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Hiding Behind The Constitution: The Supreme Court And Procedural Due Process In Cleveland Board Of Education V. Loudermill, Jennifer Jaff
Hiding Behind The Constitution: The Supreme Court And Procedural Due Process In Cleveland Board Of Education V. Loudermill, Jennifer Jaff
Akron Law Review
This term, the Supreme Court had an opportunity to affirm the approach of the plurality in Arnett v. Kennedy in Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill. In Arnett, Justice Rehnquist's plurality opinion articulated the rule that statutorily-created entitlements can be limited by and conditioned upon the procedural rules that accompany those entitlements.
This article argues that the Supreme Court should have adopted Justice Rehnquist's approach in Arnett because it articulates a clear rule of law. Such clarity would have two effects. First, holders of entitlements would know what procedures they would be afforded at the time the entitlement was granted …