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Recent Decision, Duane A. Wilson

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has taken the instant opportunity to write an essay on the law of search and seizure on the high seas. Applying Ramsey, the majority found authority for the Coast Guard action, either under section 89(a) or through the consent of the Panamanian Government. Although both conclusions are open to dispute, the major question arises from the court's analysis of the constitutionality of the Coast Guard action. While a firm resolution of the confusion engendered by previous conflicting Fifth Circuit decisions is certainly desirable, the instant court's resolution fails to provide necessary analytical clarity. Judge …

A Comparison Between The Constitutional Protections Against The Imposition Of Involuntary Expatriation And A Taxpayer's Right To Disclaim Citizenship, Terri R. Reicher

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

This Note examines both sides of the coin: the constitutional protections given the individual fighting to retain his citizenship will be compared with the burdens, particularly the tax consequences, imposed on individuals wanting to relinquish citizenship. Section II examines the classic constitutionally-based expatriation material. It discusses the legislative history of expatriation law, including the 1978 amendments to the INA, reviews the major expatriation case law, and concludes with an analysis of Vance v. Terrazas, the most recent Supreme Court pronouncement on the nature of the "voluntary" conduct required to constitute expatriation. Section III deals with the tax aspects of expatriation. …

Beyond Upjohn: Achieving Certainty By Expanding The Scope Of The Corporate Attorney-Client Privilege, Jacqueline A. Weiss

Fordham Law Review

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Overruling Supreme Court Precedents: Anticipatory Actions By United States Court Of Appeals, Margaret N. Kniffen

Fordham Law Review

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Estelle V. Smith: The Constitutional Contours Of The Forensic Evaluation, Christopher Slobogin

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

In Estelle v. Smith,' the United States Supreme Court recognized for the first time that an evaluation of a criminal defendant by a mental health professional may implicate both the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination and the Sixth Amendment right to counsel. The issues raised in Estelle are significant not only for the legal profession but also for those in the mental health professions who perform "clinical" evaluations for the criminal courts. Estelle involved the case of Ernest Smith, who was sentenced to death by a Texas jury in 1974. Prior to trial, the judge ordered a psychiatrist, Dr. Grigson, …

Constitutional Law: Congressional Plenary Power Over Indian Affairs--A Doctrine Rooted In Prejudice, Irene K. Harvey

American Indian Law Review

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Federal Recent Developments

American Indian Law Review

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A Graphic Review Of The Free Speech Clause, William W. Van Alstyne

Faculty Scholarship

This work acts as a spring board for the study of the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment. It builds useful graphical representations of complex constitutional theories from the ground up, allowing students to follow both development and the application of these theories.

Assaults On The Exclusionary Rule: Good Faith Limitations And Damage Remedies, Pierre J. Schlag

Publications

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Fiddling With The Constitution While Rome Burns: The Case Against The Voting Rights Act Of 1965, Dr. James Mcclellan

Louisiana Law Review

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Zipes V. Trans World Airlines, Inc., Lewis Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

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California V. Grace Brethren Church, Lewis F. Powell Jr

Supreme Court Case Files

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Board Of Education Of The Hendrick Hudson Central School District, Westchester County V. Rowley, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

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Social Order And The Limits Of Law: A Theoretical Essay, Arthur S. Miller

Vanderbilt Law Review

Professor Jenkins maintains that Americans demand that "the law solve all of [their] problems and secure all of [their] purposes." The result is that we "so overload the legal apparatus that it short circuits, creating a spectacular display of fireworks but affecting nothing save its own wreckage."' That assertion, even if only partially accurate, merits close and continuing attention. Jenkins' analysis of that hypothesis--that proposition-is at once thought-provoking and illuminating. We are all in his debt for having written such a challenging book, even though I have some fundamental disagreements with how he develops that theme. Jenkins' work is a …

Ramah Navajo School Board V. Bureau Of Revenue Of New Mexico, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

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William E. H. Tagupa Review Of Charles De Varigny, Fourteen Years In The Sandwich Islands, 1855–1868, William E. H. Tagupa

Pacific Studies

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Foreword, Michael Lieberman

Law and Contemporary Problems

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Conflict Management In The Canadian Federal System, J. R. Mallory

Law and Contemporary Problems

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Comments

South Carolina Law Review

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Living With Gertz: A Practical Look At Constitutional Libel Standards, Lewis H. Larue

Scholarly Articles

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Integration Maintenance: The Unconstitutionality Of Benign Programs That Discourage Black Entry To Prevent White Flight, Rodney A. Smolla

Scholarly Articles

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Constitutional Law - Police Power - Equal Protection - Voluntary Deviate Sexual Intercourse Statute, Louis Bader

Duquesne Law Review

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has held that the Pennsylvania voluntary deviate sexual intercourse statute is beyond the valid exercise of the state's police power and is violative of the equal protection clauses of the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Commonwealth v. Bonadio, 490 Pa. 91, 415 A.2d 47 (1980).

Constitutional Law - Mootness - Personal Stake - Class Actions, Thomas F. Smida

Duquesne Law Review

The United States Supreme Court has held that an action brought on behalf of a class may be appealed upon expiration of the named plaintiffs substantive claim even though the class certification has been denied.

United States Parole Commission v. Geraghty, 445 U.S. 388 (1980).

Recent Development, Constitutional Law: Protection Against Illegal Search And Seizure--Blackie's House Of Beef, Inc. V. Castillo, No. 79-1057 & 79-2358 (D.C. Cir. July 22, 1981), Stephen James Anaya

Publications

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A Comment On The Burger Court And "Judicial Activism", Robert F. Nagel

Publications

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A Reply To Professor Ball, Philip Chase Bobbitt

Faculty Scholarship

Although it has been observed that approaching an allegedly universalistic theory by asserting the time- and culture-bound nature of that theory is an attack of some sort, Professor Ball does not take my lectures to be a rebuke to the enterprise in which he, Professor Tushnet, and others are engaged. Instead, he complains that I do not examine the relation between constitutional argument, on the one hand, and, on the other, social, political, and economic interests. This is a mistaken reading of my work. It is nice to be told that Tushnet and Ball accept my formulation "that in our …

American Constitutional Law 1976–1981, Donald P. Kommers, Kenneth Ripple, John A. Scanlan

Journal Articles

From the Introduction:

"The principal goal of this report is to chart for an essentially non-American audience the course of doctrinal movement and change in important areas of Ameri­can constitutional law. The report relics almost entirely upon primary sources, particularly the decisions and opinions of the United States Supreme Court. The opinions and decisions discussed here arc those which in our view have had the most impact upon American governmental institutions, political processes, and constitu­tional policy in the period under review. In the short space provided we clearly cannot cover developments in all areas of American constitutional law. One such …

Democracy And Distrust: A Theory Of Judicial Review, Michael Conant

Vanderbilt Law Review

This review is a critique of the major themes in Democracy and Distrust: A Theory of Judicial Review,' by Professor John Hart Ely of Harvard Law School. Ely primarily addresses the amount of discretion exercised by Supreme Court justices in deciding constitutional cases, a fundamental issue since few scholars today would contest the actual existence of the judicial review power of the Court. Ely's thorough scholarship presents a fine discussion of the Court's legitimacy when it extends its discretion beyond the base of the actual constitutional language. Professor Ely misses the mark, however, in his argument that certain open-ended constitutional …

Federalism As A Fundamental Value: National League Of Cities In Perspective, Robert F. Nagel

Publications

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Double Jeopardy In West Virginia: State Ex Rel. Dowdy V. Robinson, Gary A. Collias

West Virginia Law Review

In State ex rel. Dowdy v. Robinson the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals substantially altered the double jeopardy law of the state. Dowdy was indicted for breaking and entering a nightclub. The indictment specified the building's location as 220-22nd Street in Huntington, West Virginia. The proof presented at trial indicated that the nightclub was located at 200-22nd Street. The trial court granted a motion for a directed verdict of not guilty on the ground that the variance was fatal to the prosecution's case. Dowdy was subsequently reindicted for the breaking and entering, the only difference between the second indictment …