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Systemic Racism In The U.S. Immigration Laws, Kevin R. Johnson
Systemic Racism In The U.S. Immigration Laws, Kevin R. Johnson
Indiana Law Journal
This Essay analyzes how aggressive activism in a California mountain town at the tail end of the nineteenth century commenced a chain reaction resulting in state and ultimately national anti-Chinese immigration laws. The constitutional immunity through which the Supreme Court upheld those laws deeply affected the future trajectory of U.S. immigration law and policy.
Responding to sustained political pressure from the West, Congress in 1882 passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, an infamous piece of unabashedly racist legislation that commenced a long process of barring immigration from all of Asia to the United States. In upholding the Act, the Supreme Court …
The Pledge Of Allegiance And Compelled Speech Revisited: Requiring Parental Consent, Caroline Mala Corbin
The Pledge Of Allegiance And Compelled Speech Revisited: Requiring Parental Consent, Caroline Mala Corbin
Indiana Law Journal
Since the Supreme Court decided West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette in 1943, free speech law has been clear: public schools may not force students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Nevertheless, in two states—Texas and Florida— students may decline to participate only with parental permission. The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the law on the grounds that the parental requirement furthered parents’ substantive due process right to control the upbringing of their children.
The Eleventh Circuit decision is flawed both in its understanding of the First Amendment right to be free of compelled speech and the …
Compelled Speech And The Regulatory State, Alan K. Chen
Compelled Speech And The Regulatory State, Alan K. Chen
Indiana Law Journal
Since the Supreme Court’s 1943 decision in West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette, it has been axiomatic that the First Amendment prohibits the government not only from censoring speech, but also from compelling it. The central holding of Barnette itself is largely uncontroversial—it seems obvious that the First Amendment’s free speech clause means that no government may require people to espouse or reproduce an ideological statement against their will. But the Court has extended the compelled speech doctrine to stop the government from forcing people to make even truthful, factual statements. These claims have resulted in some of the …
Compelled Disclosure And The Workplace Rights It Enables, Catherine Fisk
Compelled Disclosure And The Workplace Rights It Enables, Catherine Fisk
Indiana Law Journal
Worker and consumer protection laws often rely on the regulated entity to notify workers or consumers of their legal rights because it is effective and efficient to provide information at the time and place where it is most likely to be useful. Until the Supreme Court ruled in NIFLA v. Becerra in 2018 that a California law regulating crisis pregnancy centers was an unconstitutional speaker-based, contentdiscriminatory regulation of speech, mandatory disclosure laws were constitutionally uncontroversial economic regulation. Yet, the day after striking down a disclosure law in NIFLA, the Court in Janus v. AFSCME Council 31 expanded the right of …
Aggregate Stare Decisis, Kiel Brennan-Marquez
Aggregate Stare Decisis, Kiel Brennan-Marquez
Indiana Law Journal
The fate of stare decisis hangs in the wind. Different factions of the Supreme Court are now engaged in open debate—echoing decades of scholarship—about the doctrine’s role in our constitutional system. Broadly speaking, two camps have emerged. The first embraces the orthodox view that stare decisis should reflect “neutral principles” that run orthogonal to a case’s merits; otherwise, it will be incapable of keeping the law stable over time. The second argues that insulating stare decisis from the underlying merits has always been a conceptual mistake. Instead, the doctrine should focus more explicitly on the merits—by diagnosing the magnitude of …
Congress's Competing Motivations: What Chevron Can Tell Us About Constitutional Acquiescence, George Krug
Congress's Competing Motivations: What Chevron Can Tell Us About Constitutional Acquiescence, George Krug
Indiana Law Journal
This Note asks under what conditions the Supreme Court would find evidence of post- Founding historical practice persuasive in separation of powers debates. This Note focuses on two theories of how evidence of a long-standing historical practice might be relevant in separation of powers disputes: constitutional liquidation and historical gloss. According to both theories, the authority of a long-standing historical practice depends in part on the motivations driving the relevant branch of government to engage in that practice. Current scholarship on constitutional liquidation and historical gloss, however, has not yet explored fully these motivations in a way that recognizes the …
The Constitutional Tort System, Noah Smith-Drelich
The Constitutional Tort System, Noah Smith-Drelich
Indiana Law Journal
Constitutional torts—private lawsuits for constitutional wrongdoing—are the primary means by which violations of the U.S. Constitution are vindicated and deterred. Through damage awards, and occasionally injunctive relief, victims of constitutional violations discourage future misconduct while obtaining redress. However, the collection of laws that governs these actions is a complete muddle, lacking any sort of coherent structure or unifying theory. The result is too much and too little constitutional litigation, generating calls for reform from across the political spectrum along with reverberations that reach from Standing Rock to Flint to Ferguson.
This Article constructs a framework of the constitutional tort system, …
The Fourth Amendment At Home, Thomas P. Crocker
The Fourth Amendment At Home, Thomas P. Crocker
Indiana Law Journal
A refuge, a domain of personal privacy, and the seat of familial life, the home holds a special place in Fourth Amendment jurisprudence. Supreme Court opinions are replete with statements affirming the special status of the home. Fourth Amendment text places special emphasis on securing protections for the home in addition to persons, papers, and effects against unwarranted government intrusion. Beyond the Fourth Amendment, the home has a unique place within constitutional structure. The home receives privacy protections in addition to sheltering other constitutional values protected by the Due Process Clause and the First Amendment. For example, under the Due …
Protections Against Tyranny: How Article V Should Guide Constitutional Interpretation, Mary Strong
Protections Against Tyranny: How Article V Should Guide Constitutional Interpretation, Mary Strong
Indiana Law Journal
This Note seeks to explain what Article V means for the methods of constitutional change outside of the traditional Article V amendment process. Specifically, I argue that Article V was meant to limit the federal government from usurping power without first attaining the consent of the people. Because the Supreme Court is part of the federal government and is often considered a counter-majoritarian institution, the Court cannot extend the powers of the federal government through constitutional interpretation beyond the bounds allowed in the Constitution. Therefore, the only means to change the power structure of the federal government (the balance of …
The United States Supreme Court And The Freedom Of Expression, Elisabeth Zoller
The United States Supreme Court And The Freedom Of Expression, Elisabeth Zoller
Indiana Law Journal
Symposium: An Ocean Apart? Freedom of Expression in Europe and the United States. This Article was originally written in French and delivered as a conference paper at a symposium held by the Center for American Law of the University of Paris II (Panthèon-Assas) on January 18-19, 2008.
Religious Visitation Constraints On The Noncustodial Parent: The Need For National Application Of A Uniform Compelling Interest Test, Kevin S. Smith
Religious Visitation Constraints On The Noncustodial Parent: The Need For National Application Of A Uniform Compelling Interest Test, Kevin S. Smith
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
In Search Of The Post-Positivist Jury, Mark Cammack
In Search Of The Post-Positivist Jury, Mark Cammack
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Is Moral Relativism A Constitutional Command?, Steven G. Gey
Is Moral Relativism A Constitutional Command?, Steven G. Gey
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
The Title Vii Pretext Question: Resolved In Light Of St. Mary's Honor Center V. Hicks, Robert J. Smith
The Title Vii Pretext Question: Resolved In Light Of St. Mary's Honor Center V. Hicks, Robert J. Smith
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
The Advocacy Of "Constitutional" Conduct, Marshall C. Derks
The Advocacy Of "Constitutional" Conduct, Marshall C. Derks
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Revisiting Roe V. Wade: Substance And Process In The Abortion Debate, Margaret G. Farrell
Revisiting Roe V. Wade: Substance And Process In The Abortion Debate, Margaret G. Farrell
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
A Matter Of "Governing' Importance": Providing Business Defamation And Product Disparagement Defendants Full First Amendment Protection, Lisa Magee Arent
A Matter Of "Governing' Importance": Providing Business Defamation And Product Disparagement Defendants Full First Amendment Protection, Lisa Magee Arent
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Modern Confession Law After Duckworth V. Eagan: What's The Use Of Explaining?, Julia C. Weissman
Modern Confession Law After Duckworth V. Eagan: What's The Use Of Explaining?, Julia C. Weissman
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Authoritarianism And The Rule Of Law, Lynne Henderson
Authoritarianism And The Rule Of Law, Lynne Henderson
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Drug Testing And Welfare: Taking The Drug War To Unconstitutional Limits?, Philippa M. Guthrie
Drug Testing And Welfare: Taking The Drug War To Unconstitutional Limits?, Philippa M. Guthrie
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Religious Purpose, Inerrancy, And The Establishment Clause, Daniel O. Conkle
Religious Purpose, Inerrancy, And The Establishment Clause, Daniel O. Conkle
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Resolving Retroactivity After: Teague V. Lane, Ellen E. Boshkoff
Resolving Retroactivity After: Teague V. Lane, Ellen E. Boshkoff
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
In Search Of A Fourth Amendment For The Twenty-First Century, Lewis R. Katz
In Search Of A Fourth Amendment For The Twenty-First Century, Lewis R. Katz
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Substantive Due Process Analysis And The Lockean Liberal Tradition: Rethinking The Modern Privacy Cases, Jeffrey S. Koehlinger
Substantive Due Process Analysis And The Lockean Liberal Tradition: Rethinking The Modern Privacy Cases, Jeffrey S. Koehlinger
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Letting Go Of The Eleventh Amendment, Gene R. Shreve
Letting Go Of The Eleventh Amendment, Gene R. Shreve
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Constitutional Defenses Against Punitive Damages: Down But Not Out, Nicholas K. Kile
Constitutional Defenses Against Punitive Damages: Down But Not Out, Nicholas K. Kile
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Playing The Drug-Testing Game: College Athletes, Regulatory Institutions, And The Structures Of Constitutional Argument, John A. Scanlan
Playing The Drug-Testing Game: College Athletes, Regulatory Institutions, And The Structures Of Constitutional Argument, John A. Scanlan
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Constitutional Fact Review: An Essential Exception To Anderson V. Bessemer, Ann Zobrosky
Constitutional Fact Review: An Essential Exception To Anderson V. Bessemer, Ann Zobrosky
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Rational Basis With Bite: Intermediate Scrutiny By Any Other Name, Gayle Lynn Pettinga
Rational Basis With Bite: Intermediate Scrutiny By Any Other Name, Gayle Lynn Pettinga
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
A Constitutional Right Of Access To Pretrial Documents: A Missed Opportunity In Reporters Committee For Freedom Of The Press, Daniel J. Kopp
A Constitutional Right Of Access To Pretrial Documents: A Missed Opportunity In Reporters Committee For Freedom Of The Press, Daniel J. Kopp
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.