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Some Observations On The Juvenile Commitment Cases: Reconceptualizing What The Child Has At Stake, James W. Ellis

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These remarks will focus on the constitutional issues surrounding the treatment and habilitation of children with mental disabilities. I believe that we need to rethink the premises on which we construct our analysis of these problems, and it will surprise few in this audience that I conclude the Supreme Court of the United States did not get it precisely right.