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Unlocking The Closet Door: Protecting Children From Involuntary Civil Commitment Because Of Their Sexual Orientation, Miye A. Goishi
Unlocking The Closet Door: Protecting Children From Involuntary Civil Commitment Because Of Their Sexual Orientation, Miye A. Goishi
UC Law Journal
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After-Wards, Daphne Scholinski
Sexual Orientation: Militarism, Moralism, And Capitalism, Ruth Colker
Sexual Orientation: Militarism, Moralism, And Capitalism, Ruth Colker
UC Law Journal
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The Meaning Of Romer V. Evans, Matthew Coles
Defending Genders: Sex And Gender Non-Conformity In The Civil Rights Strategies Of Sexual Minorities, Paisley Currah
Defending Genders: Sex And Gender Non-Conformity In The Civil Rights Strategies Of Sexual Minorities, Paisley Currah
UC Law Journal
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Line Item Veto And The Tax Legislative Process: A Futile Effort At Deficit Reduction, But A Step Toward Tax Integrity, Gordon T. Butler
Line Item Veto And The Tax Legislative Process: A Futile Effort At Deficit Reduction, But A Step Toward Tax Integrity, Gordon T. Butler
UC Law Journal
In this Article, Professor Butler considers the effect of the line item veto on the tax legislative process. The Article begins with a description of the development of the crises in the federal deficit and the efforts made by Congress to limit spending so as to balance the budget. In particular, it describes the Gramm, Rudman, Hollings Act and the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 which attempted to impose structural restraints on new tax and spending legislation. When these efforts proved insufficient to balance the budget, Congress turned to the line item veto as an additional structural restraint. The Article …
Equal Protection After Romer V. Evans: Implications For The Defense Of Marriage Act And Other Laws, Kevin H. Lewis
Equal Protection After Romer V. Evans: Implications For The Defense Of Marriage Act And Other Laws, Kevin H. Lewis
UC Law Journal
Recent national events have forced the American public to discuss a subject once considered unthinkable-same-sex marriage. In 1996, the Hawaii Supreme Court decided Baehr v. Lewin, potentially paving the way to allow same-sex couples the right to legally marry in the state of Hawaii. In response to this possibility, Congress passed and the President signed the Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage in the U.S. Code in such a way as to deny federal recognition to these couples, and also grants the states the right to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages performed in Hawaii. Addressing a totally different issue, …
Physician Assistant As Abortion Provider: Lessons From Vermont, New York, And Montana, Jennifer Templeton Schirmer
Physician Assistant As Abortion Provider: Lessons From Vermont, New York, And Montana, Jennifer Templeton Schirmer
UC Law Journal
Women in the United States are currently facing a shortage of medical practitioners who perform legal abortions, which interferes with women's right to have safe, legal abortions. This Note proposes authorizing physician assistants to perform low risk, first trimester abortions to increase the provider pool. The Note examines the historical reasons that justified proscribing abortions performed by non-physicians and concludes that because of improved medical education the proscription is no longer justified. Many private offices, family planning clinics, and Health Maintenance Organizations depend on physician assistants to provide the bulk of services once provided exclusively by physicians. Women's health clinics …