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Affirmative Action Doctrine And The Conflicting Messages Of Croson, Doug D. Scherer
Affirmative Action Doctrine And The Conflicting Messages Of Croson, Doug D. Scherer
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Reconstructing Section Five Of The Fourteenth Amendment To Assist Impoverished Children, James G. Wilson
Reconstructing Section Five Of The Fourteenth Amendment To Assist Impoverished Children, James G. Wilson
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Liberal lawyers encounter grim alternatives caused by the Supreme Court's relentless shift to the right, particularly if they consider stare decisis a major constitutional value. They can attack specific decisions, demonstrating inconsistencies with prior cases, conclusory reasoning and/ or poor policy. They can use history, jurisprudence or even literature to make broad-based critiques of the Court's increasing callousness. They can propose counter-doctrine which is consistent with existing caselaw. The third response may appear quixotic, even naive, given the present Court. Nevertheless, exploration of progressive alternatives illuminates existing doctrine and provides potential openings if the Court ever decides to become more …