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The Promise Of Equality: Reflections On The Post-Brown Era In Virginia, Robert R. Mehrige Jr. Nov 2004

The Promise Of Equality: Reflections On The Post-Brown Era In Virginia, Robert R. Mehrige Jr.

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.


Virginia's Next Challenge: Economic And Educational Opportunity, Mark R. Warner Nov 2004

Virginia's Next Challenge: Economic And Educational Opportunity, Mark R. Warner

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Rehnquist Revolution, Erwin Chemerinsky Mar 2004

The Rehnquist Revolution, Erwin Chemerinsky

The University of New Hampshire Law Review

[Excerpt] "When historians look back at the Rehnquist Court, without a doubt they will say that its greatest changes in constitutional law were in the area of federalism. Over the past decade, and particularly over the last five years, the Supreme Court has dramatically limited the scope of Congress’ powers and has greatly expanded the protection of state Sovereign Immunity. Virtually every area of law, criminal and civil, is touched by these changes. Since I began teaching constitutional law in 1980, the most significant differences in constitutional law are a result of the Supreme Court’s revival of federalism as a …


Ub Viewpoint – Journalists May Face Contempt For Protecting Sources, Eric Easton Feb 2004

Ub Viewpoint – Journalists May Face Contempt For Protecting Sources, Eric Easton

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Can Treasury Overrule The Supreme Court?, Gregg D. Polsky Feb 2004

Can Treasury Overrule The Supreme Court?, Gregg D. Polsky

Scholarly Works

This article considers whether the Treasury's check-the-box regulations, which have been widely praised by tax practitioners, are valid. These regulations generally allow any unincorporated entity to elect whether it will be treated as a corporation or a partnership for tax purposes. When these regulations were first proposed, there was some debate as to whether such an elective regime was foreclosed by the statutory scheme, which requires that "associations" be taxed as corporations. This article argues that the focus of this debate was misplaced because, even assuming that the statutory scheme itself was sufficiently ambiguous as to permit an elective regime, …


An End Of Term Exam: Ot 2003 At The United States Supreme Court, Peter B. Rutledge, Nicole L. Angarella Jan 2004

An End Of Term Exam: Ot 2003 At The United States Supreme Court, Peter B. Rutledge, Nicole L. Angarella

Scholarly Works

This Essay proceeds in two parts. The first part provides the broad overview of October Term 2003. It analyzes current statistics in the size and composition of the Court's caseload and compares those figures to past terms. It also considers the justices' voting patterns and which justices proved to be the "swing" votes, both generally and in particular fields. The second part focuses on the key cases of the Term. It addresses both what the Court decided and what it failed to decide. It critiques those decisions and considers their implications for future doctrinal developments. The Court Consensus offers some …


Grutter And Gratz: A Critical Analysis, Lackland H. Bloom Jr. Jan 2004

Grutter And Gratz: A Critical Analysis, Lackland H. Bloom Jr.

Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters

This Article will analyze the Grutter and Gratz opinions, especially Justice O'Connor's important opinion for the majority in Grutter, and will consider the significance of these decisions in terms of university admissions policy, justifications for racial preferences, and equal protection doctrine. The article will conclude that the Court's defense of the use of racial preferences does not square well with the Powell opinion in Bakke on which it relied so heavily. It will suggest that the Court could have offered a more persuasive explanation for the result it reached but probably felt precluded by precedent from doing so.


The Jose Padilla Story, Donna R. Newman Jan 2004

The Jose Padilla Story, Donna R. Newman

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Torture Warrant: A Response To Professor Strauss, Alan M. Dershowitz Jan 2004

The Torture Warrant: A Response To Professor Strauss, Alan M. Dershowitz

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.


Investigating New York’S Son Of Sam Law: Problems With The Recent Extension Of Tort Liability For People Convicted Of Crimes, Jessica Yager Jan 2004

Investigating New York’S Son Of Sam Law: Problems With The Recent Extension Of Tort Liability For People Convicted Of Crimes, Jessica Yager

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.


Five Critical Issues In New York’S Grandparent Visitation Law After Troxel V. Granville, Stephen A. Newman Jan 2004

Five Critical Issues In New York’S Grandparent Visitation Law After Troxel V. Granville, Stephen A. Newman

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.


Homophobia And The “Matthew Shepard Effect” In Lawrence V. Texas, Kris Franklin Jan 2004

Homophobia And The “Matthew Shepard Effect” In Lawrence V. Texas, Kris Franklin

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.