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Politics And Principles: An Assessment Of The Roosevelt Record On Civil Rights And Liberties, Peter Irons
Politics And Principles: An Assessment Of The Roosevelt Record On Civil Rights And Liberties, Peter Irons
Washington Law Review
The central focus of this article is on the role played in these episodes by the U.S. Department of Justice, the primary federal agency entrusted with law enforcement duties and powers. In particular, the role of the attorney general as the department's titular head and as the personification of federal enforcement of civil rights and liberties provides this article with its analytic framework. A recent press commentary put this crucial cabinet post in perspective: "More than anyone but the President himself, it is the Attorney General who sets the moral tone of an Administration, symbolizing its commitment or lack of …
The Status Of Statutes Containing Legislative Veto Provisions After Chadha—Does The Eeoc Have The Authority To Enforce The Equal Pay Act And The Age Discrimination In Employment Act?, Tracy Pool
Washington Law Review
After Chadha, the constitutional status of unexercised legislative veto provisions, such as the one in the Reorganization Act of 1977, is uncertain. Part I of this Note examines this uncertainty and concludes that unexercised veto provisions should be held unconstitutional. Part II then examines three possibile methods of limiting the Chadha decision to avoid invalidating the EEOC's authority to enforce the Equal Pay Act and the ADEA.