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Reinventing The Sec By Staring Into Its Past, James D. Cox Jan 2009

Reinventing The Sec By Staring Into Its Past, James D. Cox

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Keynote Address: The Conflicted Trustee Dilemma, Steven L. Schwarcz Jan 2009

Keynote Address: The Conflicted Trustee Dilemma, Steven L. Schwarcz

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Burying The Constitution Under A Tarp, Gary S. Lawson Jan 2009

Burying The Constitution Under A Tarp, Gary S. Lawson

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The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, a.k.a. 'the bank bailout bill,' engendered a fair degree of political controversy during and after its enactment but relatively little constitutional controversy. That is unfortunate, and at least a bit puzzling, because, as a matter of original meaning, the statute raises important constitutional questions along at least four dimensions: it is questionable whether Congress had theenumerated power to authorize the Treasury Department to purchase securities, the specific authorizations were sufficiently vague to raise serious questions under the nondelegation doctrine, the expansion of thepowers of the Secretary of the Treasury under the statute make …