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Democracy Under Attack: Iowa’S ‘Bloody Second’, Dylan Mccloskey Mar 2021

Democracy Under Attack: Iowa’S ‘Bloody Second’, Dylan Mccloskey

SLU Law Journal Online

The 2020 election is in the past for most Americans, but not for Iowans who live in the Second Congressional District where a contested election challenge is just beginning. Dylan McCloskey discusses how a contested election works and what impact this may have on our democracy.

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“I Walk In, Sign. I Don’T Have To Go Through Congress.” President Trump’S Use Of Executive Orders To Unravel The Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act, Elizabeth Van Nostrand, Tina Batra Hershey Jan 2018

“I Walk In, Sign. I Don’T Have To Go Through Congress.” President Trump’S Use Of Executive Orders To Unravel The Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act, Elizabeth Van Nostrand, Tina Batra Hershey

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

Executive orders, used by presidents to advance their administrations’ agendas, have changed history. These powerful written instruments were used to confine Japanese Americans during World War II, desegregate public schools, and create NASA. On the day of his inauguration, President Donald J. Trump issued his first Executive Order which directed secretaries of executive branch agencies to begin dismantling President Barack Obama’s flagship initiative—the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). This action, along with subsequent executive orders, precipitated a flurry of regulatory change and judicial challenges. Whether President Trump will ultimately be successful in crippling the ACA is still to …


Our High Court Of Admiralty And Its Sometimes Peculiar Relationship With Congress, David W. Robertson Jan 2011

Our High Court Of Admiralty And Its Sometimes Peculiar Relationship With Congress, David W. Robertson

Saint Louis University Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Devising A Legislative Solution To The Reverse Payment Dilemma: How Congress Can Balance Competition, Innovation, And The Public Policy Favoring The Settlement Of Disputes Without Litigation, Timothy A. Weil Jan 2011

Devising A Legislative Solution To The Reverse Payment Dilemma: How Congress Can Balance Competition, Innovation, And The Public Policy Favoring The Settlement Of Disputes Without Litigation, Timothy A. Weil

Saint Louis University Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Will Full Benefits Parity Create Real Parity? – Congress’S Second Attempt At Ending Discrimination Against Mental Illness: The Paul Wellstone And Pete Domenici Mental Health And Addiction Equity Act Of 2008, Justin C. Wilson Jan 2010

Will Full Benefits Parity Create Real Parity? – Congress’S Second Attempt At Ending Discrimination Against Mental Illness: The Paul Wellstone And Pete Domenici Mental Health And Addiction Equity Act Of 2008, Justin C. Wilson

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Will Medicare Wither On The Vine? How Congress Has Advantaged Medicare Advantage—And What’S A Level Playing Field Anyway?, Robert A. Berenson, Melissa A. Goldstein Jan 2007

Will Medicare Wither On The Vine? How Congress Has Advantaged Medicare Advantage—And What’S A Level Playing Field Anyway?, Robert A. Berenson, Melissa A. Goldstein

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Congress: Does It Abdicate Its Power?, Thomas F. Eagleton Jan 2007

Congress: Does It Abdicate Its Power?, Thomas F. Eagleton

Saint Louis University Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The August 15 Compromise And The War Powers Of Congress, Thomas F. Eagleton Jan 2007

The August 15 Compromise And The War Powers Of Congress, Thomas F. Eagleton

Saint Louis University Law Journal

No abstract provided.


In Search Of Congress: Why An Executive Branch Search Of A Congressional Office Violates The Speech Or Debate Clause And How Congress Should Respond, John P. Moore Jan 2007

In Search Of Congress: Why An Executive Branch Search Of A Congressional Office Violates The Speech Or Debate Clause And How Congress Should Respond, John P. Moore

Saint Louis University Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Censors In Cyberspace: Can Congress Protect Children From Internet Pornography Despite Ashcroft V. Aclu?, Amy Wanamaker Jan 2006

Censors In Cyberspace: Can Congress Protect Children From Internet Pornography Despite Ashcroft V. Aclu?, Amy Wanamaker

Saint Louis University Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Federalism Re-Constructed: The Eleventh Amendment's Illogical Impact On Congress' Power, Marcia L. Mccormick Jan 2004

Federalism Re-Constructed: The Eleventh Amendment's Illogical Impact On Congress' Power, Marcia L. Mccormick

All Faculty Scholarship

The Constitution is designed to protect individual liberty and equality by diffusing power among the three branches of the federal government and between the federal and state governments, and by providing a minimum level of protection for individual rights. Yet, the Supreme Court seems to think that federalism is about protecting states as states rather than balancing governmental power to protect individuals. In the name of federalism, the Supreme Court has been paring away at Congress' power to enact civil rights legislation. In doing so, it has transformed the Fourteenth Amendment into a vehicle for protecting states rights rather than …


Congress And The Making Of The Second Rehnquist Court, Neal Devins May 2003

Congress And The Making Of The Second Rehnquist Court, Neal Devins

Saint Louis University Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Congress: Does It Abdicate Its Power?, Thomas F. Eagleton Jan 2000

Congress: Does It Abdicate Its Power?, Thomas F. Eagleton

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

No abstract provided.


Congress-Supreme Court Relations: Strategies Of Power, Steven Puro Jan 2000

Congress-Supreme Court Relations: Strategies Of Power, Steven Puro

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

No abstract provided.


Has Congress Abdicated Its Legislative Authority To Its Staff?, Dennis J. Tuchler Jan 2000

Has Congress Abdicated Its Legislative Authority To Its Staff?, Dennis J. Tuchler

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

No abstract provided.


Almost The Last Word On Legal Services: Congress Can Do Pretty Much What It Likes, James D. Lorenz Jr. Jan 1998

Almost The Last Word On Legal Services: Congress Can Do Pretty Much What It Likes, James D. Lorenz Jr.

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Demise Of Law Reform And The Triumph Of Legal Aid: Congress And The Legal Services Corporation From The 1960’S To The 1990’S, William P. Quigley Jan 1998

The Demise Of Law Reform And The Triumph Of Legal Aid: Congress And The Legal Services Corporation From The 1960’S To The 1990’S, William P. Quigley

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

No abstract provided.