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Constitutional Law, Robert Lowney Sep 2010

Constitutional Law, Robert Lowney

Golden Gate University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Constitutional Law, Jeff Kirk, Robert E. Kroll, James D. Fisher, Jacqueline Martinez Sep 2010

Constitutional Law, Jeff Kirk, Robert E. Kroll, James D. Fisher, Jacqueline Martinez

Golden Gate University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Salazar V. Buono: Sacred Symbolism And The Secular State, Ian Bartrum Sep 2010

Salazar V. Buono: Sacred Symbolism And The Secular State, Ian Bartrum

NULR Online

After oral argument, Salazar v. Buono looked like it might be a dud. As Adam Liptak observed in the New York Times, the Justices spent most of their energy pressing then-Solicitor General Elena Kagan and her opponent, Peter Eliasberg of the ACLU, on the case’s tangled procedural history, and “only Justice Antonin Scalia appeared inclined to reach the Establishment Clause question” that gave rise to the legal controversy. But, in the intervening months, the case has gotten more and more interesting. First, most members of the Court did—in at least some way—reach the substantive merits in the decision; …


Constitutional Law, Brian Beverly, Curtis E. Blystone Sep 2010

Constitutional Law, Brian Beverly, Curtis E. Blystone

Golden Gate University Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Parent's Choice V. Governmental Regulations: A Bioethical Analysis In An Era Of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis, Michael Gortakowski Sep 2010

A Parent's Choice V. Governmental Regulations: A Bioethical Analysis In An Era Of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis, Michael Gortakowski

Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Kids Are Different, Stephen St.Vincent Sep 2010

Kids Are Different, Stephen St.Vincent

Michigan Law Review First Impressions

The Supreme Court recently handed down its decision in Graham v. Florida. The case involved a juvenile, Graham, who was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted as an adult of a nonhomicidal crime. The offense, a home invasion robbery, was his second; the first was attempted robbery. Due to Florida's abolition of parole, the judge's imposition of a life sentence meant that Graham was constructively sentenced to life without parole for a nonhomicide crime. Graham challenged this sentence as unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment. Somewhat surprisingly, the Supreme Court invalidated Graham's sentence by a 6-3 majority. By a …


Commerce In The Commerce Clause: A Response To Jack Balkin, Robert G. Natelson Sep 2010

Commerce In The Commerce Clause: A Response To Jack Balkin, Robert G. Natelson

Michigan Law Review First Impressions

The Constitution's original meaning is its meaning to those ratifying the document during a discrete time period: from its adoption by the Constitutional Convention in late 1787 until Rhode Island's ratification on May 29, 1790. Reconstructing it requires historical skills, including a comprehensive approach to sources. Jack Balkin's article Commerce fails to consider the full range of evidence and thereby attributes to the Constitution's Commerce Clause a scope that virtually no one in the Founding Era believed it had.


El Fraude Político En La Argentina, Horacio M. Lynch Sep 2010

El Fraude Político En La Argentina, Horacio M. Lynch

Horacio M. LYNCH

Ensayo que indaga el concepto del “fraude electoral o político” buscando la acepción correcta del término y de sus maniobras conexas, y eventualmente cómo pueden denominarse las actividades enderezadas a manipular la opinión pública para influir en el resultado de las elecciones entorpeciendo el libre ejercicio del sufragio (¿delitos contra la Constitución?) y eventualmente cómo pueden prevenirse y sancionarse. En la Ia. Parte se indaga (a) en su acepción amplia, sobre el fraude electoral en la Argentina a lo largo de un siglo: sus prácticas iniciales y como ha ido evolucionando y sofisticando; (b) en qué medida maniobras de manipulación …


Salazar V. Buono: Sacred Symbolism And The Secular State, Ian C. Bartrum Sep 2010

Salazar V. Buono: Sacred Symbolism And The Secular State, Ian C. Bartrum

Ian C Bartrum

This short piece discusses some doctrinal and theoretical implications of the Court's recent decision.


Overcoming Defiance Of The Constitution: The Need For A Federal Role In Protecting The Right To Counsel In Georgia, Stephen B. Bright, Lauren Sudeall Lucas Sep 2010

Overcoming Defiance Of The Constitution: The Need For A Federal Role In Protecting The Right To Counsel In Georgia, Stephen B. Bright, Lauren Sudeall Lucas

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In their issue brief, Mr. Bright and Ms. Lucas discuss the problems that have existed in Georgia’s indigent defense system since Gideon was handed down. They contend that “[a]ll three branches of Georgia’s government have failed in their constitutional responsibility to ensure that poor people accused of crimes are effectively represented by competent lawyers.” They also argue that “[t]he federal government, which has made immense contributions to the prosecution of criminal cases in Georgia through grants to law enforcement, prosecutors, and courts, shares responsibility for the integrity of Georgia’s criminal justice system and the enforcement of the constitutional right to …


September 1, 2010: Is Eat Pray Love Religious?, Bruce Ledewitz Sep 2010

September 1, 2010: Is Eat Pray Love Religious?, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Is Eat Pray Love Religious?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


La Organización Electoral En Colombia, Javier Revelo-Rebolledo, Mauricio García-Villegas Aug 2010

La Organización Electoral En Colombia, Javier Revelo-Rebolledo, Mauricio García-Villegas

Javier E Revelo-Rebolledo

No abstract provided.


Η Παρακμή Του Κυπριακού Καθεστώτος Εξαίρεσης: Από Την Οργανική Κρίση Στην Υπέρβαση Του «Δόγματος Της Ανάγκης»;, Nicos Trimikliniotis Aug 2010

Η Παρακμή Του Κυπριακού Καθεστώτος Εξαίρεσης: Από Την Οργανική Κρίση Στην Υπέρβαση Του «Δόγματος Της Ανάγκης»;, Nicos Trimikliniotis

Nicos Trimikliniotis

Το κείμενο αυτό είναι μέρος μιας ευρύτερης προβληματικής η οποία θεωρεί ότι η συνολική Κυπριακή πολιτειακή εμπειρία αποτελείται από ένα σύστημα πολλαπλών, αντιφατικών και αλληλο-τεμνόμενων καθεστώτων εξαίρεσης, το οποίο βιώνει μια βαθειά ή καλύτερα οργανική κρίση. Από την μια μεριά τείνει να διαιωνίζει τους όρους ύπαρξης του μέσα από την σταδιακή κανονικοποίηση του, και από την άλλη μεριά όμως το ίδιο το σύστημα παρουσιάζει τέτοιες βαθύτατες δυσλειτουργίες που υπονομεύουν την ίδια ύπαρξη του. Βασική ιδέα είναι ότι βιώνουμε το εξής παράδοξο: καθώς το καθεστώς εξαίρεσης φαίνεται να διευρύνεται και να κανονικοποιείται σε παγκόσμιο επίπεδο, το πολλαπλό κυπριακό καθεστώς εξαίρεσης υπονομεύεται …


Ρατσιστική Βία Και Εγκλήματα Ρατσιστικού Μίσους Στην Κύπρο, Nicos Trimikliniotis Aug 2010

Ρατσιστική Βία Και Εγκλήματα Ρατσιστικού Μίσους Στην Κύπρο, Nicos Trimikliniotis

Nicos Trimikliniotis

Η παρούσα έκθεση αποτελείται από στοιχεία που συλλέχτηκαν για σκοπούς έρευνας που υποβλήθηκε στον Οργανισμό για τα Θεμελιώδη Δικαιώματα της ΕΕ. πρόκειται για συνοπτική παρουσίαση της σχετικής έκθεσης που εξετάζει το ζήτημα της ρατσιστικής βίας στην Κύπρο.


La Libertad De Expresión En Internet Y Sus Garantías Constitucionales En El Control De Contenidos De Páginas Web, Germán M. Teruel Lozano Aug 2010

La Libertad De Expresión En Internet Y Sus Garantías Constitucionales En El Control De Contenidos De Páginas Web, Germán M. Teruel Lozano

Germán M. Teruel Lozano

Master's thesis about freedom of speech in Internet and the constitutional guarantees in the control of websides content.


Physical-Strength Rationales For De Jure Exclusion Of Women From Military Combat Positions, Maia Goodell Aug 2010

Physical-Strength Rationales For De Jure Exclusion Of Women From Military Combat Positions, Maia Goodell

Seattle University Law Review

Women have been serving in the military in steadily increasing numbers for decades. Nevertheless, the military remains one of the few areas in which the U.S. government decides what roles are open to women based on de jure exclusions. This Article examines the law governing de jure classification, noting that a mere normative belief about women’s proper place in society is an insufficient basis to justify a sex-based exclusion. It then probes the most common rationale advanced in support of the continued de jure exclusion of women: physical strength. The Article examines four problems with the physical strength rationale: (1) …


The Cross-Dressing Case For Bathroom Equality, Jennifer Levi, Daniel Redman Aug 2010

The Cross-Dressing Case For Bathroom Equality, Jennifer Levi, Daniel Redman

Seattle University Law Review

While transgender rights advocates have won many battles in the fight for equality, bathroom discrimination remains a significant obstacle to transgender people’s full participation in society. This Article discusses the reasoning behind the cases that have rejected transgender people’s discrimination claims based on bathroom exclusion. The Article then demonstrates how these arguments mirror the rationales offered by supporters of long-dead, unconstitutional cross-dressing laws. Synthesizing the two bodies of case law, Levi and Redman offer a new way forward for transgender advocates seeking bathroom equality.


Fait Accompli?: Where The Supreme Court And Equal Pay Meet A Narrow Legislative Override Under The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Megan Coluccio Aug 2010

Fait Accompli?: Where The Supreme Court And Equal Pay Meet A Narrow Legislative Override Under The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Megan Coluccio

Seattle University Law Review

This Comment argues the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act’s consequences will be minimally felt, so long as the Act is narrowly construed. The Comment suggests congressional action was appropriate after the Supreme Court’s Ledbetter decision and discusses the political and legislative debate leading to the Act. In addition, the Comment analyzes the Act in application, exploring its meaning, implications, and function. The Comment argues that the concerns and consequences arising from the enactment of the Act can be alleviated and avoided by a narrow interpretation of its amendment to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. Finally, the Comment recommends …


August 29, 2010: Glen Beck’S Restoring Honor Rally, Bruce Ledewitz Aug 2010

August 29, 2010: Glen Beck’S Restoring Honor Rally, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “ Glen Beck’s Restoring Honor Rally“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


Constitucionalidade É Regra, Paulo Ferreira Da Cunha Aug 2010

Constitucionalidade É Regra, Paulo Ferreira Da Cunha

Paulo Ferreira da Cunha

A Constituição não é um desses conceitos que se dobram e desdobram, fazem e refazem a bel-prazer dos interesses dos políticos, ou dos comentadores, que não o são menos. Não é questão de moda. Já como que ouvimos alguns a pensar, e quiçá a dizer mesmo: "Esta estação "está a dar", é "chic" ser contra a velharia da Constituição. Façamos pois uma nova, rasguemos e rompamos a velha - mesmo que por revisão -, fruto dessa coisa caduca, desactualizada, a revolução dos cravos, flor popularucha..." A Constituição, porém, não se muda por capricho de bem-pensantes, que nos querem doutrinar com …


August 26, 2010: Arguments About The Existence Of, Or Consequences Of The Nonexistence Of, God Go Nowhere, Bruce Ledewitz Aug 2010

August 26, 2010: Arguments About The Existence Of, Or Consequences Of The Nonexistence Of, God Go Nowhere, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Arguments about the Existence of, or Consequences of the Nonexistence of, God Go Nowhere“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


Constitutional Law, Maxine Salzman, Wayne B. Chew Aug 2010

Constitutional Law, Maxine Salzman, Wayne B. Chew

Golden Gate University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Foreword: Our Paradoxical Religion Clauses, Mark A. Graber Aug 2010

Foreword: Our Paradoxical Religion Clauses, Mark A. Graber

Mark Graber

No abstract provided.


Robins V. Pruneyard Shopping Center: Federalism And State Protection Of Free Speech, Suzanne Sherbell Aug 2010

Robins V. Pruneyard Shopping Center: Federalism And State Protection Of Free Speech, Suzanne Sherbell

Golden Gate University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Aftermath Of Herbert V. Lando: Will Lower Courts Create Another Qualified Newsman's Privilege?, Douglas I. Horngrad Aug 2010

Aftermath Of Herbert V. Lando: Will Lower Courts Create Another Qualified Newsman's Privilege?, Douglas I. Horngrad

Golden Gate University Law Review

No abstract provided.


California's Anti-Busing Amendment: A Perspective On The Now Unequal Equal Protection Clause, Jo Anne Frankfurt, Amy Rodney Aug 2010

California's Anti-Busing Amendment: A Perspective On The Now Unequal Equal Protection Clause, Jo Anne Frankfurt, Amy Rodney

Golden Gate University Law Review

No abstract provided.


August 22, 2010: Imposing Shariah, Bruce Ledewitz Aug 2010

August 22, 2010: Imposing Shariah, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Imposing Shariah“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


Can The State Bear A Cross?: The Boundaries Of The Establishment Clause, Lucien S. Salem, Ronald M. Schwartz Aug 2010

Can The State Bear A Cross?: The Boundaries Of The Establishment Clause, Lucien S. Salem, Ronald M. Schwartz

Golden Gate University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Constitutional Law, Bonnie Maly Aug 2010

Constitutional Law, Bonnie Maly

Golden Gate University Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Litigation Strategy On Behalf Of The Outstanding High School Female Athelete, Donna J. Hitchens Aug 2010

A Litigation Strategy On Behalf Of The Outstanding High School Female Athelete, Donna J. Hitchens

Golden Gate University Law Review

No abstract provided.