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We Are All Growing Old Together: Making Sense Of America's Monument-Protection Laws, Zachary A. Bray Jan 2020

We Are All Growing Old Together: Making Sense Of America's Monument-Protection Laws, Zachary A. Bray

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Monuments and the laws that protect them divide Americans today as never before. American attitudes toward monuments have always been a blend of affection, insecurity, and suspicion. But Americans are now more invested in the built and natural monuments that surround us: to be for, or against, protecting certain monuments has now become a shorthand for one’s stance on a host of cultural and political issues. These changing attitudes have thrown American monument-protection laws into sharp relief. And many local, state, and federal legislators and executive officials have taken advantage of this opportunity to exploit America’s patchwork of monument-protection laws, …


Professor Williams And The Education Debates In State Constitutional Law, Scott R. Bauries Jan 2020

Professor Williams And The Education Debates In State Constitutional Law, Scott R. Bauries

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Professor Robert "Bob" Williams, whom The Honorable Jeffrey Sutton once aptly referred to as the "Dean of State Constitutional Law," has announced a well-earned retirement, leaving the world of state constitutional law teaching and scholarship without its most prominent and influential intellectual voice. Although it is clear based on mere citations to Professor William's work that he has influenced nearly every debate - and every scholar - in state constitutional law, this Essay contribution to the Festschrift in Professor William's honor outlines two strands of Professor William's work that have greatly influenced my own work.