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Book Review: The Once And Future King: The Rise Of Crown Government In America, Ronald D. Rotunda
Book Review: The Once And Future King: The Rise Of Crown Government In America, Ronald D. Rotunda
Ronald D. Rotunda
If you want to understand your own language, learn a foreign tongue. Similarly, if you want to understand the American system of government, learn what our intellectual kin—Great Britain and Canada—have done. As Professor F.H. Buckley notes, “He who knows only his own country knows little enough of that.” He is one of the few people who has thoroughly mastered the legal structure and history of all three countries.
King V. Burwell And The Rise Of The Administrative State, Ronald D. Rotunda
King V. Burwell And The Rise Of The Administrative State, Ronald D. Rotunda
Ronald D. Rotunda
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is a complex law totaling nearly a thousand pages in length. The litigation now before the Supreme Court in King v. Burwell presents, on the surface, a simple issue of statutory interpretation. However, that surface has a very thin veneer. If the Court allows administrators carte blanche to change the very words of a statute, we will have come a long way towards governance by bureaucrats. Over the years, Congress has delegated many of its powers, but it has never delegated the power to raise taxes or spend tax subsidies in ways …
The Intellectual Forebears Of Citizens United, Ronald Rotunda
The Intellectual Forebears Of Citizens United, Ronald Rotunda
Ronald D. Rotunda
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Constitutionalizing Judicial Ethics: Judicial Elections After Republican Party Of Minnesota V. White, Caperton And Citizens United, Ronald Rotunda
Constitutionalizing Judicial Ethics: Judicial Elections After Republican Party Of Minnesota V. White, Caperton And Citizens United, Ronald Rotunda
Ronald D. Rotunda
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Judicial Disqualification In The Aftermath Of Caperton V. A.T. Massey Coal Co., Ronald D. Rotunda
Judicial Disqualification In The Aftermath Of Caperton V. A.T. Massey Coal Co., Ronald D. Rotunda
Ronald D. Rotunda
Does Due Process require a judge to disqualify himself if an individual spent independent funds to buy ads that criticized the judge's opponent in a judicial election? The Supreme Court said yes (5 to 4) in the Caperton decision, and thus has created more uncertainty in the law. Does it matter if the person who paid for the independent ads was not a lawyer or a party but was only an employee of the party? And, does it matter if that employee's financial interest in the law suit (if one were to pierce the corporate veil) is minor – substantially …