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Co-Parenting War Powers: Congress's Authority To Escalate Conflicts, Russell A. Spivak
Co-Parenting War Powers: Congress's Authority To Escalate Conflicts, Russell A. Spivak
West Virginia Law Review
This article argues that Congress has the ability to force a President to escalate military intervention when he is otherwise unwilling to do so. The article begins by exploring the constitutional powers at Congress's disposal-the Declare War Clause, the Taxing and Spending Clause, and the Commander-in-Chief Clause-and their historical application. It then establishes that, under Justice Jackson's Youngstown framework, the Executive would be acting in Category Three, meaning that the President may "rely only upon his own constitutional powers minus any constitutional powers of Congress over the matter." Citing multiple Article I clauses, this article argues that Executive action in …
Standing, Politics, And Exhaustion: A Response To Legislative Exhaustion, Heather Elliott
Standing, Politics, And Exhaustion: A Response To Legislative Exhaustion, Heather Elliott
William & Mary Law Review Online
Professor Michael Sant’Ambrogio’s article, Legislative Exhaustion, usefully approaches the problem of “legislative standing” by abandoning the typical Article III standing analysis and making instead a separation-of-powers argument. His theory—that Congress may sue the President only when it has no legislative avenue for addressing its problems—provides both a workable account of and a limiting principle for suits by the legislative branch against the executive. His analysis, however, raises questions regarding the effect of legislative lawsuits on the constitutional balance of powers. This Essay suggests that these questions should be more fully explored before Professor Sant’Ambrogio’s approach can be adopted. It concludes …
Scrutinizing Federal Electoral Qualifications, Derek T. Muller
Scrutinizing Federal Electoral Qualifications, Derek T. Muller
Indiana Law Journal
Candidates for federal office must meet several constitutional qualifications. Sometimes, whether a candidate meets those qualifications is a matter of dispute. Courts and litigants often assume that a state has the power to include or exclude candidates from the ballot on the basis of the state’s own scrutiny of candidates’ qualifications. Courts and litigants also often assume that the matter is not left to the states but to Congress or another political actor. But those contradictory assumptions have never been examined, until now.
This Article compiles the mandates of the Constitution, the precedents of Congress, the practices of states administering …
Congress And Terri Schiavo: A Primer On The American Constitutional Order, Michael P. Allen
Congress And Terri Schiavo: A Primer On The American Constitutional Order, Michael P. Allen
West Virginia Law Review
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How Not To Challenge The Court, Neal Devins
How Not To Challenge The Court, Neal Devins
William & Mary Law Review
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The Federalism Implications Of Flores, Stephen Gardbaum
The Federalism Implications Of Flores, Stephen Gardbaum
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act Is A Constitutional Expansion Of Rights, Erwin Chemerinsky
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act Is A Constitutional Expansion Of Rights, Erwin Chemerinsky
William & Mary Law Review
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Two Section Twos And Two Section Fives: Voting Rights And Remedies After Flores, Pamela S. Karlan
Two Section Twos And Two Section Fives: Voting Rights And Remedies After Flores, Pamela S. Karlan
William & Mary Law Review
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Rfra, David P. Currie
Two Versions Of Judicial Supremacy, Mark Tushnet
Two Versions Of Judicial Supremacy, Mark Tushnet
William & Mary Law Review
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City Of Boerne V. Flores: A Landmark For Structural Analysis, Marci A. Hamilton
City Of Boerne V. Flores: A Landmark For Structural Analysis, Marci A. Hamilton
William & Mary Law Review
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