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Full-Text Articles in Jurisprudence
Movement Judges, Brandon Hasbrouck
Movement Judges, Brandon Hasbrouck
Scholarly Articles
Judges matter. The opinions of a few impact the lives of many. Judges romanticize their own impartiality, but apathy in the face of systems of oppression favors the status quo and clears the way for conservative agendas to take root. The lifetime appointments of federal judges, the deliberate weaponization of the bench by reactionary opponents of the New Deal and progressive social movements, and the sheer inertia of judicial self-restraint have led to the conservative capture of the courts. By contrast, empathy for the oppressed and downtrodden renders substantive justice possible and leaves room for unsuccessful litigants to accept unfavorable …
Qualified Immunity: Round Two, Andrew Coan, Delorean Forbes
Qualified Immunity: Round Two, Andrew Coan, Delorean Forbes
Washington and Lee Law Review
For the first time in its fifty-year history, the future of qualified immunity is in serious doubt. The doctrine may yet survive for many years. But thanks largely to the recent mass movement for racial justice, major reform and abolition are now live possibilities. This development raises a host of questions that have been little explored in the voluminous literature on qualified immunity because its abolition has been so difficult to imagine before now. Perhaps the most pressing is how overworked federal courts will respond to a substantial influx of new cases fueled by qualified immunity’s curtailment or demise. Might …
Enforcement Of The Reconstruction Amendments, Alexander Tsesis
Enforcement Of The Reconstruction Amendments, Alexander Tsesis
Washington and Lee Law Review
This Article analyzes the delicate balance of congressional and judicial authority granted by the Reconstruction Amendments. The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments vest Congress with powers to enforce civil rights, equal treatment, and civic participation. Their reach extends significantly beyond the Rehnquist and Roberts Courts’ narrow construction of congressional authority. In recent years, the Court has struck down laws that helped secure voter rights, protect religious liberties, and punish age or disability discrimination. Those holdings encroach on the amendments’ allocated powers of enforcement.
Textual, structural, historical, and normative analyses provide profound insights into the appropriate roles of the Supreme Court …
Marriage Equality Comes To The Fourth Circuit, Carl Tobias
Marriage Equality Comes To The Fourth Circuit, Carl Tobias
Washington and Lee Law Review
Marriage equality has come to America. Throughout 2014, several federal appellate courts and numerous district court judges across the United States invalidated state constitutional or statutory proscriptions on same-sex marriage. Therefore, it was not surprising that Eastern District of Virginia Judge Arenda Wright Allen held that Virginia’s bans were unconstitutional in February. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed her opinion that July. North Carolina, South Carolina, and West Virginia District Judges rejected these jurisdictions’ prohibitions during autumn, and the Supreme Court approved marriage equality the next year. Because marriage equality in the Fourth Circuit presents …
Originalism And Congressional Power To Enforce The Fourteenth Amendment, Christopher W. Schmidt
Originalism And Congressional Power To Enforce The Fourteenth Amendment, Christopher W. Schmidt
Washington and Lee Law Review Online
In this Essay, I argue that originalism conflicts with the Supreme Court’s current jurisprudence defining the scope of Congress’ power to enforce the Fourteenth Amendment. Under the standard established in Boerne v. Flores, the Court limits congressional power under Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment to statutory remedies premised on judicially defined interpretations of Fourteenth Amendment rights. A commitment to originalism as a method of judicial constitutional interpretation challenges the premise of judicial interpretive supremacy in Section 5 jurisprudence in two ways. First, as a matter of history, an originalist reading of Section 5 provides support for broad judicial …
Saving Section 5: Lessons From Consent Decrees And Ex Parte Young, Pratik A. Shah
Saving Section 5: Lessons From Consent Decrees And Ex Parte Young, Pratik A. Shah
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Restraint And Responsibility: Judicial Review Of Campaign Reform, Spencer Overton
Restraint And Responsibility: Judicial Review Of Campaign Reform, Spencer Overton
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
How The Supreme Court Delivers Fire And Ice To State Criminal Justice, Ronald F. Wright
How The Supreme Court Delivers Fire And Ice To State Criminal Justice, Ronald F. Wright
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
A Subversive Strand Of The Warren Court, Gary Peller
A Subversive Strand Of The Warren Court, Gary Peller
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Causation, Constitutional Principles, And The Jurisprudential Legacy Of The Warren Court, Michelle Adams
Causation, Constitutional Principles, And The Jurisprudential Legacy Of The Warren Court, Michelle Adams
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Come Back To The Nickel And Five:* Tracing The Warren Court's Pursuit Of Equal Justice Under Law, Jim Chen
Come Back To The Nickel And Five:* Tracing The Warren Court's Pursuit Of Equal Justice Under Law, Jim Chen
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Warren Court, Criminal Procedure Reform, And Retributive Punishment, Darryl K. Brown
The Warren Court, Criminal Procedure Reform, And Retributive Punishment, Darryl K. Brown
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Irreparability Resurrected?: Does A Recalibrated Irreparable Injury Rule Threaten The Warren Court's Establishment Clause Legacy?, Doug Rendleman
Irreparability Resurrected?: Does A Recalibrated Irreparable Injury Rule Threaten The Warren Court's Establishment Clause Legacy?, Doug Rendleman
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Marbury Ascendant: The Rehnquist Court And The Power To "Say What The Law Is", Timothy Zick
Marbury Ascendant: The Rehnquist Court And The Power To "Say What The Law Is", Timothy Zick
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Evolution Of The "Essential Nexus": How State And Federal Courts Have Applied Nollan And Dolan And Where They Should Go From Here, J. David Breemer
The Evolution Of The "Essential Nexus": How State And Federal Courts Have Applied Nollan And Dolan And Where They Should Go From Here, J. David Breemer
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Checking Congress And Balancing Federalism: A Lesson From Separation-Of-Powers Jurisprudence, Keith Werham
Checking Congress And Balancing Federalism: A Lesson From Separation-Of-Powers Jurisprudence, Keith Werham
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Fourth Revolution, Robert C. Power
The Fourth Revolution, Robert C. Power
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Taking Needs Seriously: Observations On The Necessity For Constitutional Change, Arthur S. Miller
Taking Needs Seriously: Observations On The Necessity For Constitutional Change, Arthur S. Miller
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.