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Full-Text Articles in Law
Hollow Hopes And Exaggerated Fears: The Canon/Anticanon In Context, Mark A. Graber
Hollow Hopes And Exaggerated Fears: The Canon/Anticanon In Context, Mark A. Graber
Faculty Scholarship
Students of American constitutionalism should add constitutional decisions made by elected officials to the constitutional canon and the constitutional anticanon. Neither the canonical nor the anticanonical constitutional decisions by the Supreme Court have produced the wonderful results or horrible evils sometimes attributed to them. In many cases, elected officials made contemporaneous constitutional decisions that had as much influence as the celebrated or condemned judicial rulings. More often than not, judicial rulings matter more as a result of changing the political dynamics than by directly changing public policy. Law students and others interested in constitutional change, for these reasons, need to …
Government By Contract And The Structural Constitution, Kimberly L. Wehle
Government By Contract And The Structural Constitution, Kimberly L. Wehle
All Faculty Scholarship
Although private parties have performed government functions throughout most of Western history, mainstream administrative law scholarship is dotted with concerns over the extent to which modern federal government activities are outsourced to private contractors. Federal contractors routinely exercise authority that is classically “executive” in nature. They write regulations, interpret laws, administer foreign aid, manage nuclear weapons sites and intelligence operations, interrogate detainees, control borders, design surveillance systems, and provide military support in combat zones. Administrative law places few constraints on private contractors, and prevailing constitutional principles — the state action and private delegation doctrines, in particular — are either inept …
A Brave New World Of Stop And Frisk, Ronald J. Bacigal
A Brave New World Of Stop And Frisk, Ronald J. Bacigal
Law Faculty Publications
In this article, the author Ron Bacigal discusses the editorials, The Shame of New York by Bob Herbert and Fighting Crime Where the Criminals Are by Heather MacDonald. These editorials were prompted by the New York City Police Department's release of figures regarding "stop and frisk" incidents within New York City.' MacDonald and Herbert reacted to the same statistical report by putting two very different spins on the raw data. While it's always helpful to compile empirical evidence, Bacigal suggests that we also need to look beyond the mere numbers. If you put aside anecdotal versions of encounters between minorities …
The Unconstitutionality Of The Filibuster, Josh Chafetz
The Unconstitutionality Of The Filibuster, Josh Chafetz
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
This Article, written for the Connecticut Law Review's 2010 "Is Our Constitutional Order Broken?" symposium, argues that the filibuster, as currently practiced, is unconstitutional.
After a brief introduction in Part I, Part II describes the current operation of the filibuster. Although the filibuster is often discussed in terms of "unlimited debate," this Part argues that its current operation is best understood in terms of a sixty-vote requirement to pass most bills and other measures through the Senate.
Part III presents a structural argument that this supermajority requirement for most Senate business is unconstitutional. This Part argues that the words "passed" …
Awakening The Press Clause, Sonja R. West
Awakening The Press Clause, Sonja R. West
Scholarly Works
The Free Press Clause enjoys less practical significance than almost any other constitutional provision. While recognizing the structural and expressive importance of a free press, the Supreme Court has never recognized explicitly any right or protection as emanating solely from the Press Clause. Recently in the Court’s Citizens United decision, Justices Stevens and Scalia reignited the 30-year-old debate over whether the Press Clause has any function separate from the Speech Clause.
The primary roadblock to recognizing independent meaning in the Press Clause is the definitional problem - who or what is the “press”? Others have attempted to define the press, …
The Tea Party And The Constitution, Christopher W. Schmidt
The Tea Party And The Constitution, Christopher W. Schmidt
All Faculty Scholarship
This Article considers the Tea Party as a constitutional movement. I explore the Tea Party’s ambitious effort to transform the role of the Constitution in American life, examining both the substance of the Tea Party’s constitutional claims and the tactics movement leaders have embraced for advancing these claims. No major social movement in modern American history has so explicitly tied its reform agenda to the Constitution. From the time when the Tea Party burst onto the American political scene in early 2009, its supporters claimed in no uncertain terms that much recent federal government action overstepped constitutionally defined limitations. A …
Law, History, And Feminism, Tracy A. Thomas
Law, History, And Feminism, Tracy A. Thomas
Akron Law Faculty Publications
This is the introduction to the book, Feminist Legal History. This edited collection offers new visions of American legal history that reveal women’s engagement with the law over the past two centuries. It integrates the stories of women into the dominant history of the law in what has been called “engendering legal history,” (Batlan 2005) and then seeks to reconstruct the assumed contours of history. The introduction provides the context necessary to appreciate the diverse essays in the book. It starts with an overview of the existing state of women’s legal history, tracing the core events over the past two …
A Separation Of Powers Defense Of Federal Rulemaking Power, Michael Blasie
A Separation Of Powers Defense Of Federal Rulemaking Power, Michael Blasie
Faculty Scholarly Works
Judicial rulemaking—the methods by which federal courts create federal procedural rules—represents a paradigmatic clash between the functionalist and formalist theories of the separation of powers. There exist compelling practical reasons to invest such power in the judiciary, yet the Constitution’s text does not explicitly confer such power on any branch. This Article comprehensively examines the separation of powers issues raised by the current federal rulemaking process under the formalist theory of the separation of powers in light of modern precedent. Part I details the current procedure for creating the federal rules, summarizes the relevant scholarship, and examines the few Supreme …
Congressional Authority To Interpret The Thirteenth Amendment: A Response To Professor Tsesis, Jennifer Mason Mcaward
Congressional Authority To Interpret The Thirteenth Amendment: A Response To Professor Tsesis, Jennifer Mason Mcaward
Schmooze 'tickets'
No abstract provided.
Involuntary Servitude, Public Accommodations Laws, And The Legacy Of Heart Of Atlanta Motel V. United States , Linda C. Mcclain
Involuntary Servitude, Public Accommodations Laws, And The Legacy Of Heart Of Atlanta Motel V. United States , Linda C. Mcclain
Schmooze 'tickets'
No abstract provided.
Why Originalism Is Of So Little Use In Interpreting The Thirteenth Amendment, Henry L. Chambers
Why Originalism Is Of So Little Use In Interpreting The Thirteenth Amendment, Henry L. Chambers
Schmooze 'tickets'
The 13th Amendment affords two very different visions. One vision limits the 13th Amendment’s scope to ending slavery and involuntary servitude without more. The second expands the 13th Amendment’s scope to include an anti-subordination principle. Proponents of both visions rely on originalism to support their visions. Unfortunately, originalism does not help us reach a clearly correct conclusion regarding the scope of the 13th Amendment.
That is fine, because the core question regarding the interpretation of the 13th Amendment ought to be whether the amendment is constitutionally transformative. That is, does the 13th Amendment announce a constitutional principle that requires that …
Getting Right Without Lincoln, Daniel W. Hamilton
Getting Right Without Lincoln, Daniel W. Hamilton
Schmooze 'tickets'
This short piece is taken from a review of the three important books considered below. This review is part of my current exploration of the historiography of slavery and the Constitution in Civil War legal history.
Brian McGinty, Lincoln and the Court; Stephen C. Neff, Justice in Blue and Gray: A Legal History of the Civil War; Lea VanderVelde, Mrs. Dred Scott: A Life on Slavery’s Frontier
The Slavery And Involuntary Servitude Of Immigrant Workers: Two Sides Of The Same Coin, Maria L. Ontiveros
The Slavery And Involuntary Servitude Of Immigrant Workers: Two Sides Of The Same Coin, Maria L. Ontiveros
Schmooze 'tickets'
No abstract provided.
Liberalism, The Thirteenth Amendment, And The Seeds Of Destruction Of Reconstruction, Leslie F. Goldstein
Liberalism, The Thirteenth Amendment, And The Seeds Of Destruction Of Reconstruction, Leslie F. Goldstein
Schmooze 'tickets'
No abstract provided.
Congressional Authority To Interpret The Thirteenth Amendment, Alexander Tsesis
Congressional Authority To Interpret The Thirteenth Amendment, Alexander Tsesis
Schmooze 'tickets'
No abstract provided.
The Thirteenth Amendment And Constitutional Theory, Earl Maltz
The Thirteenth Amendment And Constitutional Theory, Earl Maltz
Schmooze 'tickets'
No abstract provided.
The Thirteenth Amendment And The Meaning Of Familial Bonds, Julie Novkov
The Thirteenth Amendment And The Meaning Of Familial Bonds, Julie Novkov
Schmooze 'tickets'
No abstract provided.
States Rights, Southern Hypocrisy, And The Crisis Of The Union, Paul Finkelman
States Rights, Southern Hypocrisy, And The Crisis Of The Union, Paul Finkelman
Schmooze 'tickets'
No abstract provided.
The Enduring Legacy Of The Thirteenth Amendment, Robert J. Kaczorowski
The Enduring Legacy Of The Thirteenth Amendment, Robert J. Kaczorowski
Schmooze 'tickets'
No abstract provided.
James Ashley And The Thirteenth Amendment, Rebecca E. Zietlow
James Ashley And The Thirteenth Amendment, Rebecca E. Zietlow
Schmooze 'tickets'
No abstract provided.
A Grievance Based Interpretation Of The Thirteenth Amendment, Lea Vandervelde
A Grievance Based Interpretation Of The Thirteenth Amendment, Lea Vandervelde
Schmooze 'tickets'
No abstract provided.
The Reconstruction Power, Jack M. Balkin
Slavery And The Phenomenology Of Torture, Sanford Levinson
Slavery And The Phenomenology Of Torture, Sanford Levinson
Schmooze 'tickets'
No abstract provided.
Constitutional Politics, Constitutional Law, And The Thirteenth Amendment, Michael Les Benedict
Constitutional Politics, Constitutional Law, And The Thirteenth Amendment, Michael Les Benedict
Schmooze 'tickets'
No abstract provided.
What Mcdonald Means For Unenumerated Rights, A. Christopher Bryant
What Mcdonald Means For Unenumerated Rights, A. Christopher Bryant
Faculty Articles and Other Publications
In June a splintered Supreme Court held in McDonald v. City of Chicago that the Second Amendment applied to state and local governments. But the case was about much more than handguns. It presented the Court with an unprecedented opportunity to correct its own erroneous precedent and revive the Fourteenth Amendment’s Privileges or Immunities Clause. The plurality declined the offer not, as Justice Alito’s opinion suggested, out of a profound respect for stare decisis, but rather because at least four Justices like the consequences of that ancient error, especially insofar as unenumerated rights are concerned. This observation in turn raises …
Popular Constitutionalism On The Right: Lessons From The Tea Party, Christopher W. Schmidt
Popular Constitutionalism On The Right: Lessons From The Tea Party, Christopher W. Schmidt
All Faculty Scholarship
In this Article, I consider the lessons that the Tea Party offers for scholars of popular constitutionalism. Specifically, I argue that the experience of the Tea Party should spark a reconsideration of some assumptions that tend to drive much of the interest in popular constitutionalism. Some who have embraced popular constitutionalism seem to assume that popular constitutional mobilization is a vehicle particularly well suited for advancing progressive constitutional claims. Alternately, some have assumed that popular constitutionalism has no particular ideological or partisan valence - that it is basically a neutral vehicle for advancing constitution claims of all kinds. But the …
Constitutionality Of The Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act Under The Commerce Clause And The Necessary And Proper Clause, Wilson Huhn
Akron Law Faculty Publications
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is a comprehensive federal statute that attempts to extend health insurance coverage to tens of millions of Americans and to expand health insurance coverage by eliminating exclusions for preexisting conditions, increase medical loss ratios, abolish annual and lifetime limits, and other reforms. A necessary provision of this law (the individual mandate) requires most individuals to maintain health insurance coverage. The individual mandate has been challenged in a number of lawsuits on the ground that Congress lacks the power under the Constitution to require individuals to purchase health insurance. The power of Congress to …
Constitutional Rigidity In Kosovo: Significance, Outcomes, And Rationale, Fisnik Korenica, Dren Doli
Constitutional Rigidity In Kosovo: Significance, Outcomes, And Rationale, Fisnik Korenica, Dren Doli
Pace International Law Review Online Companion
This article discusses the issue of constitutional rigidity from the perspective of the Constitution of Kosovo. At the outset, the article analyzes the amendment procedure within the Constitution and its nature in terms of the actors and procedures involved. Next, the article questions the nature of constitutional rigidity in Kosovo and seeks to address the position of veto players. Arguing that the Constitution of Kosovo is rather rigid, the article then questions the significance of constitutional rigidity in light of the model of separation of powers, human rights, and the Constitutional Court’s constitutional “updating” role. The article concludes that constitutional …
Plus Or Minus One: The Thirteenth And Fourteenth Amendments, Mark A. Graber
Plus Or Minus One: The Thirteenth And Fourteenth Amendments, Mark A. Graber
Faculty Scholarship
The consensus that the Fourteenth Amendment incorporates the Thirteenth Amendment has come under sharp criticism in recent years. Several new works suggest that the Thirteenth Amendment, properly interpreted, protects some substantive rights not protected by the Fourteenth Amendment. Some of this scholarship is undoubtedly motivated by an effort to avoid hostile Supreme Court precedents. Nevertheless, more seems to be going on than mere litigation strategy. Scholars detected different rights and regime principles in the Thirteenth Amendment than they find in the Fourteenth Amendment. The 2011 Maryland Constitutional Law Schoomze, to which this is an introduction, provided an opportunity for law …
The Four Pillars Of Constitutional Doctrine, Suzanna Sherry
The Four Pillars Of Constitutional Doctrine, Suzanna Sherry
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
Constitutional interpretation, and thus constitutional doctrine, is inevitably controversial. Judges, scholars, lawyers, politicians, and the American public all disagree among themselves, not only about the correct constitutional outcome but even about the right approach to constitutional interpretation. We are unlikely to reach consensus on whether we should read the Constitution as a living and evolving document or instead read it in accordance with a fixed original meaning, much less on whether it does or does not protect campaign contributions, reproductive rights, affirmative action policies, gun ownership, or any of the other contested issues that have recently come before the Supreme …