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The (Un)Favorable Judgment Of History: Deportation Hearings, The Palmer Raids, And The Meaning Of History, Harlan G. Cohen
The (Un)Favorable Judgment Of History: Deportation Hearings, The Palmer Raids, And The Meaning Of History, Harlan G. Cohen
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As Americans respond to the events of September 11, 2001, they are being forced to contemplate their place in American history-past, present, and future. This has become particularly stark in the fight over secret deportation hearings. Following September 11, Attorney General John Ashcroft announced that the deportation hearings of "special interest" aliens would be closed to the public. Applying Richmond Newspapers's two-pronged logic-and-experience test, the Third and Sixth Circuits subsequently split over the constitutionality of the blanket closure. At the heart of their disagreement was the scarce history of deportation hearings and whether such hearings had been closed in the …
Class Schedule - Summer 2003, Office Of Registrar
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Lightening The Load: In The Georgia Supreme Court, R. Perry Sentell Jr.
Lightening The Load: In The Georgia Supreme Court, R. Perry Sentell Jr.
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The Supreme Court of Georgia enjoys legendary status in perpetuating both "law" and "justice" for the citizens it serves. It functions as an institution of rich tradition, and it operates from a perspective of historic proportions. The court's heritage exudes a profusion of shaping facets, facets coalescing to yield an indelible profiles of Georgia's juristic content. That profile reflects such characteristics as the court's authoritative underpinnings: the legends of judicial fame to whom the court periodically returns for lessons of wisdom. Other distinctions focus upon the court's output: the per curiam opinion, for example, constitutes an expressive peculiarity of historical …