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Is It Bad Law To Believe A Politician? Campaign Speech And Discriminatory Intent, Shawn E. Fields
Is It Bad Law To Believe A Politician? Campaign Speech And Discriminatory Intent, Shawn E. Fields
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
Filling Federal Court Vacancies In A Presidential Election Year, Carl Tobias
Filling Federal Court Vacancies In A Presidential Election Year, Carl Tobias
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
Tax Court Appointments And Reappointments Improving The Process, Danshera Cords
Tax Court Appointments And Reappointments Improving The Process, Danshera Cords
University of Richmond Law Review
This article explores the problems with the appointment and reappointment process of judges to the United States Tax Court, particularly focusing on the recent politicization of the process. Until 1992, the process ensured the appoint-ment of only well-qualified judges to the Tax Court bench. However, beginning with the administrations of Presidents William J. Clinton and George W. Bush, the President infused politics into the nomination process, causing the process to slow and creating vacancies on the court. Such delays threaten the court's effectiveness and disrupt its operations. To solve this problem, the author endorses changing the statute to allow Tax …
Debunking Double Standards, John Cornyn
Debunking Double Standards, John Cornyn
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
Proposal For A New Executive Order On Assassination, Jeffrey F. Addicott
Proposal For A New Executive Order On Assassination, Jeffrey F. Addicott
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
Separation Of Powers And The 1995-1996 Budget Impasse, Henry L. Chambers, Jr.
Separation Of Powers And The 1995-1996 Budget Impasse, Henry L. Chambers, Jr.
Law Faculty Publications
Separation of powers doctrine will have implications for any budget regime which contemplates explicit power sharing. This Article examines the possible separation of power pitfalls which threaten to undermine the emergence of a relatively healthy new budget regime and the creative mechanisms necessary to make that regime work. The Constitution does not provide many explicit instructions regarding the federal budgeting process. Thus, whether a particular budget arrangement is a good one requires a largely political analysis. Whether a particular budget arrangement is constitutional must be answered by the Supreme Court. On what basis the Court should make such a decision, …