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Constitutional Law (1959-1967), Dudley Warner Woodbridge

Virginia Bar Notes

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Constitutional Law (1959-1967), Dudley Warner Woodbridge

Virginia Bar Notes

No abstract provided.

Substantive Due Process And Felony Treatment Of Pot Smokers: The Current Conflict, F.H. Von U.

Georgia Law Review

The Supreme Court, in recent years, has consistently reaffirmed a trend toward a fuller recognition of individual liberties. When these cherished incidents of American citizenship have conflicted with the real or imagined needs of society, the Court has applied a vital and expanding concept of due process to determine the proper balance of interests. It is now recognized that the State must demonstrate a truly rational basis for punishing individual conduct, aid where proscriptive rather than regulatory measures are enacted, legislation must carefully avoid jeopardizing harmless conduct, however offensive to public taste. Restrictive legislation must be grounded in fact, and …

67/12/12 Oral Arguments Before The Us Supreme Court, Louis Stokes, Reuben M. Payne, Earl Warren, Hugo L. Black, William O. Douglas, John M. Harlan, William J. Brennan Jr., Potter Stewart, Byron R. White, Abe Fortas, Thurgood Marshall

United States Supreme Court

Tuesday, December 12, 1967 oral arguments before the United States Supreme Court.

67/11/03 Brief For Respondent, Reuben M. Payne, John T. Corrigan

United States Supreme Court

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67/09/27 Brief Of American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union Of Ohio, And New York Civil Liberties Union, Amici Curiae, Thomas H. Barnard, Irwin M. Feldman, Lewis R. Katz, Bernard A. Berkman, Lewis A. Stern, Melvin L. Wulf, Alan H. Levine

United States Supreme Court

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), ACLU of New York and New York Civil Liberties Union's Amici Curiae Brief arguing against the "stop-and-frisk" practice as seen in Terry v. Ohio and Chilton v. Ohio, Peters v. New York, and Sibron v. New York.

67/05/17 Brief In Opposition To Petition For A Writ Of Certiorari, Reuben M. Payne, John T. Corrigan

United States Supreme Court

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The Development Of The Right Of Assembly: A Current Socio-Legal Investigation, George P. Smith Ii

Scholarly Articles

It will be the purpose of this article to assay the historical evolution of the freedom of assembly, noting first its development in England and later in America and finally its current position in the twentieth century. Even though the rights of free speech, association, and religion are inescapably drawn into case discussions of freedom of assembly, effort will be made to confine the consideration to the pertinent assembly problems. In addition to considering the fundamental legal propositions embodied in this right, as well as its raison d'etre, thought and discussion will be given to the sociological interpretations of the …

The Ex-Convict's Right To Vote, David H. Getches

Publications

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Constitutional Law--Duty To Warn Accused Of Rights On Arrest, George Lawson Partain

West Virginia Law Review

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Administrative Inspections And The Right Of Privacy: The Frank Compromise, William T. Define

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

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An Ex Parte Order May Not Serve The Function Of A Search Warrant Under The Fourth Amendment To Authorize A Physical Intrusion In Connection With A "Search" For Conversations--People V. Grossman, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

There was probable cause to believe that defendant Scandifia was implicated in a larceny of jewelry by false pretenses. Pursuant to section 813-a of the New York Code of Criminal Procedure, the Supreme Court in New York County issued an ex parte order authorizing the installation of an eavesdropping device in a service station owned by Scandifia. Shortly thereafter, police broke into the station's private office and installed a microphone. Conversations were overheard which indicated that defendant Grossman had in his possession two pistols received from Scandifia. An affidavit setting forth these conversations supplied the sole probable cause for a …

Authorization Of Involuntary Blood Transfusion For Adult Jehovah's Witness Held Unconstitutional--In Re Brooks' Estate, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

Despite serious illness, plaintiff requested, in accordance with her religious beliefs as a Jehovah's Witness, that blood transfusions not be administered to her. Upon the request of her physician and several assistant state's attorneys, a court-appointed guardian was authorized to consent to a blood transfusion for the plaintiff, and a transfusion was administered. On appeal of the court's action to the Supreme Court of Illinois, held, order reversed. The authorization of a blood transfusion for an adult Jehovah's Witness who has only adult children is an unconstitutional interference with the patient's right to the free exercise of her religion.

The Right To Bear Arms: A Phenomenon Of Constitutional History, Ralph J. Rohner

Scholarly Articles

Most discussions of the right to bear arms-however superficial-begin by noting the specific language of the second amendment to the United States Constitution, which provides:

A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.

And in various similar provisions, the constitutions of thirty-five states guarantee expressly the right to bear arms. Though it is submitted below that there may be significant distinctions between the protection afforded by the federal and state constitutions, for our purposes here we are concerned primarily with the …

Constitutional Law—Inspections And The Warrant Requirement—Warrant Required In Zoning Inspections Where Purpose Is To Gather Evidence For A Criminal Prosecution, George Wallach

Buffalo Law Review

People v. Laverne, 14 N.Y.2d 304, 200 N.E.2d 441, 251 N.Y.S.2d 452 (1964).

Constitutional Law--Freedom Of Religion And The Police Power, Hazel Armenta Straub

West Virginia Law Review

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Constitutional And Statutory Bases Of Governors' Emergency Powers, F. David Trickey

Michigan Law Review

The primary source of executive emergency power is the state constitution, although statutes often codify the constitutional executive emergency authority and occasionally delegate additional legislative police powers to the governor. Most governors are authorized to respond to public emergencies with a variety of extraordinary emergency measures. This study of state constitutional and statutory emergency power provisions has been undertaken in an attempt to evaluate the sources and scope of governors' emergency powers, as well as the limitations upon those powers. Its primary focus will be upon the extreme breadth of executive emergency authority and, in particular, upon the power to …

Book Reviews, Daniel G. Partan, Kenneth S. Carlston, Bernard A. Ramundo, S. A. Mccarthy, Cornelius J. Peck

Journal of Legal Education

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Constitutional Rights In The Public Sector: Justice Douglas On Liberty In The Welfare State, Hans A. Linde

Washington Law Review

Although the needs of the national economy and national security have vastly expanded the public sector, it is the direct underwriting of individual living standards and social services that characterizes the welfare state. Inevitably, conflicts between the views and objectives of the welfare state's political management and the views of some claimants to welfare state benefits have put in issue the constitutional limitations on the power to deny, withdraw, or condition such benefits. And inevitably, the cry of "constitutional rights" in public programs has been countered with the cry of "privilege." The arguments were already familiar when Mr. Justice Douglas …

Book Review, Ira Michael Heyman, Michael E. Tigar

Faculty Scholarship

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The Role Of A Trial Jury In Determining The Voluntariness Of A Confession, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

The Supreme Court of the United States has vigorously implemented the principle that criminal prosecution is an investigative, not an inquisitorial, process. Evidence of guilt must be obtained by methods free from physical or psychological coercion. Protections in the Bill of Rights against illegal search and seizure, self-incrimination, and trial without counsel have been extended to the states through the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment. Safeguards against the admissibility of coerced confessions into evidence have also been instituted. Because a confession practically determines the ultimate question of guilt, the critical standards for· admissibility are frequently challenged on appeal. …

The Work Of The West Virginia Commission On Constitutional Revision, Homer A. Holt

West Virginia Law Review

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Recent Cases, Law Review Staff

Vanderbilt Law Review

Antitrust--Consignment Agreements To Fix Retail Prices

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Constitutional Law--Fifth Amendment-Denial of Passport

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Constitutional Law--State Procedure To Determine The Voluntariness of a Confession

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Criminal Law--Statutory Rape-Good Faith, Reasonable Belief That Female Has Reached Age of Consent as a Defense

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Insurance--Validity of Policy Provision Permitting Insured To Choose Forum for Determination, of Disputes Under the Policy

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Labor Law-Closing of Plant Due to Unionization

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Labor Law--National Labor Relations Act--Strike by Minority of Union as Protected Concerted Activity When in Support of Union Position

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Labor Law--National Labor Relations Act--Union's Duty of Fair Representation Not Implicit in Section 7--Discrimination …

Justice Douglas On Freedom In The Welfare State: Constitutional Rights In The Public Sector [Part 1], Hans Linde

Washington Law Review

Twenty-five years, in constitutional law, is a long enough span that at its end a generation is apt to confront the problems created by its solutions to the tasks it inherited at the beginning. In the years before Mr. Justice Douglas took his seat on the Supreme Court in 1939, the attention of the whole nation had been held by an epic of constitutional history—the decision whether American government had the constitutional power to cope with the economic and social crisis of a breakdown in the private economy. In 1937, the Supreme Court had unlocked the federal arsenal. The previous …

The Constitution And The Emergency Detention Act Of 1950, Thomas C. Mack

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.

Road Blocks To Inspect Drivers' Licenses

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

Constitutional Law—Reimbursement Of Utility Relocation Costs, Wayne Booth, Jr.

Washington Law Review

In 1959 the state legislature passed a law enabling Washington to obtain federal-aid highway grants for the reimbursement of utility relocation costs incident to federal highway construction. In the recent case of Washington St. Hy. Comm'n. v. Pacific Northwest Bell Tel. Co., the Washington Supreme Court held this legislation to violate the state constitution.

The Narcotics Problem: Outlook For Reform, James P. Manak

Buffalo Law Review

Robinson v. California, 370 U.S. 660 (1962).

Federalism And Double Jeopardy: A Study In The Frustration Of Human Rights, Harlan R. Harrison

University of Miami Law Review

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Betts V. Brady Twenty Years Later: The Right To Counself And Due Process Values, Yale Kamisar

Michigan Law Review

I am quite distressed by talk that the landmark case of Mapp v. Ohio "suggests by analogy" that the Court may now overrule Betts v. Brady. For whether one talks about the fourth or the sixth amendment, there is much to be said for Justice Harlan's dissenting views in Mapp. "[W]hatever configurations ... have been developed in the particularizing federal precedents" should not be "deemed a part of 'ordered liberty,' and as such ... enforceable against the States .... [W]e would not be true to the Fourteenth Amendment were we merely to stretch the general principle [ of …