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Articles 1 - 17 of 17
Full-Text Articles in Law
The Last Word Debate: How Social And Political Forces Shape Constitutional Values, Neal Devins
The Last Word Debate: How Social And Political Forces Shape Constitutional Values, Neal Devins
Popular Media
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Doma: An Unconstitutional Establishment Of Fundamentalist Christianity, James M. Donovan
Doma: An Unconstitutional Establishment Of Fundamentalist Christianity, James M. Donovan
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
This Article scrutinizes the constitutionality of the intent of the Defense of Marriage Act [DOMA]. According to the text of the Act, DOMA's purposes are "to define and protect the institution of marriage," where marriage is defined to exclude same-sex partners. To be constitutionally valid under the Establishment Clause, this notion that heterosexual marriage requires "protection" from gay and lesbian persons must spring from a secular and not religious source. This Article posits that DOMA has crossed this forbidden line between the secular and the religious. DOMA, motivated and supported by fundamentalist Christian ideology, and lacking any genuine secular goals …
The Second Time As Tragedy: The Assisted Suicide Cases And The Heritage Of Roe V. Wade, Seth F. Kreimer
The Second Time As Tragedy: The Assisted Suicide Cases And The Heritage Of Roe V. Wade, Seth F. Kreimer
All Faculty Scholarship
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Suspect Linkage: The Interplay Of State Taxing And Spending Measures In The Application Of Constitutional Antidiscrimination Rules, Dan T. Coenen, Walter Hellerstein
Suspect Linkage: The Interplay Of State Taxing And Spending Measures In The Application Of Constitutional Antidiscrimination Rules, Dan T. Coenen, Walter Hellerstein
Scholarly Works
This article examines an important and recurring question that courts frequently resolve, but rarely analyze: whether taxing and spending measures should be viewed together when a state imposes a nondiscriminatory tax but also affords relief to some taxpayers through government spending. The answer to this question will often determine whether the state's actions violate constitutional strictures against discriminatory taxation. The taxing measure and the spending measure will generally pass muster if viewed in isolation. After all, courts rarely invalidate nondiscriminatory taxing measures on constitutional grounds. And true government spending measures, if considered alone, plainly fall outside the reach of constitutional …
Land Use Regulation And The Takings Clause: How Much Use Must An Owner Lose Before Being Entitled To Compensation Because The Government Has Taken The Property?, Patrick C. Mcginley
Land Use Regulation And The Takings Clause: How Much Use Must An Owner Lose Before Being Entitled To Compensation Because The Government Has Taken The Property?, Patrick C. Mcginley
Law Faculty Scholarship
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The Commerce Clause Post-Lopez: It's Not Dead Yet, Nicole Huberfeld
The Commerce Clause Post-Lopez: It's Not Dead Yet, Nicole Huberfeld
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
This Note focuses on two important pieces of social-policy legislation that could be affected by United States v. Lopez: the Violence against Women Act (VAWA) and the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE). Conflicts exist in the lower federal courts regarding the constitutionality of both statutes, which were enacted under the Commerce Clause. This Note seeks to resolve the dispute in favor of upholding both acts. Part I surveys the major cases in the history of the Commerce Clause as they relate to social-policy legislation, up to and including Lopez. Part II discusses the conflicting cases in the …
Private Financing Of Criminal Prosecutions And The Differing Protections Of Liberty And Equality In The Criminal Justice System, Joseph E. Kennedy
Private Financing Of Criminal Prosecutions And The Differing Protections Of Liberty And Equality In The Criminal Justice System, Joseph E. Kennedy
Faculty Publications
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Introduction (Symposium: Presidential Power In The Twenty-First Century), Michael J. Gerhardt
Introduction (Symposium: Presidential Power In The Twenty-First Century), Michael J. Gerhardt
Faculty Publications
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Putting Presidential Performance In The Federal Appointments Process In Perspective, Michael J. Gerhardt
Putting Presidential Performance In The Federal Appointments Process In Perspective, Michael J. Gerhardt
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Desperately Ducking Slavery: Dred Scott And Contemporary Constitutional Theory, Mark A. Graber
Desperately Ducking Slavery: Dred Scott And Contemporary Constitutional Theory, Mark A. Graber
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Moderating Investigative Lies By Disclosure And Documentation, Robert P. Mosteller
Moderating Investigative Lies By Disclosure And Documentation, Robert P. Mosteller
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
The Interactive Constitution: An Essay On Clothing Emperors And Searching For Constitutional Truth, Neal Devins
The Interactive Constitution: An Essay On Clothing Emperors And Searching For Constitutional Truth, Neal Devins
Faculty Publications
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Exploring The Dark Matter Of Judicial Review: A Constitutional Census Of The 1990s, Seth F. Kreimer
Exploring The Dark Matter Of Judicial Review: A Constitutional Census Of The 1990s, Seth F. Kreimer
All Faculty Scholarship
Most debate about the power of judicial review proceeds as if courts primarily invoke the Constitution against the considered judgment of elected legislatures; most constitutional commentary focuses on confrontations between the United States Supreme Court and state or federal legislatures. In fact, the federal courts most often enforce constitutional norms against administrative agencies and street-level bureaucrats, and the norms are enforced not by the Supreme Court but by the federal trial courts. In this Article, Professor Kreimer surveys this "dark matter" of our constitutional universe.
The Article compares the 292 cases involving constitutional claims decided by the Supreme Court during …
United States Supreme Court: 1997 Term, Paul C. Giannelli
United States Supreme Court: 1997 Term, Paul C. Giannelli
Faculty Publications
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The Case Against The Prison-Industrial Complex, Ira P. Robbins
The Case Against The Prison-Industrial Complex, Ira P. Robbins
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
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From Black And White To High Definition Equal Protection, Seth F. Kreimer
From Black And White To High Definition Equal Protection, Seth F. Kreimer
All Faculty Scholarship
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The Unitary Executive During The First Half-Century, Steven G. Calabresi, Christopher S. Yoo
The Unitary Executive During The First Half-Century, Steven G. Calabresi, Christopher S. Yoo
All Faculty Scholarship
Recent Supreme Court decisions and the impeachment of President Clinton has reinvigorated the debate over Congress’s authority to employ devices such as special counsels and independent agencies to restrict the President’s control over the administration of the law. The initial debate focused on whether the Constitution rejected the “executive by committee” employed by the Articles of the Confederation in favor of a “unitary executive,” in which all administrative authority is centralized in the President. More recently, the debate has begun to turn towards historical practices. Some scholars have suggested that independent agencies and special counsels have become such established features …