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Protecting The States From Electoral Invasions, Drew Marvel
Protecting The States From Electoral Invasions, Drew Marvel
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
Since the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the threat of foreign interference in U.S. elections has loomed large in the minds of the American public. During the 2016 campaign season, Russian government-backed hackers infiltrated the networks and computers of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), and various campaign officials, harvesting private information and installing spyware and malware for ongoing intelligence purposes. U.S. intelligence officials have indicated that, using similar tactics, the Russian hackers also targeted election systems and officials in all fifty states, successfully breaching at least two of those states’ election systems, Illinois and Florida. …
"Great Variety Of Relevant Conditions, Political Social And Economic": The Constitutionality Of Congressional Deadlines On Amendment Proposals Under Article V, Danaya C. Wright
"Great Variety Of Relevant Conditions, Political Social And Economic": The Constitutionality Of Congressional Deadlines On Amendment Proposals Under Article V, Danaya C. Wright
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
Within a year or two, the thirty-eighth state is likely to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), setting up an unprecedented constitutional challenge. The ERA was proposed with a seven-year deadline in the resolving clause, establishing the mode of ratification. That was a shift from earlier precedents in which a deadline had been placed in the text of the amendment proposal itself. Article V is annoyingly silent on the issue of congressional deadlines in amendment proposals, and the Supreme Court has never addressed the issue of a deadline that could void an otherwise properly ratified amendment. The practice of placing …
State Empowerment And The Compact Clause, James F. Blumstein, Thomas J. Cheeseman
State Empowerment And The Compact Clause, James F. Blumstein, Thomas J. Cheeseman
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
Is The “Arising Under” Jurisdictional Grant In Article Iii Self-Executing?, David R. Dow
Is The “Arising Under” Jurisdictional Grant In Article Iii Self-Executing?, David R. Dow
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
Neither Tinker, Nor Hazelwood, Nor Fraser, Nor Morse: Why Violent Student Assignments Represent A Unique First Amendment Challenge, William C. Nevin
Neither Tinker, Nor Hazelwood, Nor Fraser, Nor Morse: Why Violent Student Assignments Represent A Unique First Amendment Challenge, William C. Nevin
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
This Article will both (1) explore a subset of violent student speech cases that could rightly be considered under Hazelwood if only the student expression bore the sign of official school sponsorship and (2) argue for the creation of a new standard based on Hazelwood to govern non-sponsored curricular speech. Furthermore, this new standard would operate much like the current Hazelwood analysis with one key distinction: where student speech is curricular and non-sponsored in nature, the only options available to school administrators would be those representing pedagogical counter-speech. Punitive discipline, such as the suspension seen in Cuff, would not be …
Everyone Forgets About The Third Amendment: Exploring The Implications On Third Amendment Case Law Of Extending Its Prohibitions To Include Actions By State Police Officers, Samantha A. Lovin
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
Shaping California's Prisons: How The Alternative Custody Program, Designed To Remedy The State's Eighth Amendment Violations In The Prison System, Encroaches On Equal Protection, Emilie A. Whitehurst
Shaping California's Prisons: How The Alternative Custody Program, Designed To Remedy The State's Eighth Amendment Violations In The Prison System, Encroaches On Equal Protection, Emilie A. Whitehurst
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
Constitutional Limits On The Right Of Government Investigations To Interview And Examine Alleged Victims Of Child Abuse Or Neglect, Teri Dobbins Baxter
Constitutional Limits On The Right Of Government Investigations To Interview And Examine Alleged Victims Of Child Abuse Or Neglect, Teri Dobbins Baxter
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
Investigating allegations of child abuse or neglect presents unique challenges, particularly if parents or guardians are the alleged perpetrators. Those accused of harming the children are in a position to prevent the victims from getting access to the help they need to escape their abuser(s). The courts have not clearly defined the federal constitutional boundaries of searches and seizures in this context. The Supreme Court, in particular, has not weighed in on the constitutionality of warrantless searches and seizures in connection with abuse and neglect investigations. This lack of Supreme Court guidance has led to unpredictable and sometimes conflicting opinions …
"Property" In The Constitution: The View From The Third Amendment, Tom W. Bell
"Property" In The Constitution: The View From The Third Amendment, Tom W. Bell
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
During World War II, after Japan attacked the Aleutian Islands off Alaska’s coast, the United States forcibly evacuated the islands’ natives and quartered soldiers in private homes. That hitherto unremarked violation of the Third Amendment gives us a fresh perspective on what the term “property” means in the United States Constitution. As a general legal matter, property includes not just real estate—land, fixtures attached thereto, and related rights—but also various kinds of personal property, ranging from tangibles, such as books, to intangibles, such as causes of action. That knowledge would, if we interpreted the Constitution as we do other legal …
The Role Of Causation When Determining The Proper Defendant In A Takings Lawsuit, Jan G. Laitos
The Role Of Causation When Determining The Proper Defendant In A Takings Lawsuit, Jan G. Laitos
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
The Natural Flow Of Ideas: Why The Fifth Amendment Takings Clause And An Obscure Water-Rights Decision Might Thwart Attempts At Streamlining The Patent Queue, Joseph Kamien
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
Hugo Black's Vision Of The Lawyer, The First Amendment, And The Duty Of The Judiciary: The Bar Applicant Cases In A National Security State, Joshua E. Kastenberg
Hugo Black's Vision Of The Lawyer, The First Amendment, And The Duty Of The Judiciary: The Bar Applicant Cases In A National Security State, Joshua E. Kastenberg
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
Looking Back At Cohen V. California: A 40 Year Retrospective From Inside The Court, Thomas G. Krattenmaker
Looking Back At Cohen V. California: A 40 Year Retrospective From Inside The Court, Thomas G. Krattenmaker
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
Teens, Sexts, & Cyberspace: The Constitutional Implications Of Current Sexting & Cyberbullying Laws, Jamie L. Williams
Teens, Sexts, & Cyberspace: The Constitutional Implications Of Current Sexting & Cyberbullying Laws, Jamie L. Williams
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
All A Twitter: Social Networking, College Athletes, And The First Amendment, Davis Walsh
All A Twitter: Social Networking, College Athletes, And The First Amendment, Davis Walsh
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
Executive Branch Czars, Who Are They? Are They Needed? Can Congress Do Anything About Them?, Jonathan D. Puvak
Executive Branch Czars, Who Are They? Are They Needed? Can Congress Do Anything About Them?, Jonathan D. Puvak
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
Badmouthing Authority: Hostile Speech About School Officials And The Limits Of School Restrictions, Emily Gold Waldman
Badmouthing Authority: Hostile Speech About School Officials And The Limits Of School Restrictions, Emily Gold Waldman
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
The Dark Side Of The Force: The Legacy Of Justice Holmes For First Amendment Jurisprudence, Steven J. Heyman
The Dark Side Of The Force: The Legacy Of Justice Holmes For First Amendment Jurisprudence, Steven J. Heyman
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
Modern First Amendment jurisprudence is deeply paradoxical. On one hand,
freedom of speech is said to promote fundamental values such as individual selffulfillment, democratic deliberation, and the search for truth. At the same time, however, many leading decisions protect speech that appears to undermine these values by attacking the dignity and personality of others or their status as full and equal members of the community. In this Article, I explore where this Jekyll-and-Hyde quality of First Amendment jurisprudence comes from. I argue that the American free speech tradition consists of two very different strands: a liberal humanist view that emphasizes …
Huppert, Reilly, And The Increasing Futility Of Relying On The First Amendment To Protect Employee Speech, John Q. Mulligan
Huppert, Reilly, And The Increasing Futility Of Relying On The First Amendment To Protect Employee Speech, John Q. Mulligan
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
Dodging A Bullet: Mcdonald V. City Of Chicago And The Limits Of Progessive Originalism, Dale E. Ho
Dodging A Bullet: Mcdonald V. City Of Chicago And The Limits Of Progessive Originalism, Dale E. Ho
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
The Supreme Court’s decision in last term’s gun rights case, McDonald v. City of Chicago, punctured the conventional wisdom after District of Columbia v. Heller that “we are all originalists now.” Surprisingly, many progressive academics were disappointed. For “progressive originalists,” McDonald was a missed opportunity to overrule the Slaughter-House Cases and to revitalize the Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. In their view, such a ruling could have realigned progressive constitutional achievements with originalism and relieved progressives of the albatross of substantive due process, while also unlocking long-dormant constitutional text to serve as the source of new unenumerated …
The Melendez-Diaz Dilemma: Virginia's Response, A Model To Follow, Anne Hampton Andrews
The Melendez-Diaz Dilemma: Virginia's Response, A Model To Follow, Anne Hampton Andrews
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
The Inherent Structure Of Free Speech Law, Joshua P. Davis, Joshua D. Rosenberg
The Inherent Structure Of Free Speech Law, Joshua P. Davis, Joshua D. Rosenberg
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
To date no one has discovered a set of organizing principles for free speech doctrine, an area of the law that has been criticized as complex, ad hoc, and even incoherent. We provide a framework that distills free speech law down to three judgments: the first about the role of government; the second about the target of government regulation; and the third a constrained cost-benefit analysis. The framework can be summarized by three propositions: first, the Constitution constrains government if it regulates private speech, but not if government speaks, sponsors speech or restricts expression in managing an internal governmental function; …
A Promise The Nation Cannot Keep: What Prevents The Application Of The Thirteenth Amendment In Prison?, Raja Raghunath
A Promise The Nation Cannot Keep: What Prevents The Application Of The Thirteenth Amendment In Prison?, Raja Raghunath
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
The walls of the prison are not solely physical. The doctrine of judicial deference to prison officials, which compels courts to defer to the discretion of those officials in almost all instances, obstructs the effective scrutiny of modern practices of punishment. Since its ratification, the Thirteenth Amendment—which prohibits slavery or involuntary servitude anywhere within the United States or its jurisdiction, except where imposed “as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted”1—has been seen by courts as one brick in this wall. This Article makes the novel argument that, properly read, the amendment should function instead …
Must God Be Dead Or Irrelevant: Drawing A Circle That Lets Me In, Richard M. Esenberg
Must God Be Dead Or Irrelevant: Drawing A Circle That Lets Me In, Richard M. Esenberg
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
Some scholars claim that current Establishment Clause doctrine can increasingly be explained in terms of substantive neutrality-that is, the idea that government ought to treat religion and irreligion (or comparable secular activities) in the same way. Whether a product of the Court's commitment to the idea or an artifact of the positions of the "swing" Justices, this proposition has considerable explanatory power. The Supreme Court has, in recent years, permitted the government to make financial support equally available for religious uses, as long as it is done on a neutral basis and through the private choice of the recipients. It …
Introduction: Universities And The First Amendment, William P. Marshall
Introduction: Universities And The First Amendment, William P. Marshall
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
Peoples Divided: The Application Of United States Constitutional Protections In International Criminal Law Enforcement, Ian R. Conner
Peoples Divided: The Application Of United States Constitutional Protections In International Criminal Law Enforcement, Ian R. Conner
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
In an age of globalization, criminal activity too has become internationalized. The response from the United States and other countries has been a growing number of treaties, international accords, and multinational law enforcement programs. This Note addresses the extent to which these international agreements have impacted the rights of the accused both in the United States and abroad