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December 30, 2010: What Does “One Nation Under God” In The Pledge Of Allegiance Mean?, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2010

December 30, 2010: What Does “One Nation Under God” In The Pledge Of Allegiance Mean?, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “What Does “one Nation under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance Mean?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


The Senate Filibuster: The Politics Of Destruction, Emmet J. Bondurant Dec 2010

The Senate Filibuster: The Politics Of Destruction, Emmet J. Bondurant

Emmet J Bondurant

The notion that the Framers of the Constitution intended to allow a minority in the U.S. Senate to exercise a veto power over legislation and presidential appointments is not only profoundly undemocratic, it is also a myth. The overwhelming trend of law review articles have assumed that because the Constitution grants to each house the power to make its own rules, the Senate filibuster rule is immune from constitutional attack. This Article takes an opposite position based on the often overlooked history of the filibuster, the text of the Constitution and the relevant court precedents which demonstrate that the constitutionality …


December 14, 2010: A Fundamental Rights Decision Masquerading As A Commerce Decision, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2010

December 14, 2010: A Fundamental Rights Decision Masquerading As A Commerce Decision, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “A Fundamental Rights Decision Masquerading as a Commerce Decision“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


December 11, 2010: Hallowed Secularism And The Tea Party, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2010

December 11, 2010: Hallowed Secularism And The Tea Party, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Hallowed Secularism and the Tea Party“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


December 8, 2010: Uphold Proposition 8, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2010

December 8, 2010: Uphold Proposition 8, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Uphold Proposition 8“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


December 5, 2010: Seeking Common Ground: A Secular Statement, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2010

December 5, 2010: Seeking Common Ground: A Secular Statement, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Seeking Common Ground: A Secular Statement“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


Dodging A Bullet: Mcdonald V. City Of Chicago And The Limits Of Progressive Originalism, Dale E. Ho Dec 2010

Dodging A Bullet: Mcdonald V. City Of Chicago And The Limits Of Progressive Originalism, Dale E. Ho

Dale E Ho

The Supreme Court’s decision in last term’s gun rights case, McDonald v. City of Chicago, punctured the conventional wisdom after District of Columbia v. Heller that “we are all originalists now.” Surprisingly, many progressive academics were disappointed. For “progressive originalists,” McDonald was a missed opportunity to overrule the Slaughter-House Cases and to revitalize the Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. In their view, such a ruling could have realigned progressive constitutional achievements with originalism and relieved progressives of the albatross of substantive due process, while also unlocking long-dormant constitutional text to serve as the source of new unenumerated …


Lawmakers As Lawbreakers, Ittai Bar-Siman-Tov Dec 2010

Lawmakers As Lawbreakers, Ittai Bar-Siman-Tov

William & Mary Law Review

How would Congress act in a world without judicial review? Can
lawmakers be trusted to police themselves? This Article examines
Congress’s capacity and incentives to enforce upon itself “the law of
congressional lawmaking”—a largely overlooked body of law that is
completely insulated from judicial enforcement. The Article explores
the political safeguards that may motivate lawmakers to engage in
self-policing and rule-following behavior. It identifies the major
political safeguards that can be garnered from the relevant legal,
political science, political economy, and social psychology scholarship,
and evaluates each safeguard by drawing on a combination of
theoretical, empirical, and descriptive studies about …


Lawmakers As Lawbreakers, Ittai Bar-Siman-Tov Nov 2010

Lawmakers As Lawbreakers, Ittai Bar-Siman-Tov

Dr. Ittai Bar-Siman-Tov

How would Congress act in a world without judicial review? Canlawmakers be trusted to police themselves? This Article examinesCongress’s capacity and incentives to enforce upon itself “the law ofcongressional lawmaking”—a largely overlooked body of law that iscompletely insulated from judicial enforcement. The Article exploresthe political safeguards that may motivate lawmakers to engage inself-policing and rule-following behavior. It identifies the majorpolitical safeguards that can be garnered from the relevant legal,political science, political economy, and social psychology scholarship,and evaluates each safeguard by drawing on a combination oftheoretical, empirical, and descriptive studies about Congress. TheArticle’s main argument is that the political safeguards that …


How Do You Spell M-U-R-K-O-W-S-K-I? Part I: The Question Of Assistance To The Voter, Chad W. Flanders Nov 2010

How Do You Spell M-U-R-K-O-W-S-K-I? Part I: The Question Of Assistance To The Voter, Chad W. Flanders

Chad W. Flanders, J.D.

The 2010 race for the Alaska Senate now seems to be over. After losing in the Republican Party Primary to Tea Party-backed candidate Joe Miller, Senator Lisa Murkowski staged a write-in candidacy and, bucking both U.S. and Alaska history, won the general election. Although much attention has been paid to Miller’s post-election challenges to Murkowski write-in ballots, a major election law question was at issue prior to the election: to what extent can poll workers assist voters who need help in voting for a write-in candidate? After Murkowski declared her write-in candidacy, the Alaska Division of Elections distributed a list …


November 30,2010: There Is No G-O-D In America, Bruce Ledewitz Nov 2010

November 30,2010: There Is No G-O-D In America, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “There is no G-o-d in America“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


November 18, 2010: “Getting Honest”, Bruce Ledewitz Nov 2010

November 18, 2010: “Getting Honest”, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, ““Getting Honest” “ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


November 14, 2010: Global Warming, Bruce Ledewitz Nov 2010

November 14, 2010: Global Warming, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Global Warming“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


China’S Gigantic Appetite For Natural Resources Spurs Multilateral Concerns, Yuliya Kostelova Nov 2010

China’S Gigantic Appetite For Natural Resources Spurs Multilateral Concerns, Yuliya Kostelova

Yuliya Kostelova

China is the second largest economy in the world today. Its economic growth is unbridled and expansion is rampant. A rapidly growing communistic state with an attempt for capitalistic market is alarming in the international economic community. China’s insatiable oil appetite creates various concerns among major sovereign partners. Notwithstanding, China is fully committed to its economic development in the future regardless of widely expressed multilateral concerns.


November 3, 2010: Pat Tommey A Citizens United Victory, Bruce Ledewitz Nov 2010

November 3, 2010: Pat Tommey A Citizens United Victory, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Pat Tommey a Citizens United Victory“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


Book Review Of Out Of Range: Why The Constitution Can't End The Battle Over Guns, By Mark V. Tushnet, Dennis A. Henigan Nov 2010

Book Review Of Out Of Range: Why The Constitution Can't End The Battle Over Guns, By Mark V. Tushnet, Dennis A. Henigan

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.


Book Review Of The Supreme Court And The American Elite, 1789-2008, By Lucas A. Powe, Jr., Joerg Knipprath Nov 2010

Book Review Of The Supreme Court And The American Elite, 1789-2008, By Lucas A. Powe, Jr., Joerg Knipprath

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.


European Identity Struggles In The Age Of Austerity, Par Engstrom Nov 2010

European Identity Struggles In The Age Of Austerity, Par Engstrom

Human Rights & Human Welfare

The economic crisis has coincided with a discernible rise of right-wing populist parties in a number of European countries. This was most recently seen in elections in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Sweden. Right-wing populist parties also hold parliamentary seats in Austria, Denmark, Finland, and Norway, and they have been part of coalition governments in Italy and Switzerland for some time. In France, Jean-Marie Le Pen’s National Front, although not represented in parliament, wields considerable political influence, and may receive an additional electoral boost should Le Pen’s daughter, Marine Le Pen, inherit the party leadership. True, these parties still enjoy only …


On The Formation Of The American Corporate State: The Fuller Supreme Court, 1888-1910, George Skouras Nov 2010

On The Formation Of The American Corporate State: The Fuller Supreme Court, 1888-1910, George Skouras

George Skouras

This paper deals with the formation and legitimation of the American Corporate State by the Fuller Supreme Court. It argues that the Fuller Court was wrong to use the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment and natural law to support laissez-faire capitalism and the emergent corporate structure at the expense of labor and labor unions. It also argues that the corporatization of America has created a social and cultural environment that places business as the center of the American universe. This has led to a very asymmetrical relationship between corporations and citizens. It further argues that recent revisionist scholarship …


October 31, 2010: Why I Wish No One Had Gone To The Stewart/Colbert Rally, Bruce Ledewitz Oct 2010

October 31, 2010: Why I Wish No One Had Gone To The Stewart/Colbert Rally, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Why I Wish No One Had Gone to the Stewart/Colbert Rally“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


Can The Federal Reserve Adopt An Inflation Targeting Regime Under The Current Statutory Arrangements?, Hong Kyoon Cho Oct 2010

Can The Federal Reserve Adopt An Inflation Targeting Regime Under The Current Statutory Arrangements?, Hong Kyoon Cho

Hong Kyoon Cho

This paper discussed legal perspectives in institutional framework of central banking, keyed to monetary policy framework. The statutory objectives of monetary policy provide an environment under which the central bank can design its monetary policy framework, in that the choice of the monetary policy framework could lie within the scope of the spirits embodied in the statutory objectives of monetary policy. Monetary policy framework could illuminate legal aspects of debate, as specifically seen in the Federal Reserve’s case that has adopted not an explicit but an implicit monetary policy framework, namely the Just-Do-It approach. Under the current legal mandate, i.e., …


October 28, 2010: Is Islam A Religion Of Peace?, Bruce Ledewitz Oct 2010

October 28, 2010: Is Islam A Religion Of Peace?, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Is Islam a Religion of Peace?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


October 25, 2010: Why Are The Democrats Doing So Badly?, Bruce Ledewitz Oct 2010

October 25, 2010: Why Are The Democrats Doing So Badly?, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Why Are the Democrats Doing So Badly?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


The Kinston Ruling: Black Preferred Candidates And The Meaning Of The 15th Amendment, Brandon F. Douglass Oct 2010

The Kinston Ruling: Black Preferred Candidates And The Meaning Of The 15th Amendment, Brandon F. Douglass

Brandon F Douglass

Since the 1960s, section five of the Voting Rights Act requires covered jurisdictions to seek preclearance before making certain changes to their political structure. Recently, the United States Department of Justice ruled that Kinston, North Carolina’s attempt at removing partisan labels from its ballots for municipal posts violated section five of the Voting Rights Act, based on the premise that absent a partisan cue, Kinston’s African-American voters will not be able to elect their candidate of choice. This paper presents a summary of the preclearance process and an analysis of the Department’s ruling regarding Kinston’s attempt at removing the partisan …


Non-Compactness And Voter Exchange; Towards A Constitutional Cure For Gerrymandering, Shlomo Angel Oct 2010

Non-Compactness And Voter Exchange; Towards A Constitutional Cure For Gerrymandering, Shlomo Angel

Shlomo Angel

No abstract provided.


October 17, 2010: Woody Allen’S Hell, Bruce Ledewitz Oct 2010

October 17, 2010: Woody Allen’S Hell, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Woody Allen’s Hell“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


Law, Institutions And Corruption Cleanups In Africa, John Mukum Mbaku Oct 2010

Law, Institutions And Corruption Cleanups In Africa, John Mukum Mbaku

JOHN MUKUM MBAKU

ABSTRACT Since independence, virtually all African countries have suffered and continue to suffer from extremely high rates of bureaucratic corruption. Today, corruption remains one of the most important constraints to social, political and economic development. Despite the efforts made, in several countries, to deal with corruption and other forms of political opportunism (e.g., rent seeking), these phenomena remain entrenched in these countries and continue to constrain entrepreneurship and creation of the wealth that is needed to deal with extremely high rates of poverty and material deprivation. Part of the reason why many African countries have not been able to effectively …


A New Clear And Present Danger: Security, Freedom And Ordered Liberty On The Home Front During The War Against Terrorism, Beau James Brock Sep 2010

A New Clear And Present Danger: Security, Freedom And Ordered Liberty On The Home Front During The War Against Terrorism, Beau James Brock

Beau James Brock

Regardless of the foreign policy rationalizations for failing to respond to Osama Bin Laden’s declaration of war against the United States prior to September 11th, we are faced with a de facto state of war, for over a full decade now, that will require an ever vigilant and determined commitment in order to secure the domestic security of our land. The use of available technology to break through our opponents’ intelligence networks has been a vital instrument of victory in past wars and will be in this struggle we now face. But, where is the line marking appropriate federal action …


September 30, 2010: Ignorant Of Religion But Believing In God, Bruce Ledewitz Sep 2010

September 30, 2010: Ignorant Of Religion But Believing In God, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Ignorant of Religion but Believing in God“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


Obama Vs. Bush On Steroids: Two Different Approaches To A Pseudo-Controversy—Or Is It Really Worthy Of Note In A State Of The Union Address?, Danyahel Norris Sep 2010

Obama Vs. Bush On Steroids: Two Different Approaches To A Pseudo-Controversy—Or Is It Really Worthy Of Note In A State Of The Union Address?, Danyahel Norris

Danyahel Norris

Since Sports has such a unique impact on American life, it is appropriate to use sports as a gauge to ascertain the effectiveness of each presidential administration...The Bush administration used sports as a means to punish “offenders,” while at the same time, using the specter of steroid abuse as a means to de-emphasize the real turmoil in Iraq. The Obama administration, on the other hand, has used sports as a metaphor to educate and, also as a bully-pulpit to reinforce “good” values.