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Religion, Science And The Secular State: Creationism In American Public Schools, Gene Shreve Jan 2010

Religion, Science And The Secular State: Creationism In American Public Schools, Gene Shreve

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This Article examines the current debate whether creationism may be taught in American schools given the constraints of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The author considers some of the social and political consequences of the U.S. Supreme Court's leading cases. The article concludes by questioning whether the Supreme Court has succeeded in justifying its restrictive decisions in this controversial area.


Reflections On Justice Kennedy's Opinion In Parents Involved: Why Fifty Years Of Experience Shows Kennedy Is Right, Kevin D. Brown Jan 2008

Reflections On Justice Kennedy's Opinion In Parents Involved: Why Fifty Years Of Experience Shows Kennedy Is Right, Kevin D. Brown

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Lessons Learned From Comparing The Application Of Constitutional Law And Anti-Discrimination Law To African Americans In The U.S. And Dalits In India In The Context Of Higher Education, Kevin D. Brown, Vinay Sitapati Jan 2008

Lessons Learned From Comparing The Application Of Constitutional Law And Anti-Discrimination Law To African Americans In The U.S. And Dalits In India In The Context Of Higher Education, Kevin D. Brown, Vinay Sitapati

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In this Article the authors will compare the development of constitutional law and federal anti-discrimination law in the context of higher education of African-Americans in the U.S. and Dalits in India. Both groups suffer from oppression and discrimination based upon a hereditary trait and related to their integration into mainstream society; neither group is completely isolated from the majority population responsible for the discrimination; and African-Americans and Dalits approximate similar percentages of their country's population. Based upon the 2000 census, African-Americans constitute 12.7% of the American populations, and, according to the 1991 Census Report of India, Dalits make up 16.5% …


In Defense Of Deference, Luis Fuentes-Rohwer, Guy-Uriel E. Charles Jan 2004

In Defense Of Deference, Luis Fuentes-Rohwer, Guy-Uriel E. Charles

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After Grutter V. Bollinger-- Revisiting The Desegregation Era From The Perspective Of The Post-Desegregation Era, Kevin D. Brown Jan 2004

After Grutter V. Bollinger-- Revisiting The Desegregation Era From The Perspective Of The Post-Desegregation Era, Kevin D. Brown

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Equal Protection Challenges To The Use Of Racial Classifications To Promote Integrated Public Elementary And Secondary Student Enrollments, Kevin D. Brown Jan 2000

Equal Protection Challenges To The Use Of Racial Classifications To Promote Integrated Public Elementary And Secondary Student Enrollments, Kevin D. Brown

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The Constitutionality Of Racial Classifications In Public School Admissions, Kevin D. Brown Jan 2000

The Constitutionality Of Racial Classifications In Public School Admissions, Kevin D. Brown

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The Implications Of The Equal Protection Clause For The Mandatory Integration Of Public School Students, Kevin D. Brown Jan 1997

The Implications Of The Equal Protection Clause For The Mandatory Integration Of Public School Students, Kevin D. Brown

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Book Review. Behind Bakke: Affirmative Action And The Supreme Court By Bernard Schwartz, Daniel O. Conkle Jan 1989

Book Review. Behind Bakke: Affirmative Action And The Supreme Court By Bernard Schwartz, Daniel O. Conkle

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Racially-Preferential Policies In Institutions Of Higher Education: State Action Limitations On 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Complaints, John Scanlan Jan 1977

Racially-Preferential Policies In Institutions Of Higher Education: State Action Limitations On 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Complaints, John Scanlan

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Parents And The Public School Curriculum: Is There A Right To Have One's Child Excused From Objectionable Instruction?, Mary-Michelle Upson Hirschoff Jan 1977

Parents And The Public School Curriculum: Is There A Right To Have One's Child Excused From Objectionable Instruction?, Mary-Michelle Upson Hirschoff

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