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Overcoming Obstacles To Religious Exercise In K-12 Education, Lewis M. Wasserman Aug 2013

Overcoming Obstacles To Religious Exercise In K-12 Education, Lewis M. Wasserman

Lewis M. Wasserman

Overcoming Obstacles to Religious Exercise in K-12 Education Lewis M. Wasserman Abstract Judicial decisions rendered during the last half-century have overwhelmingly favored educational agencies over claims by parents for religious accommodations to public education requirements, no matter what constitutional or statutory rights were pressed at the tribunal, or when the conflict arose. These claim failures are especially striking in the wake of the Religious Freedom Restoration Acts (“RFRAs”) passed by Congress in 1993 and, to date, by eighteen state legislatures thereafter, since the RFRAs were intended to (1) insulate religious adherents from injuries inflicted by the United States Supreme Court’s …


Snopa And The Ppa: Do You Know What It Means For You? If Snopa (Social Networking Online Protection Act) Or Ppa (Password Protection Act) Do Not Pass, The Snooping Could Cause You Trouble, Angela Goodrum May 2013

Snopa And The Ppa: Do You Know What It Means For You? If Snopa (Social Networking Online Protection Act) Or Ppa (Password Protection Act) Do Not Pass, The Snooping Could Cause You Trouble, Angela Goodrum

Angela Goodrum

No abstract provided.


Three-Dimensional Sovereign Immunity, Sarah L. Brinton Mar 2013

Three-Dimensional Sovereign Immunity, Sarah L. Brinton

Sarah L Brinton

The Supreme Court has erred on sovereign immunity. The current federal immunity doctrine wrongly gives Congress the exclusive authority to waive immunity (“exclusive congressional waiver”), but the Constitution mandates that Congress share the waiver power with the Court. This Article develops the doctrine of a two-way shared waiver and then explores a third possibility: the sharing of the immunity waiver power among all three branches of government.


Presentación "El Procedimiento Administrativo", Norma E. Pimentel Feb 2013

Presentación "El Procedimiento Administrativo", Norma E. Pimentel

Norma E Pimentel

Presentación al módulo 2


Speech And The Self-Governance Value, Brian C. Murchison Jan 2013

Speech And The Self-Governance Value, Brian C. Murchison

Brian C. Murchison

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A Tribute To Joseph Edward Ulrich, Brian C. Murchison, Ross W. Krumm, James Jennings, Robert Connolly '80l, Rebecca Buehler Connelly '88l, Samuel W. Calhoun, Lyman Johnson, Ann Maclean Massie, Uncas Mcthenia, Joan M. Shaughnessy, Sarah K. Wiant Jan 2013

A Tribute To Joseph Edward Ulrich, Brian C. Murchison, Ross W. Krumm, James Jennings, Robert Connolly '80l, Rebecca Buehler Connelly '88l, Samuel W. Calhoun, Lyman Johnson, Ann Maclean Massie, Uncas Mcthenia, Joan M. Shaughnessy, Sarah K. Wiant

Brian C. Murchison

This tribute honors Joseph Edward Ulrich, who in thirty-one years on the W&L Law faculty and in recent years as one-called-out-of-retirement, attained legendary status amidst fellow giants Roger Groot, Uncas McThenia, and Lash LaRue.


Anonymous Speech On The Internet, Brian C. Murchison Dec 2012

Anonymous Speech On The Internet, Brian C. Murchison

Brian C. Murchison

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The "Reason Giving" Lawyer: An Ethical, Practical, And Pedagogical Perspective, Donald J. Kochan Dec 2012

The "Reason Giving" Lawyer: An Ethical, Practical, And Pedagogical Perspective, Donald J. Kochan

Donald J. Kochan

Whether as a matter of duty or utility, lawyers give reasons for their actions all the time. In the various venues in which legal skills must be employed, reason giving is required in some, expected in others, desired in many, and useful in most. This Essay underscores the pervasiveness of reason giving in the practice of law and the consequent necessity of lawyers developing a skill at giving reasons. This Essay examines reason giving as an innate human characteristic related directly to our need for answers and our constant yearning to understand the answer to the question “why.” It briefly …