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An Original Model Of The Independent Counsel Statute, Ken Gormley
An Original Model Of The Independent Counsel Statute, Ken Gormley
Michigan Law Review
On Friday, October 19, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon took a risky step to de-fang the Watergate investigation that had become a "viper in the bosom" of his Presidency. The U.S. Court of Appeals had just directed him to tum over tape-recordings subpoenaed by Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox; these taperecordings might prove or disprove White House involvement in the Watergate cover-up. Rather than challenge this ruling, the President conceived a new plan. The White House would prepare summaries of the nine tape-recordings in question, which would be verified by Senator John Stennis, a seventy-two-year-old Democrat from Mississippi, working alone …
A Return To States' Rights? The Rehnquist Court Revives Federalism, Melanie K. St. Clair
A Return To States' Rights? The Rehnquist Court Revives Federalism, Melanie K. St. Clair
Northern Illinois University Law Review
This comment examines three decisions of the 1997 Supreme Court Term in which the Court invalidated Federal laws: Printz v. United States, City of Boerne v. Flores, and Reno v. ACLU. This comment looks for a unifying trend in the decisions in an effort to determine if the Court is moving in a new philosophical direction. The author suggests that the decisions do signal a renewed commitment to States' rights and federalism. Further, the decisions reveal the Court's antagonism toward the largess and enlarged scope of Congress. The author suggests that the decisions are an attempt by the Court to …
Harris V. Commonwealth: The Use Of "Statutory" Aggravating Circumstances In Kentucky's Sentencing Procedure, Melissa Bartlett
Harris V. Commonwealth: The Use Of "Statutory" Aggravating Circumstances In Kentucky's Sentencing Procedure, Melissa Bartlett
Kentucky Law Journal
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