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The Process Of Marriage Equality, Josh Blackman, Howard M. Wasserman Feb 2016

The Process Of Marriage Equality, Josh Blackman, Howard M. Wasserman

Howard M Wasserman

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Prescriptive Jurisdiction, Adjudicative Jurisdiction, And The Ministerial Exemption, Howard M. Wasserman Feb 2016

Prescriptive Jurisdiction, Adjudicative Jurisdiction, And The Ministerial Exemption, Howard M. Wasserman

Howard M Wasserman

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Jurisdiction, Merits, And Substantiality, Howard M. Wasserman Feb 2016

Jurisdiction, Merits, And Substantiality, Howard M. Wasserman

Howard M Wasserman

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Fletcherian Standing, Merits, And Spokeo V. Robins, Howard Wasserman Feb 2016

Fletcherian Standing, Merits, And Spokeo V. Robins, Howard Wasserman

Howard M Wasserman

This essay offers an exercise in wishful jurisdictional and procedural thinking. As part of a Supreme Court Roundtable on Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, it argues for William Fletcher's conception of standing as an inquiry into the substantive merits of a claim and of whether the plaintiff has a valid cause of action. This approach is especially necessary in statutory cases; along with its constitutional power to create new rights, duties, and remedies, Congress should have a free hand in deciding who and how those rights and duties should be enforced. Spokeo, which involves a claim for damages for publication of …