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The Voting Rights Act And The "New And Improved" Intent Test: Old Wine In New Bottles, Randolph M. Scott-Mclaughlin Apr 2016

The Voting Rights Act And The "New And Improved" Intent Test: Old Wine In New Bottles, Randolph M. Scott-Mclaughlin

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Qualified Immunity When Facts Are In Dispute, Leon Friedman Apr 2016

Qualified Immunity When Facts Are In Dispute, Leon Friedman

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An Analysis Of Death Penalty Decisions From The October 2006 Supreme Court Term, Richard Klein May 2014

An Analysis Of Death Penalty Decisions From The October 2006 Supreme Court Term, Richard Klein

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Employment Discrimination Decisions From The October 2008 Term, Drew S. Days Iii Sep 2012

Employment Discrimination Decisions From The October 2008 Term, Drew S. Days Iii

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Several employment discrimination decisions were handed down this Term. They were Ricci v.DeStefano (Title VII); Gross v.FBL Financial Services, Inc. (Age Discrimination in Employment Act); AT & T Corp. v. Hulteen (Pregnancy Discrimination Act); and 14 Penn Plaza L.L. C. v. Pyett, which concerned the impact of arbitration agreements upon the reach of federal employment discrimination laws.


Constitutional Litigation Under Section 1983 And The Bivens Doctrine In The October 2008 Term, Martin A. Schwartz Jan 2010

Constitutional Litigation Under Section 1983 And The Bivens Doctrine In The October 2008 Term, Martin A. Schwartz

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Section 1983 is the major enforcer of individual federal constitutional rights. It authorizes individuals to enforce their constitutional rights against state and local officials; for example,prison officers and police officers, and against municipalities. It is the most important civil statute in American law. To its credit, the United States Supreme Court understands the significance of § 1983.

For the past three decades, in virtually every single Term of theCourt, it has decided a substantial number of cases dealing with different facets of § 1983 litigation. Last Term, there was anunusual number of § 1983 decisions rendered by the United States …


Immediate Accessibility Or Mere Transport: The Dueling Interpretations Of The "Carrying" Element Of 18 U.S.C. § 924 (C)(1), Laurette Domingo Mulry Jan 1998

Immediate Accessibility Or Mere Transport: The Dueling Interpretations Of The "Carrying" Element Of 18 U.S.C. § 924 (C)(1), Laurette Domingo Mulry

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Ex Post Facto Laws: Supreme Court New York County People V. Griffin (Decided December 5, 1996 Jan 1997

Ex Post Facto Laws: Supreme Court New York County People V. Griffin (Decided December 5, 1996

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Machiavellian Jurisprudence: The United States Supreme Court's Doctrinal Approach To Political Speech Under The First Amendment, Garth Molander Jan 1994

Machiavellian Jurisprudence: The United States Supreme Court's Doctrinal Approach To Political Speech Under The First Amendment, Garth Molander

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