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2003

Constitutional law

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Interpretative Equality As A Structural Imperative (Or 'Pucker Up And Settle This!'), Gary S. Lawson Jul 2003

Interpretative Equality As A Structural Imperative (Or 'Pucker Up And Settle This!'), Gary S. Lawson

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To serious students of the Constitution, Chief Justice Marshall's discussion of judicial review in Marbury v. Madisont was about judicial equality-the power of the courts, co-equal to the similar powers of the legislative and executive departments, to construe and apply the Constitution in the course of their duties. To less serious students of the Constitution, Marbury was about judicial supremacy-the supposedly paramount power of courts to interpret and apply the Constitution in a fashion that binds other legal actors, including the legislative and executive departments and state officials.


Entrenchment Of Ordinary Legislation: A Reply To Professors Posner And Vermeule, Erwin Chemerinsky Jan 2003

Entrenchment Of Ordinary Legislation: A Reply To Professors Posner And Vermeule, Erwin Chemerinsky

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Constitutional Borrowing And Nonborrowing, Lee Epstein, Jack Knight Jan 2003

Constitutional Borrowing And Nonborrowing, Lee Epstein, Jack Knight

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The Parsonage Exemption Violates The Establishment Clause And Should Be Declared Unconstitutional, Erwin Chemerinsky Jan 2003

The Parsonage Exemption Violates The Establishment Clause And Should Be Declared Unconstitutional, Erwin Chemerinsky

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Understanding The Rehnquist Court: An Admiring Reply To Professor Merril, Erwin Chemerinsky Jan 2003

Understanding The Rehnquist Court: An Admiring Reply To Professor Merril, Erwin Chemerinsky

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International Delegations, The Structural Constitution, And Non-Self-Execution, Curtis A. Bradley Jan 2003

International Delegations, The Structural Constitution, And Non-Self-Execution, Curtis A. Bradley

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Constitutional Existence Conditions And Judicial Review, Matthew D. Adler, Michael C. Dorf Jan 2003

Constitutional Existence Conditions And Judicial Review, Matthew D. Adler, Michael C. Dorf

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Although critics of judicial review sometimes call for making the entire Constitution nonjusticiable, many familiar norms of constitutional law state what we call "existence conditions" that are necessarily enforced by judicial actors charged with the responsibility of applying, and thus as a preliminary step, identifying, propositions of sub-constitutional law such as statutes. Article I, Section 7, which sets forth the procedures by which a bill becomes a law, is an example: a putative law that did not go through the Article I, Section 7 process and does not satisfy an alternative test for legal validity (such as the treaty-making provision …