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Dodging A Bullet: Mcdonald V. City Of Chicago And The Limits Of Progessive Originalism, Dale E. Ho Dec 2010

Dodging A Bullet: Mcdonald V. City Of Chicago And The Limits Of Progessive Originalism, Dale E. Ho

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

The Supreme Court’s decision in last term’s gun rights case, McDonald v. City of Chicago, punctured the conventional wisdom after District of Columbia v. Heller that “we are all originalists now.” Surprisingly, many progressive academics were disappointed. For “progressive originalists,” McDonald was a missed opportunity to overrule the Slaughter-House Cases and to revitalize the Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. In their view, such a ruling could have realigned progressive constitutional achievements with originalism and relieved progressives of the albatross of substantive due process, while also unlocking long-dormant constitutional text to serve as the source of new unenumerated …


Constantly Approximating Popular Sovereignty: Seven Fundamental Principles Of Constitutional Law, Wilson R. Huhn Dec 2010

Constantly Approximating Popular Sovereignty: Seven Fundamental Principles Of Constitutional Law, Wilson R. Huhn

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Grand Jury Innovation: Toward A Functional Makeover Of The Ancient Bulwark Of Liberty, Roger A. Fairfax Jr. Dec 2010

Grand Jury Innovation: Toward A Functional Makeover Of The Ancient Bulwark Of Liberty, Roger A. Fairfax Jr.

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


The Melendez-Diaz Dilemma: Virginia's Response, A Model To Follow, Anne Hampton Andrews Dec 2010

The Melendez-Diaz Dilemma: Virginia's Response, A Model To Follow, Anne Hampton Andrews

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Huppert, Reilly, And The Increasing Futility Of Relying On The First Amendment To Protect Employee Speech, John Q. Mulligan Dec 2010

Huppert, Reilly, And The Increasing Futility Of Relying On The First Amendment To Protect Employee Speech, John Q. Mulligan

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Faulty Foundations: How The False Analogy To Routine Fingerprinting Undermines The Argument For Arrestee Dna Sampling, Corey Preston Dec 2010

Faulty Foundations: How The False Analogy To Routine Fingerprinting Undermines The Argument For Arrestee Dna Sampling, Corey Preston

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Hate Speech And Harassment: The Constitutionality Of Campus Codes That Prohibit Racial Insults, Alan E. Brownstein Oct 2010

Hate Speech And Harassment: The Constitutionality Of Campus Codes That Prohibit Racial Insults, Alan E. Brownstein

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Protecting Victims From Themselves, But Not Necessarily From Abusers: Issuing A No-Contact Order Over The Objection Of The Victim-Spouse, Robert F. Friedman Oct 2010

Protecting Victims From Themselves, But Not Necessarily From Abusers: Issuing A No-Contact Order Over The Objection Of The Victim-Spouse, Robert F. Friedman

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


The Inherent Structure Of Free Speech Law, Joshua P. Davis, Joshua D. Rosenberg Oct 2010

The Inherent Structure Of Free Speech Law, Joshua P. Davis, Joshua D. Rosenberg

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

To date no one has discovered a set of organizing principles for free speech doctrine, an area of the law that has been criticized as complex, ad hoc, and even incoherent. We provide a framework that distills free speech law down to three judgments: the first about the role of government; the second about the target of government regulation; and the third a constrained cost-benefit analysis. The framework can be summarized by three propositions: first, the Constitution constrains government if it regulates private speech, but not if government speaks, sponsors speech or restricts expression in managing an internal governmental function; …


Oral Dissenting On The Supreme Court, Christopher W. Schmidt, Carolyn Shapiro Oct 2010

Oral Dissenting On The Supreme Court, Christopher W. Schmidt, Carolyn Shapiro

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

In this Article we offer the first comprehensive evaluation of oral dissenting on the Supreme Court. We examine the practice in both historical and contemporary perspective, take stock of the emerging academic literature on the subject, and suggest a new framework for analysis of oral dissenting. Specifically, we put forth several claims. Contrary to the common assumption of scholarship and media coverage, oral dissents are nothing new. Oral dissenting has a long tradition, and its history provides valuable lessons for understanding the potential and limits of oral dissents today. Furthermore, not all oral dissents are alike. Dissenting Justices may have …


The Constitutional Right To Hunt: New Recognition Of An Old Liberty In Virginia, Stephen P. Halbrook Oct 2010

The Constitutional Right To Hunt: New Recognition Of An Old Liberty In Virginia, Stephen P. Halbrook

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Government Identity Speech And Religion: Establishment Clause Limits After Summum, Mary Jean Dolan Oct 2010

Government Identity Speech And Religion: Establishment Clause Limits After Summum, Mary Jean Dolan

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

This Article offers in-depth analysis of the opinions in Pleasant Grove v. Summum. Summum is a significant case because it expands “government speech” to cover broad, thematic government identity messages in the form of donated monuments, including the much-litigated Fraternal Order of Eagles-donated Ten Commandments. The Article explores the fine distinctions between the new “government speech doctrine”— a defense in Free Speech Clause cases that allows government to express its own viewpoint and to reject alternative views—and “government speech” analyzed under the Establishment Clause, which prohibits government from expressing a viewpoint on religion, and from favoring some religions over others. …


Color Conscious: The Unconstitutionality Of Adoptive Parents' Expression Of Racial Preferences In The Adoption Process, Colin Schlueter Oct 2010

Color Conscious: The Unconstitutionality Of Adoptive Parents' Expression Of Racial Preferences In The Adoption Process, Colin Schlueter

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Fundamentalism, The First Amendment, And The Rise Of The Religious Right, Randall Balmer May 2010

Fundamentalism, The First Amendment, And The Rise Of The Religious Right, Randall Balmer

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


The Nonproblem Of Fundamentalism, Andrew Koppelman May 2010

The Nonproblem Of Fundamentalism, Andrew Koppelman

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


The "Licentiousness" In Religious Organizations And Why It Is Not Protected Under Religious Liberty Constitutional Provisions, Marci A. Hamilton May 2010

The "Licentiousness" In Religious Organizations And Why It Is Not Protected Under Religious Liberty Constitutional Provisions, Marci A. Hamilton

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Fundamentalist Challenges To Core Democratic Values: Exit And Homeschooling, Catherine J. Ross May 2010

Fundamentalist Challenges To Core Democratic Values: Exit And Homeschooling, Catherine J. Ross

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


No Ambiguity Left Behind: A Discussion Of The Clear Statement Rule And The Unfunded Mandates Clause Of No Child Left Behind, Andrew G. Caffrey May 2010

No Ambiguity Left Behind: A Discussion Of The Clear Statement Rule And The Unfunded Mandates Clause Of No Child Left Behind, Andrew G. Caffrey

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Introduction: Perspectives On Religious Fundamentalism And Families In The U.S., Vivian E. Hamilton May 2010

Introduction: Perspectives On Religious Fundamentalism And Families In The U.S., Vivian E. Hamilton

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


God Of Our Fathers, Gods For Ourselves: Fundamentalism And Postmodern Belief, Frederick Mark Gedicks May 2010

God Of Our Fathers, Gods For Ourselves: Fundamentalism And Postmodern Belief, Frederick Mark Gedicks

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Privatizing Family Law In The Name Of Religion, Robin Fretwell Wilson May 2010

Privatizing Family Law In The Name Of Religion, Robin Fretwell Wilson

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Embryo Fundamentalism, June Carbone, Naomi Cahn May 2010

Embryo Fundamentalism, June Carbone, Naomi Cahn

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Family Values, Courts, And Culture War: The Case Of Abstinence-Only Sex Education, John E. Taylor May 2010

Family Values, Courts, And Culture War: The Case Of Abstinence-Only Sex Education, John E. Taylor

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Setting The Boundaries Of The Census Clause: Normitive And Legal Concerns Regarding The American Community Survey, Carrie Pixler May 2010

Setting The Boundaries Of The Census Clause: Normitive And Legal Concerns Regarding The American Community Survey, Carrie Pixler

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Of Fat People And Fundamental Rights: The Constitutionality Of The New York City Trans-Fat Ban, Katharine Kruk Mar 2010

Of Fat People And Fundamental Rights: The Constitutionality Of The New York City Trans-Fat Ban, Katharine Kruk

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


The Election Period And Regulation Of The Democratic Process, Saul Zipkin Mar 2010

The Election Period And Regulation Of The Democratic Process, Saul Zipkin

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Impeachment As Judicial Selection?, Tuan Samahon Mar 2010

Impeachment As Judicial Selection?, Tuan Samahon

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Making Sense Of Facial And As-Applied Challenges, Alex Kreit Mar 2010

Making Sense Of Facial And As-Applied Challenges, Alex Kreit

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Challenges To State Anti-Preference Laws And The Role Of Federal Courts, Michael E. Rosman Mar 2010

Challenges To State Anti-Preference Laws And The Role Of Federal Courts, Michael E. Rosman

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


The Sit-Ins And The State Action Doctrine, Christopher W. Schmidt Mar 2010

The Sit-Ins And The State Action Doctrine, Christopher W. Schmidt

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

By taking their seats at “whites only” lunch counters across the South in the spring of 1960, African American students not only launched a dramatic new stage in the civil rights movement, they also sparked a national reconsideration of the scope of the constitutional equal protection requirement. The critical constitutional question raised by the sit-in movement was whether the Fourteenth Amendment, which after Brown v. Board of Education1 prohibited racial segregation in schools and other stateoperated facilities, applied to privately owned accommodations open to the general public. From the perspective of the student protesters, the lunch counter operators, and most …