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1983, Brandon Hasbrouck Jan 2024

1983, Brandon Hasbrouck

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This Piece embraces a fictional narrative to illustrate deep flaws in our legal system. It borrows its basic structure and a few choice lines from George Orwell’s classic novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Like Orwell’s novel, it is set in the not-too-distant future to comment on problems already emerging in the present. The footnotes largely provide examples of some of those problems and how courts have treated them in a constitutional law context. The title (itself quite close to Orwell’s own title) is a reference to our chief civil rights statute, while the story deals with a critical threat to that …


The Unconstitutional Police, Brandon Hasbrouck Jan 2021

The Unconstitutional Police, Brandon Hasbrouck

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Most Fourth Amendment cases arise under a basic fact pattern. Police decide to do something--say, stop and frisk a suspect. They find some crime--say, a gun or drugs--they arrest the suspect, and the suspect is subsequently charged with a crime. The suspect--who is all too often Black--becomes a defendant and challenges the police officers' initial decision as unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment. The defendant seeks to suppress the evidence against them or perhaps to recover damages for serious injuries under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The courts subsequently constitutionalize the police officers' initial decision with little or no scrutiny. Effectively, the …


Civil Rights Remedies In Higher Education: Jurisprudential Limitations And Lost Moments In Time, Lia Epperson Apr 2017

Civil Rights Remedies In Higher Education: Jurisprudential Limitations And Lost Moments In Time, Lia Epperson

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

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Men And Boys And The Ethical Demand For Social Justice, Samuel Vincent Jones Mar 2014

Men And Boys And The Ethical Demand For Social Justice, Samuel Vincent Jones

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

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Genetics, Race And Substantive Due Process, Christian B. Sundquist Mar 2014

Genetics, Race And Substantive Due Process, Christian B. Sundquist

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

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The First Amendment: Religious Freedom For All, Including Muslims, Asma Uddin Sep 2013

The First Amendment: Religious Freedom For All, Including Muslims, Asma Uddin

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Violating Due Process: The Case For Changing Texas State Trafficking Laws For Minors, Cristina M. Becker Sep 2013

Violating Due Process: The Case For Changing Texas State Trafficking Laws For Minors, Cristina M. Becker

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

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The Young Sex Offender Debacle: The Continued Need For Changes To Juvenile Sex Offender Registry Requirements, Samantha Brewster-Owens Sep 2013

The Young Sex Offender Debacle: The Continued Need For Changes To Juvenile Sex Offender Registry Requirements, Samantha Brewster-Owens

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

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A Justified Obligation: Counsel’S Duty To File A Requested Appeal In A Post-Waiver Situation, Lauren Gregorcyk Sep 2013

A Justified Obligation: Counsel’S Duty To File A Requested Appeal In A Post-Waiver Situation, Lauren Gregorcyk

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

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The Decline Of Linguistic Plurality: Bottom-Up Solutions To Protect Languages In The United States, Erica R. Shamblin Knott Sep 2008

The Decline Of Linguistic Plurality: Bottom-Up Solutions To Protect Languages In The United States, Erica R. Shamblin Knott

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

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Second-Class Citizens: Jews, Freedom Of Speech, And Intolerance On Canadian University Campuses, Stefan Braun Mar 2006

Second-Class Citizens: Jews, Freedom Of Speech, And Intolerance On Canadian University Campuses, Stefan Braun

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

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"Can I See Your Papers?" Local Police Enforcement Of Federal Immigration Law Post 9/11 And Asian American Permanent Foreignness, Mohar Ray Jan 2005

"Can I See Your Papers?" Local Police Enforcement Of Federal Immigration Law Post 9/11 And Asian American Permanent Foreignness, Mohar Ray

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

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Cognitive Dissonance Theory: A Case Study Of Loving V. Virginia, Bowers V. Hard Wick, And Lawrence V. Texas, Andrea Celina Coleman Apr 2004

Cognitive Dissonance Theory: A Case Study Of Loving V. Virginia, Bowers V. Hard Wick, And Lawrence V. Texas, Andrea Celina Coleman

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

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More Than Segregation, Racial Identity: The Neglected Question In Plessy V. Ferguson, Thomas J. Davis Apr 2004

More Than Segregation, Racial Identity: The Neglected Question In Plessy V. Ferguson, Thomas J. Davis

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

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Give Them Their Due: An African-American Reparations Program Based On The Native American Federal Aid Model, Mishael A. Danielson, Alexis Pimentel Apr 2004

Give Them Their Due: An African-American Reparations Program Based On The Native American Federal Aid Model, Mishael A. Danielson, Alexis Pimentel

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


A Call To Leadership: The Future Of Race Relations In Virginia, Rodney A. Smolla Jan 2004

A Call To Leadership: The Future Of Race Relations In Virginia, Rodney A. Smolla

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From Hutchins Hall To Hyderabad And Beyond: A Comparative Look At Affirmative Action In Three Jurisdictions, Jason Morgan-Foster Apr 2003

From Hutchins Hall To Hyderabad And Beyond: A Comparative Look At Affirmative Action In Three Jurisdictions, Jason Morgan-Foster

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Reforming Civil Rights With Systems Reform: Health Care Disparities, Translation Services, & Safe Harbors, Sidney D. Watson Apr 2003

Reforming Civil Rights With Systems Reform: Health Care Disparities, Translation Services, & Safe Harbors, Sidney D. Watson

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

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A Remembrance Of Things Past?: Reflections On The Warren Court And The Struggle For Civil Rights, Ronald J. Krotoszynski, Jr. Sep 2002

A Remembrance Of Things Past?: Reflections On The Warren Court And The Struggle For Civil Rights, Ronald J. Krotoszynski, Jr.

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Anatomy Of An Affirmative Duty To Protect: 42 U.S.C. Section 1986, Linda E. Fisher Mar 1999

Anatomy Of An Affirmative Duty To Protect: 42 U.S.C. Section 1986, Linda E. Fisher

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Que, Ya No Hablan Ingles En Este Pais?: A Look At The Constitutionality Of English Only Provisions Under The Free Speech Clause Of The First Amendment, John J. Louizos Apr 1997

Que, Ya No Hablan Ingles En Este Pais?: A Look At The Constitutionality Of English Only Provisions Under The Free Speech Clause Of The First Amendment, John J. Louizos

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Foreword: Civil Rights In 1995, Barry Sullivan Apr 1995

Foreword: Civil Rights In 1995, Barry Sullivan

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

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Civil Rights: A Common And Continuing Struggle, Deval Patrick Apr 1995

Civil Rights: A Common And Continuing Struggle, Deval Patrick

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Quotas, Politics, And Judicial Statesmanship: The Civil Rights Act Of 1991 And Powell's Bakke, Mark H. Grunewald Jan 1992

Quotas, Politics, And Judicial Statesmanship: The Civil Rights Act Of 1991 And Powell's Bakke, Mark H. Grunewald

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Faith In Secular Religion: A Brief Reply, Aviam Soifer Mar 1991

Faith In Secular Religion: A Brief Reply, Aviam Soifer

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Another Way Of Skinning The Rabbit, Geoffrey Palmer Sir Mar 1991

Another Way Of Skinning The Rabbit, Geoffrey Palmer Sir

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Soifer's Vision And Three Questions About Images, Milner S. Ball Mar 1991

Soifer's Vision And Three Questions About Images, Milner S. Ball

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Jurisprudence Of Wringing Hands: A Brief Response To Professor Soifer, Allan Ides Mar 1991

The Jurisprudence Of Wringing Hands: A Brief Response To Professor Soifer, Allan Ides

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Groups In Perspectives, Carol Weisbrod Mar 1991

Groups In Perspectives, Carol Weisbrod

Washington and Lee Law Review

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On Being Overly Discrete And Insular: Involuntary Groups And The Angloamerican Judicial Tradition, Aviam Soifer Mar 1991

On Being Overly Discrete And Insular: Involuntary Groups And The Angloamerican Judicial Tradition, Aviam Soifer

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.