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Full-Text Articles in Fourteenth Amendment
Teaching The Lochner Era, Barry Cushman
Teaching The Lochner Era, Barry Cushman
Journal Articles
This article, prepared for the St. Louis University Law Journal's issue on “Teaching the Fourteenth Amendment,” develops a taxonomy of the Supreme Court's economic substantive due process jurisprudence during the so-called “Lochner Era” of the late-19th and early-20th centuries, and offers an assessment of the trajectory and mechanisms of the decline of that body of doctrine.
From The Dark Tower: Unbridled Civil Asset Forfeiture, Saleema Saleema Snow
From The Dark Tower: Unbridled Civil Asset Forfeiture, Saleema Saleema Snow
Journal Articles
The Black Lives Matter movement reinforces that race dominates all aspects of the judicial system. Police officers are significantly more likely to stop African Americans than Whites. Even when a stop or arrest is unwarranted, law enforcement agencies can still profit from the property seized under the guise of forfeiture statutes. Various state and federal civil asset forfeiture statutes legitimize law enforcement seizing cash, homes, cars, and office equipment—all with nominal due process protections. Despite evidence of discriminatory police practices, the U.S. Supreme Court deems these forfeiture practices constitutional.
This article seeks to reignite the conversation about discriminatory policing and …