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2008

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Judges

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Administrative Judges' Role In Developing Social Policy, Charles H. Koch Jr. Jul 2008

Administrative Judges' Role In Developing Social Policy, Charles H. Koch Jr.

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No abstract provided.


Ideological Cohesion And Precedent (Or Why The Court Only Cares About Precedent When Most Justices Agree With Each Other), Neal Devins Jan 2008

Ideological Cohesion And Precedent (Or Why The Court Only Cares About Precedent When Most Justices Agree With Each Other), Neal Devins

Faculty Publications

This Article examines the profound role that ideological cohesion plays in explaining the Supreme Court's willingness to advance a coherent vision of the law - either by overruling precedents inconsistent with that vision or by establishing rule-like precedents intended to bind the Supreme Court and lower courts in subsequent cases. Through case studies of the New Deal, Warren, and Rehnquist Courts, this Article calls attention to key differences between Courts in which five or more Justices pursue the same substantive objectives and Courts which lack a dominant voting block. In particular, when five or more Justices pursue the same substantive …


Perpetual Dissents, Allison Orr Larsen Jan 2008

Perpetual Dissents, Allison Orr Larsen

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.