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Disagreements On Collegial Courts: A Case-Space Approach, Dimitri Landa, Jeffrey R. Lax Jan 2008

Disagreements On Collegial Courts: A Case-Space Approach, Dimitri Landa, Jeffrey R. Lax

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law

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"I'M Sorry, I Can't Answer That": Positive Scholarship And The Supreme Court Confirmation Process, Lori A. Ringhand Jan 2008

"I'M Sorry, I Can't Answer That": Positive Scholarship And The Supreme Court Confirmation Process, Lori A. Ringhand

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law

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The Constitutive And Entrenchment Functions Of Constitutions: A Research Agenda, Ernest A. Young Jan 2008

The Constitutive And Entrenchment Functions Of Constitutions: A Research Agenda, Ernest A. Young

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law

No abstract provided.


A Closing Keynote: A Comment On Mass Incarceration In The United States, David Rudovsky Jan 2008

A Closing Keynote: A Comment On Mass Incarceration In The United States, David Rudovsky

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law

No abstract provided.


James Wilson And The Drafting Of The Constitution, William Ewald Jan 2008

James Wilson And The Drafting Of The Constitution, William Ewald

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law

No abstract provided.


The Freedom Of Information Act And The Ecology Of Transparency, Seth F. Kreimer Jan 2008

The Freedom Of Information Act And The Ecology Of Transparency, Seth F. Kreimer

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law

The Framers’ approbation of a unitary executive rested in important part on the belief that the unitary executive’s actions were apt to be more “narrowly watched and readily suspected” by an informed public opinion than those of a plural executive. Yet the body of the Constitution provides no right to public information. What the Constitutional text omits, the last generation has embedded as a part of modern constitutional practice in the Freedom of Information Act. Some critics have deplored FOIA as a “romantic” effort at “self help oversight”, superfluous in light of the checks and balances of divided government. Others …