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Zablocki V. Redhail, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Oct 1977

Zablocki V. Redhail, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

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Penn Central Transportation Company V. New York City, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Oct 1977

Penn Central Transportation Company V. New York City, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

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Board Of Curators Of The University Of Missouri V. Horowitz, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Oct 1977

Board Of Curators Of The University Of Missouri V. Horowitz, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

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Bell V. Ohio, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Oct 1977

Bell V. Ohio, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

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Lockett V. Ohio, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Oct 1977

Lockett V. Ohio, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

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Foley V. Connelie, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Oct 1977

Foley V. Connelie, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

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Government By Judiciary: The Transformation Of The Fourteenth Amendment, Gerard E. Lynch Jan 1977

Government By Judiciary: The Transformation Of The Fourteenth Amendment, Gerard E. Lynch

Faculty Scholarship

As its title suggests, Raoul Berger's Government by Judiciary states an extreme version of a familiar thesis: The Supreme Court has abandoned its proper role as interpreter of the Constitution and has usurped the power to act as a third legislative chamber. Like kadis under a tree, the Court creates law from mere personal predilections. The main instrument of this judicial coup has been the fourteenth amendment. Government by Judiciary is an historian's book, strongest when using the historian's tools to illuminate the past. Underlying this research, however, is a remarkably simplistic theory of constitutional interpretation, a theory that forms …


Of "Liberty" And "Property", Henry Paul Monaghan Jan 1977

Of "Liberty" And "Property", Henry Paul Monaghan

Faculty Scholarship

After a century of experience, we are now thoroughly accustomed to viewing the fourteenth amendment as imposing upon the experimentation otherwise permitted in our fifty separate "laboratories" limitations that do not materially differ from those fastened upon the national government by the bill of rights. The history of this evolution is far too well known to justify rehearsing here even in the barest outline. But it bears noting that few, if any, observers believe that the language of the amendment has played a significant role in this historical evolution. Here, as elsewhere, "[b]ehind the words ... are postulates which limit …


The Thirteenth And Fourteenth Amendments: Constitutional Authority For Federal Legislation Against Private Sex Discrimination, Emily Calhoun Jan 1977

The Thirteenth And Fourteenth Amendments: Constitutional Authority For Federal Legislation Against Private Sex Discrimination, Emily Calhoun

Publications

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The Supreme Court And The Constitutional Rights Of Prisoners: A Reappraisal, Emily Calhoun Jan 1977

The Supreme Court And The Constitutional Rights Of Prisoners: A Reappraisal, Emily Calhoun

Publications

No abstract provided.