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Press Release – Constitutional Convention Weekly News Poster, Second Circuit Steering Committee On The Bicentennial Of The U.S. Constitution

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Annual History Lecture Reminder, James L. Oakes

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Correspondence Re: Public Education #9, Second Circuit Steering Committee On The Bicentennial Of The U.S. Constitution

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Memo Re: Poster Headlines, Second Circuit Steering Committee On The Bicentennial Of The U.S. Constitution

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Bicentennial Fair -- Public Education #10, Second Circuit Steering Committee On The Bicentennial Of The U.S. Constitution

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Correspondence Re: Bicentennial Fair, Second Circuit Steering Committee On The Bicentennial Of The U.S. Constitution

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Memo From Judge Lawrence Pierce Re: Bicentennial Matters, Second Circuit Steering Committee On The Bicentennial Of The U.S. Constitution

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5/26/1987 Minutes, Steering Subcommittee Meeting, Second Circuit Steering Committee On The Bicentennial Of The U.S. Constitution

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Action On Funding Recommendations--Second Circuit Bicentennial Projects, Second Circuit Steering Committee On The Bicentennial Of The U.S. Constitution

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Correspondence From Judge Pierce Re: Public Education #10, Second Circuit Steering Committee On The Bicentennial Of The U.S. Constitution

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Correspondence: Inaugural Ceremony, Second Circuit Steering Committee On The Bicentennial Of The U.S. Constitution

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Project Proposal Public Education #8, Second Circuit Steering Committee On The Bicentennial Of The U.S. Constitution

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Rjm Memo: 1987 Circuit Conference, Roger J. Miner '56

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Do The United States Sentencing Guidelines Deprive Defendants Of Due Process?, Bradford Mank

Faculty Articles and Other Publications

It is difficult to determine whether due process requires individualized sentencing because sentencing goals and practices have varied greatly during the course of this nation's history. A court applying Judge Bork's original intent doctrine of constitutional interpretation would probably reach a result different from that reached by a court employing a more liberal view of due process protections.1o It is likely that liberals and conservatives on the current Supreme Court would disagree on whether the Guidelines violate due process.

This article argues that the Guidelines can be saved and can satisfy due process requirements if the Supreme Court interprets the …

The Idea Of The Constitution As Hard Law, William W. Van Alstyne

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Notes On A Bicentennial Constitution: Part Ii, Antinomial Choices And The Role Of The Supreme Court, William W. Van Alstyne

Faculty Publications

Continuing the examination of judicial review conducted around the Constitution’s bicentennial, this article lays bare the inconsistencies in the expected tasks of the Supreme Court. Where some roles of the Court have traditionally been treated as indivisible, examining those same roles separate from one another produces an incoherent view of the Court that is difficult to compromise.

The Permissible Scope Of Texas Automobile Inventory Searches In The Aftermath Of Colorado V. Bertine: A Talisman Is Created, Gerald S. Reamey, Michael H. Bassett, John A. Molchan

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The fourth amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures. The warrant and probable cause requirements advance this constitutionally implied privacy right. However, with respect to automobile searches, strict adherence to these safeguards has been eschewed in favor of more flexible, and arguably less protective, versions of reasonableness.

In 1981, in Gill v. State, the Texas court addressed the permissible scope of inventory searches, holding that the police may not search the locked trunk of an automobile while conducting an inventory search. Despite the simplicity of the Gill rule, a number of recent cases, while …