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Appointed To Three Year Term On Finance Committee Of The Town Of Westport, Massachusetts, Charles Baron Aug 2013

Appointed To Three Year Term On Finance Committee Of The Town Of Westport, Massachusetts, Charles Baron

Charles H. Baron

No abstract provided.


Elected To The Board Of Directors Of The Westport River Watershed Alliance, Charles Baron Aug 2013

Elected To The Board Of Directors Of The Westport River Watershed Alliance, Charles Baron

Charles H. Baron

No abstract provided.


Transnational Law In Support Of Science; Science In Support Of Transnational Law, Charles Baron Aug 2013

Transnational Law In Support Of Science; Science In Support Of Transnational Law, Charles Baron

Charles H. Baron

No abstract provided.


December 31, 2009: Predictions For The Next Decade, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2009

December 31, 2009: Predictions For The Next Decade, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Predictions for the Next Decade“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


Padilla V. Kentucky: Immigration Consequences Due To The Ineffective Assistance Of Counsel, Evangeline Pittman Dec 2009

Padilla V. Kentucky: Immigration Consequences Due To The Ineffective Assistance Of Counsel, Evangeline Pittman

Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy Sidebar

No abstract provided.


December 27, 2009: As Christmas Goes, So Goes The Nation, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2009

December 27, 2009: As Christmas Goes, So Goes The Nation, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “As Christmas Goes, So Goes the Nation“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


Summary Of Stephens Media V. Dist. Court, 125 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 63, John L. Ward Dec 2009

Summary Of Stephens Media V. Dist. Court, 125 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 63, John L. Ward

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Review of a motion regarding two issues of first impression: (1) determining whether petitioners met the proper procedure whereby the press may file a motion to intervene in a criminal case when seeking access to juror questionnaires, and (2) whether district courts must publicly disclose juror questionnaires.


Separation Of Santa And State Is Smart, Fair, Alan E. Garfield Dec 2009

Separation Of Santa And State Is Smart, Fair, Alan E. Garfield

Alan E Garfield

No abstract provided.


Brief For The Respondants, Holder V. Humanitarian Law Project, Nos. 08-1498, 09-89 (U.S. Dec. 22, 2009), Neal K. Katyal Dec 2009

Brief For The Respondants, Holder V. Humanitarian Law Project, Nos. 08-1498, 09-89 (U.S. Dec. 22, 2009), Neal K. Katyal

U.S. Supreme Court Briefs

No abstract provided.


December 20, 2009: Does A Hallowed Secularist Send Chanukah Gifts?, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2009

December 20, 2009: Does A Hallowed Secularist Send Chanukah Gifts?, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Does a Hallowed Secularist Send Chanukah Gifts?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


December 18, 2009: Outrageous Breach Of Wall Of Separation As Rabbis Urge Lieberman To Support Health Care Reform, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2009

December 18, 2009: Outrageous Breach Of Wall Of Separation As Rabbis Urge Lieberman To Support Health Care Reform, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Outrageous Breach of Wall of Separation as Rabbis Urge Lieberman to Support Health Care Reform“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


December 16, 2009: The Fight For Chanukah, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2009

December 16, 2009: The Fight For Chanukah, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The Fight for Chanukah“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


Unto This Very Purpose, Neal A. Maxwell Dec 2009

Unto This Very Purpose, Neal A. Maxwell

Vol. 2: Service & Integrity

This Founders Day address was given to the J. Reuben Clark Law Society at Little America Hotel in Salt Lake City on September 4, 2003.


December 13, 2009: Time To Buy An American Car, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2009

December 13, 2009: Time To Buy An American Car, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Time to Buy an American Car“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


Three Strikes And You're Outside The Constitution: Will The Guantanamo Bay Alien Detainees Be Granted Fundamental Due Process?, Michael Greenberger Dec 2009

Three Strikes And You're Outside The Constitution: Will The Guantanamo Bay Alien Detainees Be Granted Fundamental Due Process?, Michael Greenberger

Michael Greenberger

The United States Supreme Court has agreed to take up its first case arising from the War on Terror by hearing the consolidated appeals of two groups of foreign aliens who are or who had been detained at the United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba: Rasul v. Bush (No. 03-334) and Al Odah v. United States (No. 03-343). The cases stem from the United States' capture of several hundred prisoners in Afghanistan and Pakistan and their subsequent imprisonment at Guantanamo Bay. The prison began operation in January 2002, and approximately 90 detainees have been freed up to this time, …


December 10. 2009: The New Weirdness, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2009

December 10. 2009: The New Weirdness, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The New Weirdness“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


The Price Of Fame: Brown As Celebrity, Mark Graber Dec 2009

The Price Of Fame: Brown As Celebrity, Mark Graber

Mark Graber

This essay examines the history of Brown I, Brown II, and Bolling in the Supreme Court of the United States. Enduring precedents, the analysis suggests, go through three stages. In the first stage, they fight for survival. This describes Brown during the first decade after that decision was handed down. No Supreme Court Justice asserted, “Brown should be overruled,” but many citations to Brown came in the context of political efforts to reverse or marginalize that decision. In the second stage, precedents fight for extension. This describes Brown in the later Warren and Burger years. Civil rights activists insisted that …


Running Cars, Constitutions And Metaphors Into The Ground, Mark A. Graber Dec 2009

Running Cars, Constitutions And Metaphors Into The Ground, Mark A. Graber

Mark Graber

Professor Sanford Levinson frequently analogizes the Constitution of the United States to a vehicle that desperately needs repairs. “[R]elying on the present Constitution.” he writes, “is similar to driving a car with very bad brakes and slick tires.” Much commentary on Our Undemocratic Constitution implicitly challenges the automotive metaphor. The Constitution of the United States, supporters profess, is not really as bad as Levinson would have us believe. The following pages take a road less traveled. Ancient constitutional institutions in the United States are suffering from severe wear and tear. Nevertheless, decisions to drive a comparatively unsafe car are often …


A Potent Federal Prosecutorial Tool: Weyhrauch V. United States, James T. Van Strander Dec 2009

A Potent Federal Prosecutorial Tool: Weyhrauch V. United States, James T. Van Strander

Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy Sidebar

No abstract provided.


December 8, 2009: Are Religious Politics “Undemocratic”?, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2009

December 8, 2009: Are Religious Politics “Undemocratic”?, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Are Religious Politics “Undemocratic”?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


The Lodestar Ranger: Calculating Attorneys’ Fee Awards In Perdue V. Kenny A., Rebecca Friedman Dec 2009

The Lodestar Ranger: Calculating Attorneys’ Fee Awards In Perdue V. Kenny A., Rebecca Friedman

Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy Sidebar

No abstract provided.


December 5, 2009: Charles Taylor And The Future Of Secularism, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2009

December 5, 2009: Charles Taylor And The Future Of Secularism, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Charles Taylor and the Future of Secularism“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


Nothing But A Northern Lynching: The Death Of Fred Hampton Revisited, Susan Rutberg Dec 2009

Nothing But A Northern Lynching: The Death Of Fred Hampton Revisited, Susan Rutberg

Publications

No abstract provided.


December 2, 2009: Is Islam Different?, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2009

December 2, 2009: Is Islam Different?, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Is Islam Different?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


The Limits Of Executive Power, Robert J. Reinstein Dec 2009

The Limits Of Executive Power, Robert J. Reinstein

American University Law Review

Justice Jackson’s concurring opinion in The Steel Seizure Case has taken on iconic status among legal scholars and had been adopted by the Supreme Court as the governing framework for evaluating presidential power. But Jackson’s principles are conclusory, do not rest on any historical foundation, and raise as many questions as they answer. He fails to examine, much less justify, the existence or scope of implied presidential powers, nor does he meaningfully explain the extent to which those powers are subject to congressional regulation and override. I apply novel originalist methodologies to answer those unexamined questions, with important consequences to …


Turning The Faucet Back On: The Future Of Mccain-Feingold's Soft-Money Ban After Davis V. Federal Election Commission, Kevin J. Madden Dec 2009

Turning The Faucet Back On: The Future Of Mccain-Feingold's Soft-Money Ban After Davis V. Federal Election Commission, Kevin J. Madden

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Penalizing Poverty: Making Criminal Defendants Pay For Their Court-Appointed Counsel Through Recoupment And Contribution, Helen A. Anderson Dec 2009

Penalizing Poverty: Making Criminal Defendants Pay For Their Court-Appointed Counsel Through Recoupment And Contribution, Helen A. Anderson

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

Over thirty years ago the United States Supreme Court upheld an Oregon statute that allowed sentencing courts, with a number of important procedural safeguards, to impose on indigent criminal defendants the obligation to repay the cost of their court appointed attorneys. The practice of ordering recoupment or contribution (application fees or co-pays) of public defender attorney's fees is widespread, although collection rates are unsurprisingly low. Developments since the Court's decision in Fuller v. Oregon show that not only is recoupment not cost-effective, but it too easily becomes an aspect of punishment, rather than legitimate cost recovery. In a number of …


Demosprudence, Interactive Federalism, And Twenty Years Of Sheff V. O'Neill, Justin R. Long Dec 2009

Demosprudence, Interactive Federalism, And Twenty Years Of Sheff V. O'Neill, Justin R. Long

Law Faculty Research Publications

Professor Lani Guinier and others have recently developed a theory called "demosprudence" that explains the democracy-enhancing potential of certain types of US. Supreme Court dissents. Separately, state constitutionalists have described state constitutions' capacity to offer a base of resistance against the U.S. Supreme Court's narrow conception of individual rights. Applying these two seemingly unrelated theories to school desegregation litigation in Connecticut and to same-sex marriage litigation in Iowa, this Essay suggests that certain state constitutional decisions might function like U.S. Supreme Court dissents to enhance democratic activism. In this way, interactive federalism might usefully serve as a category of demosprudence.


Religiosidad, Democracia, Laicismo, Antonio-Carlos Pereira-Menaut Dec 2009

Religiosidad, Democracia, Laicismo, Antonio-Carlos Pereira-Menaut

Antonio-Carlos Pereira-Menaut

In the discussion on religion-democracy-secularism, several Catholic authors make some mistakes. Firstly, they accept a historical «mea culpa» that is not always well founded, and they accept to discuss on State’s terms. They also indulge in «Eurocentrism», and undervalue certain factors in the conflict: the State’s «vocation of Church», Sovereignty, the displacement of politics towards what is personal and the loss of public validity of three important visions: the specific nature of politics, the basic agreement, and the general legal mass of rules and fundamental principles.


Chinese Judicial Pattern: Tradition And Reform(中国的司法模式:传统与改革), Meng Hou Dec 2009

Chinese Judicial Pattern: Tradition And Reform(中国的司法模式:传统与改革), Meng Hou

Hou Meng

No abstract provided.