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Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences
The Federalism-Rights Nexus: Explaining Why Senate Democrats Tolerate Rehnquist Court Decision Making But Not The Rehnquist Court, Neal Devins
Neal E. Devins
No abstract provided.
Talk Loudly And Carry A Small Stick: The Supreme Court And Enemy Combatants, Neal Devins
Talk Loudly And Carry A Small Stick: The Supreme Court And Enemy Combatants, Neal Devins
Neal E. Devins
No abstract provided.
Split Definitive, Lawrence Baum, Neal Devins
Split Definitive, Lawrence Baum, Neal Devins
Neal E. Devins
For the first time in a century, the Supreme Court is divided solely by political party.
Why The Supreme Court Cares About Elites, Not The American People, Lawrence Baum, Neal Devins
Why The Supreme Court Cares About Elites, Not The American People, Lawrence Baum, Neal Devins
Neal E. Devins
Supreme Court Justices care more about the views of academics, journalists, and other elites than they do about public opinion. This is true of nearly all Justices and is especially true of swing Justices, who often cast the critical votes in the Court’s most visible decisions. In this Article, we will explain why we think this is so and, in so doing, challenge both the dominant political science models of judicial behavior and the significant work of Barry Friedman, Jeffrey Rosen, and others who link Supreme Court decision making to public opinion.
Diminished Luster In Escambia County?, Neal Devins
Diminished Luster In Escambia County?, Neal Devins
Neal E. Devins
No abstract provided.
The 1965 Voting Rights Act: Some Wrongs Still Not Righted, Neal Devins
The 1965 Voting Rights Act: Some Wrongs Still Not Righted, Neal Devins
Neal E. Devins
No abstract provided.
What Kind Of Judge Is Supreme Court Nominee Merrick Garland?, Caren Morrison
What Kind Of Judge Is Supreme Court Nominee Merrick Garland?, Caren Morrison
Caren Myers Morrison
No abstract provided.
How Much Diversity Can The Us Constitution Stand?, Tanya Washington
How Much Diversity Can The Us Constitution Stand?, Tanya Washington
Tanya Monique Washington
No abstract provided.
Take Two Tablets And Do Not Call For Judicial Review Until Our Heads Clear: The Supreme Court Prepares To Demolish The 'Wall Of Separation' Between Church And State, Terence Lau, William Wines
Take Two Tablets And Do Not Call For Judicial Review Until Our Heads Clear: The Supreme Court Prepares To Demolish The 'Wall Of Separation' Between Church And State, Terence Lau, William Wines
Terence Lau
In this article, we examine the issues that bring First Amendment jurisprudence to the grant of certiorari in Pleasant Grove v. Summum, scheduled for oral argument in the Supreme Court of the United States in November. We examine the historical basis for America’s religious heritage, the historical judicial treatment of the religious clauses, and the erosion of the wall of separation between church and state. We examine the Ten Commandments, finding inherent discrimination present in modern-day attempts to advance a particular version of the Ten Commandments as secular. By drawing upon Rousseau’s civic religion, we suggest alternative routes for the …