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Taxonomy Of Powers And Roles Of Upper Chambers In Bicameral Legislatures, Carolyn Griffith
Taxonomy Of Powers And Roles Of Upper Chambers In Bicameral Legislatures, Carolyn Griffith
Indiana Journal of Constitutional Design
Bicameral legislatures exist around the world, with power divisions to create checks and balances on the constitutional order as a whole. In the context of constitutional design, this presents a variety of options of roles and rights given to each chamber at each step in both the legislative process and beyond. Taken as a whole, this taxonomy demonstrates there are nearly an infinite number of possibilities for separating powers between upper and lower chambers in bicameral legislatures. Often, these decisions are guided by the history of the country. For each federal legislature that places powers or votes in one chamber, …
Lost Constitutional Moorings: Recovering The War Power, Louis Fisher
Lost Constitutional Moorings: Recovering The War Power, Louis Fisher
Indiana Law Journal
For the past half century, Presidents have claimed constitutional authority to take the country from a state of peace to a state of war against another nation. That was precisely the power that the Framers denied to the President and vested exclusively in Congress. That allocation of power was understood by all three branches until President Harry Truman went to war against North Korea in 1950. He never came to Congress for authority before he acted or at any time thereafter. Similar false claims of authority have been made by Presidents since that time. These constitutional violations have been assisted …
Striking Down The Clergyman-Communicant Privilege Statutes: Let Free Exercise Of Religion Govern, Jane E. Mayes
Striking Down The Clergyman-Communicant Privilege Statutes: Let Free Exercise Of Religion Govern, Jane E. Mayes
Indiana Law Journal
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Separation Of Powers: The Phenomenon Of Legislative Courts, Edwin H. Greenebaum, W. Willard Wirtz
Separation Of Powers: The Phenomenon Of Legislative Courts, Edwin H. Greenebaum, W. Willard Wirtz
Indiana Law Journal
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Congress, The Constitution And Crosskey, James A. Durham
Congress, The Constitution And Crosskey, James A. Durham
Indiana Law Journal
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