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Full-Text Articles in Law
Separation Of Powers, Legislative Vetoes, And The Public Lands, Eugene R. Gaetke
Separation Of Powers, Legislative Vetoes, And The Public Lands, Eugene R. Gaetke
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
The Supreme Court's decision in Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha struck a serious, if not fatal, blow to the constitutional acceptability of the legislative veto. In Chadha the Court held that a provision of the Immigration and Naturalization Act, which permitted one House of Congress to reverse a decision by the Attorney
General not to deport an alien, was a violation of the doctrine of separation of powers since it did not comply with the requirements of passage by both Houses of Congress and presentment to the President. In light of that decision, the constitutionality of nearly 200 statutes …
Congressional Discretion Under The Property Clause, Eugene R. Gaetke
Congressional Discretion Under The Property Clause, Eugene R. Gaetke
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
The property clause of article IV grants Congress the authority to regulate federal lands. In referring to that authority, the Supreme Court has observed that “the power over the public land thus entrusted to Congress is without limitations.”
The simplicity of the Court's statement is appealing. Its implications, however, are troubling, especially for those states in which a substantial amount of federal property exists. If the property clause power of Congress is "without limitations," the power of some states over a considerable portion of the land within their boundaries is severely limited. For those states, an unlimited property clause power …
Applying The International Law Of Sovereign Immunity To The States Of The Union, John M. Rogers
Applying The International Law Of Sovereign Immunity To The States Of The Union, John M. Rogers
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
A state of the Union may preserve its immunity from suit in its own courts, and the Constitution restricts its amenability to suit in the federal courts. Yet in Nevada v. Hall the Supreme Court held that in a motor-vehicle accident case a state cannot claim a constitutional immunity from suit in the courts of a sister state. The Court indicated, however, that if a suit involved a defendant state's “capacity to fulfill its own sovereign responsibilities,” different constitutional considerations might control. In vigorous dissents Justices Blackmun and Rehnquist argued that the reasoning of the majority precluded even this possibility. …