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The Original Public Meaning Of The Foreign Emoluments Clause: A Reply To Professor Zephyr Teachout, Seth Barrett Tillman
The Original Public Meaning Of The Foreign Emoluments Clause: A Reply To Professor Zephyr Teachout, Seth Barrett Tillman
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Aspects Of Deconstruction: The "Easy Case" Of The Under-Aged President, Anthony D'Amato
Aspects Of Deconstruction: The "Easy Case" Of The Under-Aged President, Anthony D'Amato
Faculty Working Papers
When the deconstructionist says that all cases are to some degree problematic, the mainstream legal scholar gleefully pulls out a favorite crystal-clear case and asserts "not this one!" Judging from the law review commentary, the most popular of these "easy cases" concerns the constitutional mandate that the President shall be at least thirty-five years of age. Deconstructionists say that all interpretation depends on context. Radical deconstructionists add that, because contexts can change, there can be no such thing as a single interpretation of any text that is absolute and unchanging for all time.
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The Number Of States And The Economics Of American Federalism, Steven G. Calabresi, Nicholas K. Terrell
The Number Of States And The Economics Of American Federalism, Steven G. Calabresi, Nicholas K. Terrell
Faculty Working Papers
In 1789 it was possible to speak of a federation of distinct States joined together for their mutual advantage, but today it is rather the Nation that is divided into subnational units. What caused this shift in focus from the States to the Federal Government? Surely the transformation from a collection of thirteen historically separate States clustered along the Atlantic seaboard to a group of fifty States largely carved out of Federal territory has played a role. Building on previous analysis of the economics of federalism, this essay considers the dynamic effects of increasing the number of states on the …