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Memorandum Opinion Re Assiniboine And Sioux Tribes Of Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Water Court Of State Of Montana
Memorandum Opinion Re Assiniboine And Sioux Tribes Of Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Water Court Of State Of Montana
Native American Water Rights Settlement Project
Post Settlement Court Opinion: Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, MT, Montana, Montana Reserved Water Rights Compact Commission, United States. Opinion disposes of three objections to settlement/Compact. It concludes that Compact is analogous to consent decree; objector has the initial burden of production; standard for approving a consent decree is that it is at least fair, adequate and reasonable, made in good faith, with arms-length negotiations and conforms to applicable laws; settlement must be in public’s interest but not necessarily in the public’s best interest, if otherwise reasonable; objectors must show that they claimed rights are …
A Conservative Defense Of Romer V. Evans, Dale Carpenter
A Conservative Defense Of Romer V. Evans, Dale Carpenter
Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters
In his argument for an alternative conservative response to Romer v. Evans, the author outlines the majority and dissenting opinions in Evans to identify what he takes to be the decision's import. Next, he outlines some of the main themes of conservative political and legal thought, concentrating especially on Edmund Burke. He then argues the common conception of Burke as an intransigent defender of the status quo and of present traditions and practices is a misreading of him. Finally, he discusses the conservative underpinnings for Evans in light of this intellectual history, with an emphasis on the profoundly conservative instincts …
Polling Establishment: Judicial Review, Democracy, And The Endorsement Theory Of The Establishment Clause - Commentary On 'Measured Endorsement', Jamin B. Raskin
Polling Establishment: Judicial Review, Democracy, And The Endorsement Theory Of The Establishment Clause - Commentary On 'Measured Endorsement', Jamin B. Raskin
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
[In Measured Endorsement] Shari Seidman Diamond and Andrew Koppelman argue that courts should rely on the techniques and methodologies of public opinion polling to survey the public and determine whether such displays endorse religion and therefore violate the Establishment Clause.' The authors support the point by developing an analogy to litigation under the Lanham Act, where courts regularly use evidence from public opinion poll results to determine whether there is legally salient 'consumer confusion' in a trademark dispute. The theoretical problem with this analogy is that the issue at stake under the Lanham Act is whether there is a likelihood …
'Appropriate' Means-Ends Constraints On Section 5 Powers, Evan H. Caminker
'Appropriate' Means-Ends Constraints On Section 5 Powers, Evan H. Caminker
Articles
With the narrowing of Congress' Article I power to regulate interstate commerce and to authorize private suits against states, Section Five of the Fourteenth Amendment provides Congress with an increasingly important alternative source of power to regulate and police state conduct. However, in City of Boerne v. Flores and subsequent cases, the Supreme Court has tightened the doctrinal test for prophylactic legislation based on Section Five. The Court has clarified Section Five's legitimate ends by holding that Congress may enforce Fourteenth Amendment rights only as they are defined by the federal judiciary, and the Court has constrained Section Five's permissible …
Louis Brandeis And The Race Question, Christopher A. Bracey
Louis Brandeis And The Race Question, Christopher A. Bracey
GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works
We live in a culture enamored by our heroes. They are celebrated for their extraordinary accomplishments, and canonized by histories that rarely reflect the true texture of their lives. Legal academics share in these tendencies and, as a result, heroes in the law are often viewed with the same rose-colored glasses accorded to their counterparts in popular culture. The late Louis Brandeis was an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States from 1916 to 1939. Born to Jewish immigrant parents, he graduated from Harvard Law School, and gained a reputation as America’s “People’s Attorney.” He pioneered an …