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William Lawrence: Perspectives Of A Reconstruction Republican On The 14th Amendment, Jeremy D. Burkhart
William Lawrence: Perspectives Of A Reconstruction Republican On The 14th Amendment, Jeremy D. Burkhart
The 39th Congress Project
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Mcdonald V. Chicago, The Fourteenth Amendment, The Right To Bear Arms And The Right Of Self-Defense, Richard L. Aynes
Mcdonald V. Chicago, The Fourteenth Amendment, The Right To Bear Arms And The Right Of Self-Defense, Richard L. Aynes
Akron Law Faculty Publications
The Supreme Court of the United States has granted certiorari in the case of McDonald v. City of Chicago to consider this question:
"Whether the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms is incorporated as against the States by the Fourteenth Amendment’s Privileges or Immunities or Due Process Clauses."
This case follows and seeks to build upon District of Columbia v. Heller which held that the Second Amendment protects both the right to self-defense and what has been termed an individual right to bear arms. Of course, Heller’s application is limited to the federal government and has no direct …
Enforcing The Bill Of Rights Against The States: The History And The Future, Richard Aynes
Enforcing The Bill Of Rights Against The States: The History And The Future, Richard Aynes
Akron Law Faculty Publications
This article traces, in broad strokes, the history of the disputes about whether or not the Bill of Rights can be enforced against the states.
It begins with pre-Fourteenth Amendment claims and recounts the actions of the 39th Congress: The Freedman’s Bureau, the Civil Rights Act of 1866, and the Fourteenth Amendment. Several speeches on the Amendment from the Congressional elections of 1866 are utilized, including those of Section 1 author John Bingham, Congressmen Columbus Delano, Rutherford B. Hayes, James Wilson, James Garfield, and Senator John Sherman, as well as Democrats who participated in what has been termed the most …
Summary Judgment And The Influence Of Federal Rulemaking, Bernadette Bollas Genetin
Summary Judgment And The Influence Of Federal Rulemaking, Bernadette Bollas Genetin
Con Law Center Articles and Publications
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