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Mormons, Muslims, And Multiculturalism: The Deeply Dispiriting Romney-Huckabee Religion Showdown, Kenneth Anderson
Mormons, Muslims, And Multiculturalism: The Deeply Dispiriting Romney-Huckabee Religion Showdown, Kenneth Anderson
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2008-AbstractThis essay (6,000 words), which appeared in the Weekly Standard ostensibly as a comment on Mitt Romney's religion speech of December 2007, contains something to offend nearly everyone. It bluntly attacks presidential candidate Mike Huckabee and his evangelical followers for their demand for a Christian president, and calls them religious bigots.The essay also rejects, however, a central claim of Romney's religion speech, that all religious doctrines are beyond criticism or political argument - asserting that Romney, in the attempt to insulate himself from any questions of religion, has endorsed what might be called conservative …
Bullshitting The People: The Criminal Procedure Implications Of A Scatalogical Term, Andrew Taslitz
Bullshitting The People: The Criminal Procedure Implications Of A Scatalogical Term, Andrew Taslitz
Andrew E. Taslitz
When, if ever, is it appropriate for the police to lie to members of the American People about their constitutional rights, mislead them about the rights' content, fail to mention them at all, or discourage their exercise? This paper seeks to answer that question by drawing on the philosophical literature on the nature and social value (or harm) of bullshit and on psychological research relevant to the same concept to craft what is ultimate a political position on the question.
Bullshitting The People: The Criminal Procedure Implications Of A Scatalogical Term, Andrew E. Taslitz
Bullshitting The People: The Criminal Procedure Implications Of A Scatalogical Term, Andrew E. Taslitz
School of Law Faculty Publications
When, if ever, is it appropriate for the police to lie to members of the American People about their constitutional rights, mislead them about the rights' content, fail to mention them at all, or discourage their exercise? This paper seeks to answer that question by drawing on the philosophical literature on the nature and social value (or harm) of bullshit and on psychological research relevant to the same concept to craft what is ultimate a political position on the question.
An Idea Whose Time Has Come—The Curious History, Uncertain Effect, And Need For Amendment Of The “Natural Born Citizen” Requirement For The Presidency, Lawrence Friedman
An Idea Whose Time Has Come—The Curious History, Uncertain Effect, And Need For Amendment Of The “Natural Born Citizen” Requirement For The Presidency, Lawrence Friedman
Saint Louis University Law Journal
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Taxing Citizens In A Global Economy, Michael S. Kirsch
Taxing Citizens In A Global Economy, Michael S. Kirsch
Journal Articles
This Article addresses a fundamental issue underlying the U.S. tax system in the international context: the use of citizenship as a jurisdictional basis for imposing income tax. As a general matter, the United States is the only economically developed country that taxes its citizens abroad on their foreign income.
Despite this broad general assertion of taxing jurisdiction, Congress allows citizens abroad to exclude a limited amount of their income earned from working outside the United States. Influential lobbying groups, including businesses that employ significant numbers of U.S. citizens abroad, argue that this exclusion is necessary in order to keep American …