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“Closet Case”: Boy Scouts Of America V. Dale And The Reinforcement Of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, And Transgender Invisibility, Darren Lenard Hutchinson

UF Law Faculty Publications

This Article argues that the Supreme Court's decision in Boy Scouts of America v. Dale misapplies and ignores controlling First Amendment precedent and incorrectly defines “sexual identity” as a clinical or biological imposition that exists apart from expression or speech. This Article provides a doctrinal alternative to Dale that would protect vital interests in both equality and liberty and that would not condition, as does Dale, sexual “equality” upon the silencing of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender individuals.

This Article proceeds in five parts. Part I provides an introduction to the case and issues.Part II discusses the evolution of the …

Role Of Protein Kinase C-Delta In The Regulation Of Collagen Gene Expression In Scleroderma Fibroblasts, Sergio A. Jimenez, Svetlana Gaidarova, Biagio Saitta, Nora Sandorfi, David J. Herrich, Joan C. Rosenbloom, Umberto Kucich, William R. Abrams, Joel Rosenbloom

Selected Works of Sergio Jiménez, MD, MACR

Working with cultured dermal fibroblasts derived from control individuals and patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc), we have examined the effects of protein kinase C-delta (PKC-delta) on type I collagen biosynthesis and steady-state levels of COL1A1 and COL3A1 mRNAs. Rottlerin, a specific inhibitor of PKC-delta, exerted a powerful, dose-dependent inhibition of type I and type III collagen gene expression in normal and SSc cells. Optimal rottlerin concentrations caused a 70-90% inhibition of type I collagen production, a >80% reduction in COL1A1 mRNA, and a >70% reduction in COL3A1 mRNA in both cell types. In vitro nuclear transcription assays and transient transfections …

Acute Renal Failure In An Intensive Care Unit, Hatem O. Qutub, Ibrahiem A. Saeed

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To determine the clincal course and outcome of acute renal failure in an intensive care unit set-up. METHODS: All patients admitted to the intensive care until who developed acute renal failure were prospectively studied over a 3-year period from 1996 to 1999, at King Fahd Hospital of the University, Al Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. They were investigated for the causes of their acute renal failure, given appropriate treatment and their course carefully documented until discharge from the intensive care unit. RESULTS: Forty-seven patients (29 male and 18 female) were studied. The majority were Saudis (81%). The age range …

The Weekly Challenger, November 1, 2001, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The November 1, 2001, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

Polygonal Chains Cannot Lock In 4d, Roxana Cocan, Joseph O'Rourke

Computer Science: Faculty Publications

We prove that, in all dimensions d ≥ 4, every simple open polygonal chain and every tree may be straightened, and every simple closed polygonal chain may be convexified. These reconfigurations can be achieved by algorithms that use polynomial time in the number of vertices, and result in a polynomial number of “moves.” These results contrast to those known for d = 2, where trees can “lock,” and for d = 3, where open and closed chains can lock.

When Did The Constitution Become Law, Gary Lawson, Guy Seidman

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Anastasoff Case And The Judicial Power To Unpublish Opinions, Thomas R. Lee, Lance S. Lehnhof

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.

One Of A Kind--Professor Emeritus Charles E. Rice, Robert E. Rodes Jr.

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.

Discontent And Indiscretion: Discretionary Review Of Interlocutory Orders, Timothy P. Glynn

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.

Economic Hardship As Coercion Under The Protocol On International Trafficking In Persons By Organized Crime Elements, Linda A. Malone

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Profile Combinatorics For Fragment Selection In Comparative Protein Structure Modeling, Deacon Sweeney, Travis E. Doom, Michael L. Raymer

Kno.e.sis Publications

Sequencing of the human genome was a great stride towards modeling cellular complexes, massive systems whose key players are proteins and DNA. A major bottleneck limiting the modeling process is structure and function annotation for the new genes. Contemporary protein structure prediction algorithms represent the sequence of every protein of known structure with a profile to which the profile of a protein sequence of unknown structure is compared for recognition. We propose a novel approach to increase the scope and resolution of protein structure profiles. Our technique locates equivalent regions among the members of a structurally similar fold family, and …

Why Lawyers Are Unhappy, Martin E.P. Seligman, Paul R. Verkuil, Terry H. Kang

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Law Of Presidential Transitions And The 2000 Election, Todd J. Zjwicki

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.

Copyright Fair Use And Private Ordering: Are Copyright Holders And The Copyright Law Fanatical For Fansites?, Jessica Elliott

DePaul Journal of Art, Technology & Intellectual Property Law

No abstract provided.

The Intent Of The Law In Waivers: For The Persona Or The "Other" Entity?, Gabrielle Stormo

DePaul Journal of Art, Technology & Intellectual Property Law

No abstract provided.

Coda To William Penn's Overture: Safeguarding Non-Mainstream Religious Liberty Under The Pennsylvania Constitution, Gary S. Gildin

Faculty Scholarly Works

No abstract provided.

Compelled Statements From Police Officers And Garrity Immunity, Steven D. Clymer

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

In this Article, Professor Steven Clymer describes the problem created when police departments require officers suspected of misconduct to answer internal affairs investigators' questions or face job termination. Relying on the Supreme Court's decision in Garrity v. New Jersey, courts treat such compelled statements as immunized testimony. That treatment not only renders such a statement inadmissible in a criminal prosecution of the suspect police officer, it also may require the prosecution to shoulder the daunting and sometimes insurmountable burden of demonstrating that its physical evidence, witness testimony, and strategic decisionmaking are untainted by the statement. Because police internal affairs …

Crime Of Dispassion: Eighth Circuit (Mis)Applies Deshaney In Failing To Hold State Employees Accountable To The Children They Protect, Bryan R. Berry

Missouri Law Review

This Note reviews the legal landscape of Fourteenth Amendment substantive due process theory promulgated by the Supreme Court and discusses the importance of the landmark decision in DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services in that context. Next, this Note discusses the treatment of DeShaney by the circuit courts, focusing on two exceptions to DeShaney’s analysis that have been carved out by many courts. This Note then reviews the decision in McMullen, and argues that the court of appeals improperly applied DeShaney to the facts in McMullen and that, in any event, DeShaney is an unfortunate extension of an …

Who Are The Complaint-Prone Officers?: An Examination Of The Relationship Between Police Officers' Attributes, Arrest Activity, Assignment, And Citizens' Complaints About Excessive Force, Steven G. Brandl, Meghan S. Stroshine, James Frank

Social and Cultural Sciences Faculty Research and Publications

This article identifies the characteristics of police officers (officers’ background attributes, arrest activity, and assignment) who most frequently receive complaints from citizens regarding the use of excessive force. The data for the study were obtained from a large mid-western municipal police department. The results show that arrest activity, officer age, and officer gender are most strongly related to the receipt of citizen’s complaints about excessive force and differentiate high-complaint officers from low-complaint officers. Implications of the findings are discussed.

Dc Power-Bus Design Using Fdtd Modeling With Dispersive Media And Surface Mount Technology Components, Xiaoning Ye, Marina Koledintseva, Min Li, James L. Drewniak

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

DC power-bus modeling in high-speed digital design using the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method is demonstrated herein. The dispersive character of the dielectric layers used in printed circuit board substrates is taken into account in this study. In particular, FR-4 is considered. The complex permittivity of the dielectric is approximated by a Debye model. A wide-band frequency response (100 MHz-5 GHz) is obtained through a single FDTD simulation. Good agreement is achieved between the modeled and measured results for a typical dc power-bus structure with multiple surface mount technology (SMT) decoupling capacitors placed on the printed circuit board (PCB). The FDTD …

Service Learning: Discovering Effective Communication Strategies By Emphasizing The Community's Perspective, Elizabeth Oppe

Thesis, Dissertations, Student Creative Activity, and Scholarship

Service learning is a broadly defined term that may encompass a spectrum of projects and course work ranging from acts of charity to activism for social change. "The aim of service learning is always to heighten awareness in our communities that we have the capacity to both learn from and serve each other... and work toward a more just and egalitarian society" (bttp://www.invcol.pdx.edulic.htm). Another description of service learning from Brevard Community College's The Power (1994) explains that, for many community organizations, students augment service delivery, meet crucial human needs, and provide a basis for future citizen support. The Power depicts …

Creating And Organizing Cc 73, E. L. Henry

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.

High-Pressure Elastic Properties Of Major Materials Of Earth's Mantle From First Principles, Bijaya B. Karki, Lars Stixrude, Renata M. Wentzcovitch

Faculty Publications

The elasticity of materials is important for our understanding of processes ranging from brittle failure, to flexure, to the propagation of elastic waves. Seismologically revealed structure of the Earth's mantle, including the radial (one-dimensional) profile, lateral heterogeneity, and anisotropy are determined largely by the elasticity of the materials that make up this region. Despite its importance to geophysics, our knowledge of the elasticity of potentially relevant mineral phases at conditions typical of the Earth's mantle is still limited: Measuring the elastic constants at elevated pressure-temperature conditions in the laboratory remains a major challenge. Over the past several years, another approach …

Cc 73 And The Birth Of The Modern Louisiana Two-Party System, Wayne Parent, Jeremy Mhire

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.

Limits On Borrowing And Donations In The Louisiana Constitution Of 1975, Lee Hargrave

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.

Fort Hays State Lady Tiger Basketball Media Guide 2001 - 2002, Fort Hays State University

Athletic Programs Collection

This color fifty six page document features the media guide for the 2001-2002 women's Tiger basketball season. It includes staff and team information, rosters, statistics, schedules, records, opponents, and photographs.

Would The Kroger Rule Survive The Ali’S Proposed Revision Of § 1367?, Edward A. Hartnett

Duke Law Journal

Supplemental jurisdiction has been a treacherous area over the past decade. Previously, supplemental jurisdiction-then generally called pendent or ancillary jurisdiction-had been left nearly entirely to judicial development, but in 1989 the Supreme Court criticized several of its own prior cases for failing to make a "specific examina- tion of jurisdictional statutes" to determine whether Congress had authorized the exercise of jurisdiction.' Although the Court stated that it had "no intent to limit or impair" these already established cases, it declared that it would not extend them. It acknowledged that "the scope of jurisdiction conferred by a particular statute can of …

Code Blue! Ambulance Manufacturing Specifications May Pre-Empt State Common Law Claims, Michael J. Denning

Northern Illinois University Law Review

This comment seeks to apply contemporary pre-emption jurisprudence to the area of federal purchasing specifications. The piece first lays the foundation of pre-emption, and more specifically discusses its inception and maturation, and then provides an analysis of how courts should apply these principles today. Next, the piece introduces federal purchasing specifications, specifically the specification governing the government's acquisition of ambulances. The comment argues that because the specification was written to provide federal uniformity to the ambulance manufacturing field, any state claim seeking to hold a manufacturer to a higher standard than that written into the specification should be pre-empted through …

Heafey Headnotes, Vol. 12, No. 2, Santa Clara University - Heafey Law Library

Heafey Headnotes

No abstract provided.

The Five Year National Mine Action Plan (2002-2006) - Mozambique, National Demining Institute Mozambique

Global CWD Repository

Highlights the integration of mine action in development in Mozambique