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Judicial Application Of Strict Liability Local Ordinances, Guyora Binder, Brenner Fissell
Judicial Application Of Strict Liability Local Ordinances, Guyora Binder, Brenner Fissell
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Pardon Me - The Need For A Fair And Impartial Judiciary, Jim Rosenblatt
Pardon Me - The Need For A Fair And Impartial Judiciary, Jim Rosenblatt
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The pardons issued by former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour shortly before he left office created a swirl of controversy in Mississippi that played out in the national media. The Governor's Mansion, the Hinds County Courthouse, the State Capitol, and the Gartin Justice Building were frequent backdrops for media stories that took place over a two-month period reporting on "Pardongate." Several elements combined to make these pardons controversial and to make the issue such good fodder for the media.
Introduction, Joseph O'Meara
Introduction, Joseph O'Meara
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A symposium was held on February 29, 1964, devoted to the constitutional amendments proposed by the Council of State Governments. Very briefly these amendments would (1) vest power to amend the Constitution in State legislatures; (2) set up a "Court of the Union," composed of the chief justice of the supreme court of each of the 50 states, which would have authority to review "any judgment of the Supreme Court relating to the rights reserved to the states or to the people by this Constitution"; (3) take from the federal courts all jurisdiction over the apportionment of representation in State …