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Free Speech: The Status Of The First Amendment, Martin B. Margulies Jan 1995

Free Speech: The Status Of The First Amendment, Martin B. Margulies

Touro Law Review

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The Supreme Court's Land Use Decisions, Hon. Leon D. Lazer Jan 1995

The Supreme Court's Land Use Decisions, Hon. Leon D. Lazer

Touro Law Review

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Initiative Petition Reforms And The First Amendment, Emily Calhoun Jan 1995

Initiative Petition Reforms And The First Amendment, Emily Calhoun

Publications

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The Natural Law Tradition On The Modern Supreme Court: Not Burke, But The Enlightenment Tradition Represented By Locke, Madison, And Marshall., R. Randall Kelso Jan 1995

The Natural Law Tradition On The Modern Supreme Court: Not Burke, But The Enlightenment Tradition Represented By Locke, Madison, And Marshall., R. Randall Kelso

St. Mary's Law Journal

A traditional common-law style of judicial decisionmaking exists which was present at this nation’s founding. This common law style is derived from natural law tradition. And this tradition stands as an alternative to the formalism of Justice Scalia or the Holmesian style of Chief Justice Rehnquist. This natural law style, with its focus on the religious and communitarian ethical tradition, was the dominant view of judicial interpretation for the framing and ratifying generation of the original Constitution and the Civil War Amendments. The decisionmaking style of Justices O’Connor, Kennedy, and Souter appears to have great affinity with this traditional common-law …


Employment Discrimination: Recent Developments In The Supreme Court, Eileen Kaufman Jan 1995

Employment Discrimination: Recent Developments In The Supreme Court, Eileen Kaufman

Touro Law Review

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Report Of The Committee On Land Use, Planning And Zoning Law - Report Of The Subcommittee On Land Use And The First Amendment, Alan C. Weinstein Jan 1995

Report Of The Committee On Land Use, Planning And Zoning Law - Report Of The Subcommittee On Land Use And The First Amendment, Alan C. Weinstein

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

The past year saw no cessation in cases reporting on the conflicts that arise when local land use regulation is applied to uses claiming protection under the First Amendment. This report highlights the two major developments in this area - the courts' the treatment of claims brought under the Religious Freedoms Restoration Act of 1993 and the latest decision of the U.S. Supreme Court concerning sign regulation, City of Ladue v. Gilleo, and discusses other cases involving regulation of religious institutions, adult businesses and signs.