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Can American Constitutional Law Be Postmodern?, Robert Justin Lipkin Jan 1994

Can American Constitutional Law Be Postmodern?, Robert Justin Lipkin

Robert Justin Lipkin

No abstract provided.


Resolving Native American Land Claims And The Eleventh Amendment: Changing The Balance Of Power, Katharine F. Nelson Jan 1994

Resolving Native American Land Claims And The Eleventh Amendment: Changing The Balance Of Power, Katharine F. Nelson

Katharine F. Nelson

No abstract provided.


Constricting The Law Of Freedom: Justice Miller, The Fourteenth Amendment, And The Slaughter-House Cases, Richard L. Aynes Jan 1994

Constricting The Law Of Freedom: Justice Miller, The Fourteenth Amendment, And The Slaughter-House Cases, Richard L. Aynes

Richard L. Aynes

The Slaughter-House Cases are simultaneously unremarkable and extraordinary. They are unremarkable because the matter at issue -- whether butchers can be required to ply their trade at a central, state-franchised facility -- has long since ceased to be a matter of concern. They are extraordinary because in spite of the fact that three of the Court's significant legal conclusions have been rejected and “everyone” agrees the Court incorrectly interpreted the Privileges or Immunities Clause, the conclusion that the Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment had no meaningful place in our constitutional scheme continues to live on. Even those …


Affirmative Action And Judicial Incoherence, Robert C. Power Dec 1993

Affirmative Action And Judicial Incoherence, Robert C. Power

Robert C Power

No abstract provided.


The Quest For The Common Good: Neutrality And Deliberative Democracy In Sunstein's Conception Of American Constitutionalism, Robert Justin Lipkin Dec 1993

The Quest For The Common Good: Neutrality And Deliberative Democracy In Sunstein's Conception Of American Constitutionalism, Robert Justin Lipkin

Robert Justin Lipkin

No abstract provided.


Spelling Guilt Out Of A Record? Harmless-Error Review Of Conclusive Mandatory Presumptions And Elemental Misdescriptions, John M. Greabe Dec 1993

Spelling Guilt Out Of A Record? Harmless-Error Review Of Conclusive Mandatory Presumptions And Elemental Misdescriptions, John M. Greabe

John M Greabe

Part I of this Article summarizes the history of harmless-error review. Part II explains more fully the constitutional infirmities generated by conclusive mandatory presumptions and elemental misdescriptions, and demonstrates that the unique nature of these infirmities complicates the question of how courts should review them for harmlessness. It also examines the Supreme Court's attempts to answer the questions of whether, and how, conclusive mandatory presumptions and elemental misdescriptions should be reviewed for harmlessness. In so doing, it focuses particularly on how these attempts have been undermined by the Court's failure to take account of the structural rights undermined by these …


Twenty-Five Years After Goldberg V. Kelly: Traveling From The Right Spot On The Wrong Road To The Wrong Place, Randy Lee Dec 1993

Twenty-Five Years After Goldberg V. Kelly: Traveling From The Right Spot On The Wrong Road To The Wrong Place, Randy Lee

Randy Lee

No abstract provided.


What Does Due Process Have To Do With Jurisdiction?, Jay Conison Dec 1993

What Does Due Process Have To Do With Jurisdiction?, Jay Conison

Jay Conison

No abstract provided.