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Constitution

2016

Missouri Law Review

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Are Non-Judicial Sales Unconstitutional? The Super-Priority Lien And Its Influence On State Foreclosure Statutes, Ryan Prsha Jun 2016

Are Non-Judicial Sales Unconstitutional? The Super-Priority Lien And Its Influence On State Foreclosure Statutes, Ryan Prsha

Missouri Law Review

Part II of this Note discusses the background necessary to understand the super-priority lien and its constitutional implications in regards to nonjudicial foreclosure. Part III reviews the recent developments that have given rise to this issue. Part IV discusses the ramifications of the manner in which the super-priority lien is being handled and how the court’s methodology could potentially affect the constitutionality of non-judicial foreclosure.


“Show Me” Your Legal Status: A Constitutional Analysis Of Missouri’S Exclusion Of Daca Students From Postsecondary Educational Benefits, Britteny Pfleger Apr 2016

“Show Me” Your Legal Status: A Constitutional Analysis Of Missouri’S Exclusion Of Daca Students From Postsecondary Educational Benefits, Britteny Pfleger

Missouri Law Review

This Note discusses how Missouri’s exclusion of in-state tuition and state scholarship funding affects DACA students and concludes the Missouri legislature’s proposal violates the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. Part II explores the DACA program and its effects on both DACA individuals and society; it then lays out Missouri law on higher education benefits, both prior to and after the passage of HB 3 and SB 224. Next, Part III details the process used to evaluate equal protection claims based on immigration status. Part IV scrutinizes the legislation under equal protection case law, ultimately concluding in Part V that HB …


Frederick Douglass’S Constitution: From Garrisonian Abolitionist To Lincoln Republican, Paul Finkelman Jan 2016

Frederick Douglass’S Constitution: From Garrisonian Abolitionist To Lincoln Republican, Paul Finkelman

Missouri Law Review

This Article explores how the great black abolitionist Frederick Douglass was both a constitutional actor and a constitutional theorist. Unlike most constitutional actors, Douglass was not a judge, lawyer, professor, or an elected official. Nevertheless, throughout much of his life, Douglass shaped the Constitution through his actions. He was also shaped by the Constitution as he went from being a fugitive slave – and thus an “object” of the Constitution – to being a free citizen and an appointed officeholder. He became a constitutional theorist who brought his theories into action through his speeches, writings, and activities as an abolitionist, …


Sustainable Constitutional Growth? The “Right To Farm” And Missouri’S Review Of Constitutional Amendments, Angela Kennedy Jan 2016

Sustainable Constitutional Growth? The “Right To Farm” And Missouri’S Review Of Constitutional Amendments, Angela Kennedy

Missouri Law Review

Part I discusses the historical background and enactment of the amendment. Next, Part II outlines the legal challenges available during the political constitutional amendment process, detailing what challenges were – or were not – made to the right-to-farm amendment during its enactment. Part III discusses how Missouri courts generally review legislatively-referred constitutional amendments and how they would likely review challenges brought under the right-to-farm amendment. Part IV discusses the adequacy of existing legal challenges to Missouri constitutional amendments – particularly on the front end – when these amendments are enacted via a single election. It also provides suggestions for the …