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Standing On Hallowed Ground: Should The Federal Judiciary Monitor Executive Violations Of The Establishment Clause, Bradley Thomas Wilders
Standing On Hallowed Ground: Should The Federal Judiciary Monitor Executive Violations Of The Establishment Clause, Bradley Thomas Wilders
Missouri Law Review
This Note argues that the Seventh Circuit reached the correct result. However, there is little logic in continuing to limit Establishment Clause adjudications to plaintiffs who can show injury-in-fact or, absent such injury, plaintiffs who can claim the allegedly unconstitutional act was an exercise of the Taxing and Spending Clause. Instead, because the Establishment Clause is a unique structural restraint which separates the government from organized religion4 and prohibits government support of religion that divides the political process along religious lines, this Note concludes that standing to sue for Establishment Clause violations should be extended to acts of any government …
Separation Of Powers And The Governor's Office In West Virginia: Advocating A More Deferential Approach To The Chief Executive From The Judiciary, Jason C. Pizatella
Separation Of Powers And The Governor's Office In West Virginia: Advocating A More Deferential Approach To The Chief Executive From The Judiciary, Jason C. Pizatella
West Virginia Law Review
No abstract provided.
8th Annual Open Government Summit: Access To Public Records Act & Open Meetings Act, 2006, Department Of Attorney General, State Of Rhode Island
8th Annual Open Government Summit: Access To Public Records Act & Open Meetings Act, 2006, Department Of Attorney General, State Of Rhode Island
School of Law Conferences, Lectures & Events
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Executive Compensation: Reining In Runaway Abuses-Again, Susan Lorde Martin
Executive Compensation: Reining In Runaway Abuses-Again, Susan Lorde Martin
University of San Francisco Law Review
This Article describes the new SEC rules relating to executive compensation, discusses their chances of success in curbing abuses, and to suggest other reforms-in addition to disclosure-that might rein in runaway compensation abuse and improve business success.
Presidential Signing Statements: How To Find Them, How To Use Them, And What They Might, Steve Sheppard
Presidential Signing Statements: How To Find Them, How To Use Them, And What They Might, Steve Sheppard
Steve Sheppard
Lawyers should be cautious when seeking guidance in statutory interpretation from presidential signing statements. Reliance on signing statements as a source of statutory interpretation is controversial, as deference to the president’s interpretation, rather than interpretations of the legislature or judiciary, can lead to unlimited executive power. Signing statements can be retrieved from government resources or private vendors, and they are useful for advising clients how to interact with government agencies. In effect, signing statements act as orders from the president, which agencies under the executive chain of command follow.
Signing statements are also useful as sources of statutory interpretation when …
New York At A Crossroads: Sustaining A Government Reform Agenda On The Frontlines With Executive, Legislative And Judicial Reform Initiatives (Introduction To Symposium: Refinement Or Reinvention: The State Of Reform In New York), Patricia E. Salkin
Scholarly Works
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