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October 3, 2015: Is Litigation The Way To Stop Global Warming?, Bruce Ledewitz
October 3, 2015: Is Litigation The Way To Stop Global Warming?, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Is Litigation the Way to Stop Global Warming?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
"A Republic If You Can Keep It", Eric Lane
"A Republic If You Can Keep It", Eric Lane
Constitution Day Lectures
On this day, over 200 years ago, thirty-nine brave delegates of the Constitutional Convention met for the last time to sign the document they had created, the U.S. Constitution.
This year, Eric Lane, Dean of the Maurice A. Deane School of Law and the Eric J. Schmertz Distinguished Professor of Public Law and Public Service at Hofstra University, gave a presentation, “A Republic If You Can Keep It.” The event was held in the Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater, 1st Floor Axinn Library.
September 6, 2015: Kim Davis Is No Religious Martyr, No Prisoner Of Conscience, Bruce Ledewitz
September 6, 2015: Kim Davis Is No Religious Martyr, No Prisoner Of Conscience, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “ Kim Davis is No Religious Martyr, No Prisoner of Conscience“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
August 26, 2015: Introducing Constitutional Law In The Midst Of The Plight, Bruce Ledewitz
August 26, 2015: Introducing Constitutional Law In The Midst Of The Plight, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Introducing Constitutional Law in the Midst of the Plight“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
August 15, 2015: No Religious Right To Refuse Government Service, Bruce Ledewitz
August 15, 2015: No Religious Right To Refuse Government Service, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “No Religious Right to Refuse Government Service“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
June 27, 2015: The Supreme Court's Week, Bruce Ledewitz
June 27, 2015: The Supreme Court's Week, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “The Supreme Court's Week“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
Impact Of The “Nirbhaya” Rape Case: Isolated Phenomenon Or Social Change?, Tina P. Lapsia
Impact Of The “Nirbhaya” Rape Case: Isolated Phenomenon Or Social Change?, Tina P. Lapsia
Honors Scholar Theses
In December 2012, a twenty-three year old college student, who was given the pseudonym “Nirbhaya” (“fearless”), was fatally gang-raped on a private bus in Delhi, India, galvanizing the country to swiftly adopt new legislative measures and catapulting the issue of violence against women in India into the international spotlight. Although assault and rape cases have made India infamous for its high volume of crimes against women, the reaction to this particular incident was much different from before. This paper investigates whether the governmental and societal responses represent social change, as indicated by changing attitudes towards violence against women in India. …
Courtroom To Classroom: Judicial Policymaking And Affirmative Action, Dylan Britton Saul
Courtroom To Classroom: Judicial Policymaking And Affirmative Action, Dylan Britton Saul
Political Science Honors Projects
The judicial branch, by exercising judicial review, can replace public policies with ones of their own creation. To test the hypothesis that judicial policymaking is desirable only when courts possess high capacity and necessity, I propose an original model incorporating six variables: generalism, bi-polarity, minimalism, legitimization, structural impediments, and public support. Applying the model to a comparative case study of court-sanctioned affirmative action policies in higher education and K-12 public schools, I find that a lack of structural impediments and bi-polarity limits the desirability of judicial race-based remedies in education. Courts must restrain themselves when engaging in such policymaking.
April 20, 2015: Campaign Finance Becomes An Issue, Bruce Ledewitz
April 20, 2015: Campaign Finance Becomes An Issue, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “ Campaign Finance Becomes an Issue“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
Defeating The Super Pacs That Distort Our Political Process, Bruce Ledewitz
Defeating The Super Pacs That Distort Our Political Process, Bruce Ledewitz
Ledewitz Papers
Published scholarship collected from academic journals, law reviews, newspaper publications & online periodicals.
April 3, 2015: Making The Worst Of Religion, Bruce Ledewitz
April 3, 2015: Making The Worst Of Religion, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Making the Worst of Religion“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
March 29, 2015: How To Think About Religious Exemptions, Bruce Ledewitz
March 29, 2015: How To Think About Religious Exemptions, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “How to Think about Religious Exemptions“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
March 14, 2015: Would Prosperity Matter?, Bruce Ledewitz
March 14, 2015: Would Prosperity Matter?, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Would Prosperity Matter?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
January 31, 2015: How To Think About Constitutional Government, Bruce Ledewitz
January 31, 2015: How To Think About Constitutional Government, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “How to Think About Constitutional Government“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
January 24, 2015: More Nihilism On Abortion, Bruce Ledewitz
January 24, 2015: More Nihilism On Abortion, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “More Nihilism on Abortion“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
January 21, 2015: We’Re On A Crash Course, Bruce Ledewitz
January 21, 2015: We’Re On A Crash Course, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “We’re On a Crash Course“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
An Addendum In Light Of Recent Developments, Bruce Ledewitz
An Addendum In Light Of Recent Developments, Bruce Ledewitz
Ledewitz Papers
Published scholarship collected from academic journals, law reviews, newspaper publications & online periodicals.
Robots In The Home: What Will We Have Agreed To?, Margot E. Kaminski
Robots In The Home: What Will We Have Agreed To?, Margot E. Kaminski
Publications
A new technology can expose the cracks in legal doctrine. Sometimes a technology resists analogy. Sometimes, through analogies, it reveals inconsistencies in the law, or basic flaws in framing, or in the fit between different parts of the legal system. This Essay addresses robots in the home, and what they reveal about U.S. privacy law. Household robots might not themselves uproot U.S. privacy law, but they will reveal its inconsistencies, and show where it is most likely to fracture. Just as drones are serving as a legislative “privacy catalyst” — encouraging the enactment of new privacy laws as people realize …
Beyond Edmunds: The State Constitutional Legacy Of Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille, Bruce Ledewitz
Beyond Edmunds: The State Constitutional Legacy Of Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille, Bruce Ledewitz
Ledewitz Papers
Published scholarship collected from academic journals, law reviews, newspaper publications & online periodicals.