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On The Place Of Self-Defense In Public Life: A Hobbesian Critique Of The Supreme Court’S Second Amendment, Rafi Reznik Oct 2023

On The Place Of Self-Defense In Public Life: A Hobbesian Critique Of The Supreme Court’S Second Amendment, Rafi Reznik

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

Contemporary Second Amendment law, which originated with the famous Heller decision (2008) and reached a new peak with Bruen (2022), relies on an implicit political theory. This article uncovers and critiques that theory. I argue that the Supreme Court’s Second Amendment jurisprudence positions interpersonal self-defense, and more generally individual response to crime, at the heart of the meaning of American citizenship. The paradigmatic citizen for whom state institutions should be designed is a self-defender, because, per the Court’s interpretive methodology, this is what the American people want. This line of cases thus attempts one of the most challenging feats of …


Information Leaking And The United States Supreme Court, Chad Marzen, Michael Conklin Sep 2023

Information Leaking And The United States Supreme Court, Chad Marzen, Michael Conklin

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

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The Case Of The Smart City, Bruce Peabody, Kyle Morgan Feb 2022

The Case Of The Smart City, Bruce Peabody, Kyle Morgan

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

January 7, 2021, marked the seventy-fifth anniversary of Marsh v. Alabama, the case in which the Supreme Court of the United States extended the protections of the First and Fourteenth Amendments to a privately held “company town.” This article makes the case that the longstanding Marsh precedent, and the basic jurisprudential framework it set out, remain important in working through twenty-first century problems regarding public-private partnerships and their impact on constitutional rights. We bring this old ruling into our new century by extrapolating a hypothetical legal controversy from legislation currently under consideration in the states. Thus, the heart of our …


All The Tenacity Of Original Sin: Agencies And Courts Continue To Place The Burden Of Persuasion On Defendants In Violation Of The Apa And Supreme Court Precedent, Arthur Sapper Mar 2021

All The Tenacity Of Original Sin: Agencies And Courts Continue To Place The Burden Of Persuasion On Defendants In Violation Of The Apa And Supreme Court Precedent, Arthur Sapper

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

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The Little Statute That Gets No Respect: How Courts Have Ignored The Administrative Procedure Act With Respect To Whether Pre-Enforcement Challenge Provisions Are Exclusive, Arthur Sapper Nov 2020

The Little Statute That Gets No Respect: How Courts Have Ignored The Administrative Procedure Act With Respect To Whether Pre-Enforcement Challenge Provisions Are Exclusive, Arthur Sapper

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

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Merchant Restraints In Ohio V. American Express—Why The Supreme Court Got It Wrong, Trent Earl Mar 2020

Merchant Restraints In Ohio V. American Express—Why The Supreme Court Got It Wrong, Trent Earl

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

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Freedom Of Association, Extreme Partisan Gerrymandering, Justiciability And The Unmistakable Political Question Controversy, L. Darnell Weeden Nov 2019

Freedom Of Association, Extreme Partisan Gerrymandering, Justiciability And The Unmistakable Political Question Controversy, L. Darnell Weeden

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

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A Modest Proposal On Supreme Court Unanimity To Constitutionally Invalidate Laws, Dwight G. Duncan Feb 2019

A Modest Proposal On Supreme Court Unanimity To Constitutionally Invalidate Laws, Dwight G. Duncan

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

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A Modest Proposal On Supreme Court Unanimity To Constitutionally Invalidate Laws, Kyle S. Mckay Feb 2019

A Modest Proposal On Supreme Court Unanimity To Constitutionally Invalidate Laws, Kyle S. Mckay

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

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Has Nihilism Politicized The Supreme Court Nomination Process?, Bruce Ledewitz Nov 2017

Has Nihilism Politicized The Supreme Court Nomination Process?, Bruce Ledewitz

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

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