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How Should The Law Adjust To The Rittenhouse Verdict?, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2021

How Should The Law Adjust To The Rittenhouse Verdict?, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


Stop Calling Kyle Rittenhouse A Hero. He Killed Two Unarmed People, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2021

Stop Calling Kyle Rittenhouse A Hero. He Killed Two Unarmed People, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


Maybe Deficits Do Matter After All, Bruce Ledewitz Nov 2021

Maybe Deficits Do Matter After All, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

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No, This Isn’T Facebook’S ‘Big Tobacco’ Moment, Bruce Ledewitz Nov 2021

No, This Isn’T Facebook’S ‘Big Tobacco’ Moment, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


Here's What's At Stake In Texas Abortion Case Before U.S. Supreme Court, Bruce Ledewitz Nov 2021

Here's What's At Stake In Texas Abortion Case Before U.S. Supreme Court, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


No, Joe Biden And The Dems Are Not Collapsing, Bruce Ledewitz Oct 2021

No, Joe Biden And The Dems Are Not Collapsing, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


The Euclid Proviso, Ezra Rosser Oct 2021

The Euclid Proviso, Ezra Rosser

Washington Law Review

This Article argues that the Euclid Proviso, which allows regional concerns to trump local zoning when required by the general welfare, should play a larger role in zoning’s second century. Traditional zoning operates to severely limit the construction of additional housing. This locks in the advantages of homeowners but at tremendous cost, primarily in the form of unaffordable housing, to those who would like to join the community. State preemption of local zoning defies traditional categorization; it is at once both radically destabilizing and market responsive. But, given the ways in which zoning is a foundational part of the racial …


The 2021 Race For Pa. Supreme Court: The Questions The Candidates Have To Answer, Bruce Ledewitz Sep 2021

The 2021 Race For Pa. Supreme Court: The Questions The Candidates Have To Answer, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


Did Pa. Supreme Court Justice David Wecht Herald The Death Of God?, Bruce Ledewitz Sep 2021

Did Pa. Supreme Court Justice David Wecht Herald The Death Of God?, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

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The Steal In The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, Explained, Bruce Ledewitz Sep 2021

The Steal In The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, Explained, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


Doj’S Refusal To Defend Mo Brooks Was Wrong; Prosecuting Trump Would Be Worse, Bruce Ledewitz Aug 2021

Doj’S Refusal To Defend Mo Brooks Was Wrong; Prosecuting Trump Would Be Worse, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


What A Novel Can Teach Us About Religion In America, Bruce Ledewitz Aug 2021

What A Novel Can Teach Us About Religion In America, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

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Mr. Justice Breyer, Thank You For Your Service. Now Please Retire, Bruce Ledewitz Jul 2021

Mr. Justice Breyer, Thank You For Your Service. Now Please Retire, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

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Yes, Allegheny Co. Da Zappala Should Resign Or Be Impeached. No, He Shouldn't Be The Target Of Legal Discipline, Bruce Ledewitz Jul 2021

Yes, Allegheny Co. Da Zappala Should Resign Or Be Impeached. No, He Shouldn't Be The Target Of Legal Discipline, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

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We Are All Jews Now. To Fight Anti-Semitism, It’S Time To Don A Kippah, Bruce Ledewitz Jun 2021

We Are All Jews Now. To Fight Anti-Semitism, It’S Time To Don A Kippah, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

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We Never Needed A Jan. 6 Commission. We Need A Nov. 3 Commission. This Is Why, Bruce Ledewitz Jun 2021

We Never Needed A Jan. 6 Commission. We Need A Nov. 3 Commission. This Is Why, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

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Those Constitutional Amendments Were Aimed At The Pa. Supreme Court As Much As They Were At Wolf, Bruce Ledewitz May 2021

Those Constitutional Amendments Were Aimed At The Pa. Supreme Court As Much As They Were At Wolf, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


A Closer Look At Pa.’S Fraught 2021 Ballot Questions, Bruce Ledewitz May 2021

A Closer Look At Pa.’S Fraught 2021 Ballot Questions, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

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America Won’T Find God. But We Might Find Something Else, Bruce Ledewitz May 2021

America Won’T Find God. But We Might Find Something Else, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

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Law School News: The View From The Statehouse 04-27-2021, Michael M. Bowden Apr 2021

Law School News: The View From The Statehouse 04-27-2021, Michael M. Bowden

Life of the Law School (1993- )

No abstract provided.


There’S A Pro-Abortion Rights Case To Be Made For Keeping The Hyde Amendment, Bruce Ledewitz Apr 2021

There’S A Pro-Abortion Rights Case To Be Made For Keeping The Hyde Amendment, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

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Reconceptualizing Cannabis, Julia Peoples Apr 2021

Reconceptualizing Cannabis, Julia Peoples

Honors Theses

Inflammatory rhetoric and increasingly punitive drug policies dominated marijuana politics in the past. Today, as 36 have legalized cannabis in some form and 17 states have legalized recreational marijuana, the federal government continues to perpetuate policies of the past. The following analysis investigates rhetoric and policies that led to the War on Drugs as well as their outcomes, the dramatic shift in public opinion as states began to legalize marijuana, and the successes and failures of state cannabis programs to identify gaps within the MORE Act, the ideal policy, and politically viable incremental change. State programs are incapable of …


What To Do About The Coming Crisis In The Rule Of Law, Bruce Ledewitz Apr 2021

What To Do About The Coming Crisis In The Rule Of Law, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

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Rwu Law News: The Newsletter Of Roger Williams University School Of Law 04-2021, Michael M. Bowden, Barry Bridges, Political Roundtable Apr 2021

Rwu Law News: The Newsletter Of Roger Williams University School Of Law 04-2021, Michael M. Bowden, Barry Bridges, Political Roundtable

Life of the Law School (1993- )

No abstract provided.


Learning To Love One-Party Rule: A Beginner’S Guide, Bruce Ledewitz Mar 2021

Learning To Love One-Party Rule: A Beginner’S Guide, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

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Lawmakers, Wolf Need To Clarify Pa.’S Mail-In Voting Law Before 2022, Bruce Ledewitz Mar 2021

Lawmakers, Wolf Need To Clarify Pa.’S Mail-In Voting Law Before 2022, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

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We Have To Defeat The Myth Of The Stolen Election. We Risk Destroying Our Democracy If We Don't, Bruce Ledewitz Feb 2021

We Have To Defeat The Myth Of The Stolen Election. We Risk Destroying Our Democracy If We Don't, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


The San Francisco School Board’S Vote Removing Lincoln’S, Washington's Names Was Wrong. Here's Why, Bruce Ledewitz Feb 2021

The San Francisco School Board’S Vote Removing Lincoln’S, Washington's Names Was Wrong. Here's Why, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

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Pa. Rep. Mike Kelly Came Closer Than You Think To Stealing The Election For Trump, Bruce Ledewitz Jan 2021

Pa. Rep. Mike Kelly Came Closer Than You Think To Stealing The Election For Trump, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

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Pa. Senate Republicans Need To Seat Sen. Jim Brewster, Bruce Ledewitz Jan 2021

Pa. Senate Republicans Need To Seat Sen. Jim Brewster, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.