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Supreme Court of the United States

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The Security Court, Matthew J. Steilen Sep 2018

The Security Court, Matthew J. Steilen

Journal Articles

The Supreme Court is concerned not only with the limits of our government’s power to protect us, but also with how it protects us. Government can protect us by passing laws that grant powers to its agencies or by conferring discretion on the officers in those agencies. Security by law is preferable to the extent that it promotes rule of law values—certainty, predictability, uniformity, and so on—but, security by discretion is preferable to the extent that it gives government the room it needs to meet threats in whatever form they present themselves. Drawing a line between security by law and …


Gerald T. Dunne's Justice Joseph Story And The Rise Of The Supreme Court (Book Review), Alfred S. Konefsky Dec 1971

Gerald T. Dunne's Justice Joseph Story And The Rise Of The Supreme Court (Book Review), Alfred S. Konefsky

Book Reviews

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