael G. Heyman

UIC Law Open Access Faculty Scholarship

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The Business Of Expression: Economic Liberty, Political Factions And The Forgotten First Amendment Legacy Of Justice George Sutherland, 10 Wm. & Mary Bill Rts. J. 249 (2002), Samuel R. Olken Jan 2002

The Business Of Expression: Economic Liberty, Political Factions And The Forgotten First Amendment Legacy Of Justice George Sutherland, 10 Wm. & Mary Bill Rts. J. 249 (2002), Samuel R. Olken

UIC Law Open Access Faculty Scholarship

In The Business of Expression: Economic Liberty, Political Factions And The Forgotten First Amendment Legacy of Justice George Sutherland, Samuel Olken traces the dichotomy that emerged in constitutional law in the aftermath of the Lochner era between economic liberty and freedom of expression. During the 1930s, while a deeply divided United States Supreme Court adopted a laissez faire approach to economic regulation, it viewed with great suspicion laws that restricted the manner and content of expression. During this period, Justice George Sutherland often clashed with the majority consistently insisting that state regulation of private economic rights bear a close and …


A Positive Political Model Of Supreme Court Economic Decisions, Tony Caporale, Harold Winter Jan 2002

A Positive Political Model Of Supreme Court Economic Decisions, Tony Caporale, Harold Winter

Economics and Finance Faculty Publications

We develop a positive political model of the U.S. Supreme Court. Looking at the Court's economic cases for the period 1953-1993, we find a significant larger fraction of conservative decisions under Republican presidents and more conservative leadership of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees. Conservative decisions are also found to be positively correlated with the fraction of the Court appointed by Republican presidents and the rate of price inflation. We argue that our findings cast serious doubt on the common view of the Supreme Court as a completely independent, apolitical institution.


...A Rendezvous With Kreplach: Putting The New Deal Court In Context, Richard D. Friedman Jan 2002

...A Rendezvous With Kreplach: Putting The New Deal Court In Context, Richard D. Friedman

Reviews

The Supreme Court of the New Deal era continues to captivate lawyers and historians. Constitutional jurisprudence changed rapidly during the period. Moreover, some of the most significant changes seemed--whatever the reality--to result from pressure imposed in 1937 by President Franklin Roosevelt's plan to pack the Court. The structure of constitutional law that emerged within a few years of Roosevelt's death remains intact in significant respects today.