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Prophylactic Redistricting? Congress's Section 5 Power And The New Equal Protection Right To Vote, Michael T. Morley

Scholarly Publications

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The (Non-)Right To Sex, Mary Ziegler

Scholarly Publications

What is the relationship between the battle for marriage equality and the expansion of sexual liberty? Some see access to marriage as a quintessentially progressive project—the recognition of the equality and dignity of gay and lesbian couples. For others, promoting marriage or marital-like relationships reinforces bias against individuals making alternative intimate decisions. With powerful policy arguments on either side, there appears to be no clear way to advance the discussion.

By telling the lost story of efforts to expand sexual liberty in the 1960s and 1970s, this Article offers a new way into the debate. The marriage equality struggle figures …

Does The Public Care How The Supreme Court Reasons? Empirical Evidence From A National Experiment And Normative Concerns In The Case Of Same-Sex Marriage, Courtney Megan Cahill, Geoffrey Christopher Rapp

Scholarly Publications

Can the Supreme Court influence the public’s reception of decisions vindicating rights in high-salience contexts, like samesex marriage, by reasoning in one way over another? Will the people’s disagreement with those decisions—and, by extension, societal backlash against them—be dampened if the Court deploys universalizing liberty rationales rather than essentializing equality rationales? Finally, even if Supreme Court reasoning does resonate with the people as a descriptive matter, should the Court minimize anxiety-producing characteristics in decisions vindicating civil rights—such as homosexuality in the marriage-equality context—simply in order to assuage the people?

This Article combines constitutional theory and empirical legal analysis to ask …

Raising The Floor Of Company Conduct: Deriving Public Policy From The Constitution In An Employment-At-Will Arena, Steven J. Mulroy, Amy H. Moorman

Florida State University Law Review

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Why Equal Protection Trumps Federalism In The Same-Sex Marriage Cases, Erin Ryan

Scholarly Publications

Federalism is once again at the forefront of the Supreme Court’s most contentious cases this Term. The cases attracting most attention are the two same-sex marriage cases that were argued in March. Facing intense public sentiment on both sides of the issue and the difficult questions they raise about the boundary between state and federal authority, some justices openly questioned whether to just defer to the political process. And while this is often a wise prudential approach in review of contested federalism-sensitive policymaking, it’s exactly the wrong course of action when the matter under review is an individual right. This …

Florida's 1997 Chemical Castration Law: A Return To The Dark Ages, Larry Helm Spalding

Florida State University Law Review

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Davis V. Page, 442 F. Supp. 258 (S.D. Fla. 1977), K. Dian Fedak

Florida State University Law Review

Constitutional Law-JUVENILE DEPENDENCE PROCEEDINGS-CRITICAL STAGES ANALYSIS USED IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS GOVERNS TIMING OF RIGHT TO COUNSEL IN CHILD DEPENDENCY HEARINGS

Alimony For Men -- The Changing Law, Pamela Joy Smith

Florida State University Law Review

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The Unwed Father: Conflict Of Rights In Adoption Proceedings, Winston R. Davis

Florida State University Law Review

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Spooner V. Askew, 345 So. 2d 1055 (Fla. 1976), Charles A. Johnson

Florida State University Law Review

Ad Valorem Taxation- RATIFICATION OF FLORIDA'S AD VALOREM TAX STRUCTURE: REJECTION OF AN EQUAL PROTECTION CHALLENGE.

Village Of Arlington Heights V. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp., 97 S. Ct. 555 (1977), Karen K. Kinkennon

Florida State University Law Review

Zoning- DISCRIMINATORY INTENT MUST BE PROVED BEFORE COURTS MAY REACH FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT EQUAL PROTECTION ISSUES.

Article 1, Section 21: Access To Courts In Florida, Judith Anne Bass

Florida State University Law Review

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Housing For The Elderly: Constitutional Limitations And Our Obligations, Ed Stafman

Florida State University Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Civilly-Committed Public Mental Patient And The Right To Aftercare, Richard B. Saphire

Florida State University Law Review

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Weinberger V. Wiesenfeld, 95 S. Ct. 1225 (1975), Barbara Cozad Biddle

Florida State University Law Review

Constitutional Law- EQUAL PROTECTION- DENYING SOCIAL SECURITY "MOTHER'S INSURANCE BENEFITS" TO FATHERS VIOLATES EQUAL PROTECTION COMPONENT OF FIFTH AMENDMENT DUE PROCESS CLAUSE.

Niles V. Niles, 299 So. 2d 162 (Fla. 2d Dist. Ct. App. 1974), C. Anthony Cleveland

Florida State University Law Review

Child Custody- INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE MAY BE CONSIDERED IN FRAMING CUSTODY MODIFICATION ORDERS.

Frontiero V. Richardson, 411 U.S. 677 (1973), Florida State University Law Review

Florida State University Law Review

Constitutional Law- DUE PROCESS- FEDERAL LAW CONCLUSIVELY PRESUMING SPOUSE OF SERVICEMAN TO BE HIS DEPENDENT WHILE REBUTTABLY PRESUMING SPOUSE OF SERVICEWOMAN NOT TO BE HER DEPENDENT VIOLATES DUE PROCESS GUARANTEE OF FIFTH AMENDMENT.

Ortwein V. Schwab, 410 U.S. 656 (1973), Florida State University Law Review

Florida State University Law Review

Constitutional Law-FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT-REQUIREMENT OF FILING FEE FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW OF ADMINISTRATIVE REDUCTION OF WELFARE BENEFITS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE DENIAL OF DUE PROCESS OR EQUAL PROTECTION OF LAW.

Dunn V. Blumstein, 405 U.S. 330 (1972)

Florida State University Law Review

Constitutional Law- EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAWS - DURATIONAL RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS FOR VOTING ABRIDGE RIGHT To VOTE AND PENALIZE RIGHT To TRAVEL.-Dunn v. Blumstein, 405 U.S. 330 (1972).