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The United States As An Idea: Constitutional Reflections, H. Jefferson Powell Jan 2018

The United States As An Idea: Constitutional Reflections, H. Jefferson Powell

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Brief Of Professors William Baude And Stephen E. Sachs As Amici Curiae In Support Of Neither Party, William Baude, Stephen E. Sachs Jan 2018

Brief Of Professors William Baude And Stephen E. Sachs As Amici Curiae In Support Of Neither Party, William Baude, Stephen E. Sachs

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This case presents the question whether to overrule Nevada v. Hall, 440 U.S. 410 (1979). That question requires careful attention to the legal status of sovereign immunity and to the Constitution’s effect on it, which neither Hall nor either party has quite right. The Founders did not silently constitutionalize a common-law immunity, but neither did they leave each State wholly free to hale other States before its courts. While Hall’s holding was mostly right, other statements in Hall are likely quite wrong—yet this case is a poor vehicle for reconsidering them.

Hall correctly held that States lack a constitutional immunity …


The Second Amendment As Positive Law, Joseph Blocher, Darrell A.H. Miller Jan 2018

The Second Amendment As Positive Law, Joseph Blocher, Darrell A.H. Miller

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