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President Obama's Supreme Decision, Mary Brigid Mcmanamon
President Obama's Supreme Decision, Mary Brigid Mcmanamon
Mary Brigid McManamon
Right-To-Die, Bruce Morton
Traffic Stops, Minority Motorists, And The Future Of The Fourth Amendment, David Sklansky
Traffic Stops, Minority Motorists, And The Future Of The Fourth Amendment, David Sklansky
David A Sklansky
No abstract provided.
Do The Haves Come Out Ahead - Winning And Losing In State Supreme Courts, 1870-1970, Stanton Wheeler, Bliss Cartwright, Robert Kagan, Lawrence Friedman
Do The Haves Come Out Ahead - Winning And Losing In State Supreme Courts, 1870-1970, Stanton Wheeler, Bliss Cartwright, Robert Kagan, Lawrence Friedman
Robert Kagan
No abstract provided.
Institutional Rules, Strategic Behavior And The Legacy Of Chief Justice William Rehnquist: Setting The Record Straight On Dickerson V. United States, Daniel Katz
Daniel M Katz
Why did Justice Rehnquist behave the way he did in Dickerson v. United States? As written, many prevailing accounts accept Justice Rehnquist's opinion in Dickerson v. United States at face value and disavow the potential of a strategic explanation. The difficulty with the non-strategic accounts is their failure to outline explicitly the evidence supporting the uniqueness of their theory. Specifically, these explanations largely ignore the alternative set of preferences which could have produced the Chief's decision. This is troubling because prior scholarship demonstrates that a chief justice possesses a unique set of institutional powers which provides significant incentive for him …
The Supreme Court 2007-2008: Competency, Gun Control, And Capital Punishment, Steven Smith
The Supreme Court 2007-2008: Competency, Gun Control, And Capital Punishment, Steven Smith
STEVEN R SMITH
No abstract provided.
The Supreme Court 2013-2014: The Happiest Term?, Steven Smith
The Supreme Court 2013-2014: The Happiest Term?, Steven Smith
STEVEN R SMITH
No abstract provided.
From Expert Witnesses To ‘Fleeting Expletives’: The Supreme Court 2008-2009, Steven Smith
From Expert Witnesses To ‘Fleeting Expletives’: The Supreme Court 2008-2009, Steven Smith
STEVEN R SMITH
The October 2008 Term of the United States Supreme Court began on October 6,2008. By the time the Term adjourned on June 29, 2009, the Court had changed or clarified the law in several important areas. (As we shall see, technically there was another argument in September 2009 as part of this Term.) The Court also seemed to foreshadow larger changes ahead, and saw Justice David Souter announce at the end of April that he would be stepping down from the Court. This article will review the major decisions of the Court during the Term. It will also analyze the …
Legal Perspectives: The New Supreme Court, Steven Smith
Legal Perspectives: The New Supreme Court, Steven Smith
STEVEN R SMITH
No abstract provided.
A Term To Remember: The Supreme Court And The Future Of Healthcare Reform, Steven Smith
A Term To Remember: The Supreme Court And The Future Of Healthcare Reform, Steven Smith
STEVEN R SMITH
No abstract provided.
Life, Death, Or Miranda: The Supreme Court Term 2009-2010, Steven Smith
Life, Death, Or Miranda: The Supreme Court Term 2009-2010, Steven Smith
STEVEN R SMITH
No abstract provided.
Speech And Strife, Robert Tsai
Speech And Strife, Robert Tsai
Robert L. Tsai
The essay strives for a better understanding of the myths, symbols, categories of power, and images deployed by the Supreme Court to signal how we ought to think about its authority. Taking examples from free speech jurisprudence, the essay proceeds in three steps. First, Tsai argues that the First Amendment constitutes a deep source of cultural authority for the Court. As a result, linguistic and doctrinal innovation in the free speech area have been at least as bold and imaginative as that in areas like the Commerce Clause. Second, in turning to cognitive theory, he distinguishes between formal legal argumentation …
First Amendment Freedom Of Speech And Religion - October 2009 Term, Burt Neuborne, Michael Dorf
First Amendment Freedom Of Speech And Religion - October 2009 Term, Burt Neuborne, Michael Dorf
Michael C. Dorf
No abstract provided.
Rick Garnett Publishes Op-Ed Piece In La Times "The Righteousness In Hobby Lobby's Cause", Richard Garnett
Rick Garnett Publishes Op-Ed Piece In La Times "The Righteousness In Hobby Lobby's Cause", Richard Garnett
Richard W Garnett
Rick Garnett's op-ed in LA Times on the HHS mandate and religious liberty cases before the Supreme Court.
Rick Garnett Quoted In Washington Post Article "Court Confronts Religious Rights Of Corporations", Richard Garnett
Rick Garnett Quoted In Washington Post Article "Court Confronts Religious Rights Of Corporations", Richard Garnett
Richard W Garnett
Rick Garnett quoted in Washington Post article "Court Confronts Religious Rights of Corporations" by ADAM LIPTAK. “This is a perfect storm,” said Richard Garnett, a law professor at Notre Dame, adding that it is also a worrisome one. “Debates about campaign finance in Citizens United and abortion and Obamacare,” he said, “could distort the court’s analysis of religious freedom.”
Rick Garnett Quoted In Ncr Article "Supreme Court Takes Up Contraceptive Mandate, Will Rule On Religious Rights Of Corporations", Richard Garnett
Rick Garnett Quoted In Ncr Article "Supreme Court Takes Up Contraceptive Mandate, Will Rule On Religious Rights Of Corporations", Richard Garnett
Richard W Garnett
Rick Garnett quoted in NCR article by David Gibson "Supreme Court takes up contraceptive mandate, will rule on religious rights of corporations" on November 26, 2013. Given the polemics, Notre Dame law professor Richard Garnett said he worries "that what I regard as accidental aspects of the case -- the Citizens United debate, the 'war on women' rhetoric from the last election, the controversies about (health care reform) -- will distract the court from the more specific legal question presented, which has to do, again, with the interpretation of a particular, and an important, federal statute."
Due Process And Social Legislation In The Supreme Court--A Post Mortem, Robert Rodes
Due Process And Social Legislation In The Supreme Court--A Post Mortem, Robert Rodes
Robert Rodes
No abstract provided.
Recent Landmark Criminal Law Decisions Of The Supreme Court: The Jurisprudence Of The Supreme Court: Fair Trial, Juvenile Justice, The Death Penalty, And The Right To Counsel, Richard Klein
Richard Daniel Klein
The Supreme Court has recently adjudicated some crucial issues regarding criminal matters and constitutional jurisprudence. The Court expanded the constitutional authority vested in Congress, provided defendants with constitutional remedies and protections, indicated that even a substantial amount of publicity surrounding a trial does not warrant a change of venue, left defense attorneys in awe of their new-found obligations, and settled important divisions among the U.S. circuit courts of appeal. Skilling v. U.S. revealed that a change of venue based on a claim of a tainted jury pool presents a difficult, if not impossible task, for criminal defendants. Padilla expanded the …
Supreme Court To Hear Case On Separating Church And State, Gerard Bradley
Supreme Court To Hear Case On Separating Church And State, Gerard Bradley
Gerard V. Bradley
Gerard Bradley was quoted in the Los Angeles Times article Supreme Court to hear new case on religion in public lifeby David G. Savage on November 2, 2013. Notre Dame Law professor Gerard Bradley thinks justices may be ready to "reject or seriously modify the 'endorsement' test."
The Second Amendment: An Analysis Of District Of Columbia V. Heller, Eileen Kaufman
The Second Amendment: An Analysis Of District Of Columbia V. Heller, Eileen Kaufman
Eileen Kaufman
No abstract provided.
A Criminal Quartet: The Supreme Court's Resolution Of Four Critical Issues In The Criminal Justice System, Richard Klein
A Criminal Quartet: The Supreme Court's Resolution Of Four Critical Issues In The Criminal Justice System, Richard Klein
Richard Daniel Klein
No abstract provided.
Calmly To Poise The Scales Of Justice: A History Of The Courts Of The District Of Columbia Circuit, Jeffrey Morris, Chris Rohmann
Calmly To Poise The Scales Of Justice: A History Of The Courts Of The District Of Columbia Circuit, Jeffrey Morris, Chris Rohmann
Jeffrey B. Morris
No abstract provided.
Pfizer, Inc. V. India Foreign Sovereigns’ Standing To Sue For Treble Damages, Gary Shaw
Pfizer, Inc. V. India Foreign Sovereigns’ Standing To Sue For Treble Damages, Gary Shaw
Gary M. Shaw
No abstract provided.
Litigating Religion, Michael A. Helfand
Litigating Religion, Michael A. Helfand
Michael A Helfand
This article considers how parties should resolve disputes that turn on religious doctrine and practice – that is, how people should litigate religion. Under current constitutional doctrine, litigating religion is generally the task of two types of religious institutions: first, religious arbitration tribunals, whose decisions are protected by arbitration doctrine, and religious courts, whose decision are protected by the religion clauses. Such institutions have been thrust into playing this role largely because the religion clauses are currently understood to prohibit courts from resolving religious questions – that is, the “religious question” doctrine is currently understood to prohibit courts from litigating …
Day 1: Health Law Experts Weigh In On The Supreme Court’S Review Of Federal Law, Chelsea Conaboy
Day 1: Health Law Experts Weigh In On The Supreme Court’S Review Of Federal Law, Chelsea Conaboy
Wendy E. Parmet
No abstract provided.
Doctrinal Conversation: Justice Kagan's Supreme Court Opinions, Laura Ray
Doctrinal Conversation: Justice Kagan's Supreme Court Opinions, Laura Ray
Laura K. Ray
In her first two terms on the Supreme Court, Justice Elena Kagan has crafted a distinctive judicial voice that speaks to her readers in a remarkably conversational tone. She employs a variety of rhetorical devices: invocations to “remember” or “pretend”; informal and even colloquial diction; a diverse assortment of similes and metaphors; and parenthetical interjections that guide the reader’s response. These strategies engage the reader in much the same way that Kagan as law professor may well have worked to engage her students, and in the context of judicial opinions they serve several purposes. They make Kagan’s opinions accessible to …
Circumstance And Strategy: Jointly Authored Supreme Court Opinions, Laura Ray
Circumstance And Strategy: Jointly Authored Supreme Court Opinions, Laura Ray
Laura K. Ray
The standard form of authorship for a Supreme Court opinion is a single author who then may be joined by any colleagues who are in agreement. There is, however, a significant and overlooked variant of this form, one used in a small cluster of major cases, most of them landmark decisions, over the past seventy years: the jointly authored opinion. In these cases, there may be as many as nine authors signing an opinion (as in Cooper v. Aaron) or as few as two (as in McConnell v. FEC). All the signatories may be credited with the entire opinion (as …
To Swear Or Not To Swear: Using Foul Language During A Supreme Court Oral Argument, Alan Garfield
To Swear Or Not To Swear: Using Foul Language During A Supreme Court Oral Argument, Alan Garfield
Alan E Garfield
This essay considers the provocative question of whether it is strategically wise for a lawyer to use foul language during a Supreme Court oral argument. This issue doesn’t come up often. But it does when a lawyer claims his client’s First Amendment rights were violated when the government punished him for using foul language. If the lawyer doesn’t use his client’s offensive words, he risks conceding that these words are so horrid they warrant suppression. But if he does use the words, he risks alienating justices who find the words unseemly. The essay uses the “fleeting expletives” case that was …
Purpose, Precedent, And Politics: Why Concepcion Covers Less Than You Think, Michael A. Helfand
Purpose, Precedent, And Politics: Why Concepcion Covers Less Than You Think, Michael A. Helfand
Michael A Helfand
This article sketches some possible limitations on the impact AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion will have going forward. While many have seen the Supreme Court’s decision as simultaneously signaling an end to the viability of class action lawsuits and undermining principles of federalism, there may be reasons to believe that it will not have implications quite so far reaching. Specifically, this article proposes three reasons why Concepcion’s impact may be limited. First, the decision lends itself to a more narrow reading, which simply demands that courts take the entire of an arbitration agreement into account before deploying common law defenses to …
Encyclopedia Of The Supreme Court Of The United States, David Tanenhaus, Kay Kindred, Felice Batlan, Alfred Brophy, Mark Graber
Encyclopedia Of The Supreme Court Of The United States, David Tanenhaus, Kay Kindred, Felice Batlan, Alfred Brophy, Mark Graber
Mark Graber
This 5-volume set focuses on the substance of American law, the processes that produce its legal principles, and the history of the Supreme Court, from its creation to the present. One of the encyclopedia's distinguishing themes is the examination of case law, the essential texts that form the backbone of legal and pre-legal study in the United States. Overview essays address the history of such topics as citizenship, due process, Native Americans, racism, and contraception, emphasizing the social context of each and the social and political pressures that shaped interpretation. This approach plays directly into the cutting-edge field known as …