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Comments On Standards Of Judicial Review, William W. Van Alstyne Jan 1987

Comments On Standards Of Judicial Review, William W. Van Alstyne

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Apartheid And The South African Judiciary, Lawrence G. Baxter Jan 1987

Apartheid And The South African Judiciary, Lawrence G. Baxter

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The Case For Limiting Judicial Review Of Labor Board Certification Decisions, Michael C. Harper Jan 1987

The Case For Limiting Judicial Review Of Labor Board Certification Decisions, Michael C. Harper

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Part I of this Article explains in more technical detail the effects of the present system of judicial review of Board certification decisions and how that system developed. Part II argues that this review should be sharply curtailed, suggesting that unless a court is able to rule that the Board has rendered a certification decision for an improper motive, it should reconsider that decision only to the extent it involves a constitutional issue, a narrow jurisdictional issue, or one of a few bounded technical issues. Such a curtailment of review should be embraced by all who remain sympathetic to the …


Constitutional Decisions And The Supreme Law, Kent Greenawalt Jan 1987

Constitutional Decisions And The Supreme Law, Kent Greenawalt

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What status do Supreme Court decisions have for officials in the political branches of our government? Six months ago, Attorney General Edwin Meese III rekindled controversy over this enduring and troublesome question when he claimed in a widely reported lecture that Supreme Court decisions interpreting the Constitution are not the supreme law of the land, and are properly subject to forms of opposition by other governmental officials. The general reaction to the speech was that it was meant to reduce the perceived authority of Supreme Court opinions, and a close reading of the speech certainly leaves this impression. Yet, even …