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A Six-Three Rule: Reviving Consensus And Deference On The Supreme Court, Jed Handelsman Shugerman
A Six-Three Rule: Reviving Consensus And Deference On The Supreme Court, Jed Handelsman Shugerman
Faculty Scholarship
Over the past three decades, the Supreme Court has struck down federal statutes by a bare majority with unprecedented frequency. This Article shows that five-four decisions regularly overturning acts of Congress are a relatively recent phenomenon, whereas earlier Courts generally exercised judicial review by supermajority voting.
One option is to establish the following rule: The Supreme Court may not declare an act of Congress unconstitutional without a two-thirds majority. The Supreme Court itself could establish this rule internally, just as it has created its nonmajority rules for granting certiorari and holds, or one Justice who would otherwise be the fifth …
Supreme Court's 2002 Term Employment Law Cases: Is This Justice Scalia's Court?, Rafael Gely
Supreme Court's 2002 Term Employment Law Cases: Is This Justice Scalia's Court?, Rafael Gely
Faculty Publications
In a recent article,' Erwin Chemerinsky argues that the Supreme Court's constitutional law decisions of the 2002 Term "cannot be explained by any overarching theory or underlying set of interpretative principles." Instead, he argues, "constitutional law is all about value choices made by the Justices." Professor Chemerinsky also argues that given the current composition of the Court, "it is the value choices of the middle" - Justice O'Connor and Justice Kennedy - that matter the most. Professor Chemerinsky ends his article with the assertion that "[f]or better or worse, this really is the O'Connor Court." In reviewing the cases decided …
Supreme Court's Tilt To The Property Right: Procedural Due Process Protections Of Liberty And Property Interests, Jack M. Beermann, Barbara A. Melamed, Hugh F. Hall
Supreme Court's Tilt To The Property Right: Procedural Due Process Protections Of Liberty And Property Interests, Jack M. Beermann, Barbara A. Melamed, Hugh F. Hall
Faculty Scholarship
The Due Process Clauses of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution provide important protections against government oppression. They provide that government may not deprive any person of "life, liberty or property" without due process of law. In recent decisions, the Supreme Court has appeared willing to strengthen its protection of traditional property interests yet weaken its protection of liberty interests.
It has long been accepted, albeit with controversy, that due process has both procedural and substantive elements. This essay concerns the procedural elements. Procedural due process analysis asks two questions: first, whether there exists a liberty …
Administrative Failure And Local Democracy: The Politics Of Deshaney, Jack M. Beermann
Administrative Failure And Local Democracy: The Politics Of Deshaney, Jack M. Beermann
Faculty Scholarship
This Essay is an effort to construct a normative basis for a constitutional theory to resist the Supreme Court's recent decision in DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services.1 In DeShaney, the Court decided that a local social service worker's failure to prevent child abuse did not violate the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment even though the social worker "had reason to believe" the abuse was occurring. 2 Chief Justice Rehnquist's opinion for the Court held that government inaction cannot violate due process unless the state has custody of the victim, 3 thus settling a controversial …
Separation Of Political Powers: Boundaries Or Balance, Alan L. Feld
Separation Of Political Powers: Boundaries Or Balance, Alan L. Feld
Faculty Scholarship
One of the most significant structural elements of the United States Constitution divides the political power of the government between two discrete political institutions, the Congress and the President, in order to prevent concentration of the full power of the national government in one place. This governmental structure has posed a continuing dilemma of how to allow for the shared decisionmaking necessary to effective government while maintaining the independence of each political branch. As the United States Congress reaches its two hundredth anniversary, questions concerning the relationship between Congress and the President, for a substantial time thought by legal scholars …
A Critique Of The Recent Supreme Court Obscenity Decisions, Herald Price Fahringer, Michael J. Brown
A Critique Of The Recent Supreme Court Obscenity Decisions, Herald Price Fahringer, Michael J. Brown
Kentucky Law Journal
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The Supreme Court And States Rights, Paul Leo Oberst
The Supreme Court And States Rights, Paul Leo Oberst
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.
The Supreme Court And Individual Liberties Since 1952, Paul A. Porter
The Supreme Court And Individual Liberties Since 1952, Paul A. Porter
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Panel Discussion: The Supreme Court And States' Rights, Anthony Lewis, John R. Brown, Clement Easton
Panel Discussion: The Supreme Court And States' Rights, Anthony Lewis, John R. Brown, Clement Easton
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Search And Seizure Under The Fourth Amendment As Interpreted By The United States Supreme Court, E. G. Trimble
Search And Seizure Under The Fourth Amendment As Interpreted By The United States Supreme Court, E. G. Trimble
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Search And Seizure Under The Fourth Amendment As Interpreted By The United States Supreme Court, E. G. Trimble
Search And Seizure Under The Fourth Amendment As Interpreted By The United States Supreme Court, E. G. Trimble
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Search And Seizure Under The Fourth Amendment As Interpreted By The United States Supreme Court, E. G. Trimble
Search And Seizure Under The Fourth Amendment As Interpreted By The United States Supreme Court, E. G. Trimble
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.
The Supreme Court, The Constitution, And The A.A.A., Robert L. Howard
The Supreme Court, The Constitution, And The A.A.A., Robert L. Howard
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Capitalism, The United States Constitution And The Supreme Court (Cont.), Hugh Evander Willis
Capitalism, The United States Constitution And The Supreme Court (Cont.), Hugh Evander Willis
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Capitalism, The United States Constitution And The Supreme Court, Hugh Evander Willis
Capitalism, The United States Constitution And The Supreme Court, Hugh Evander Willis
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.