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Appropriate Conduct: The Constitutionality Of The Missouri Legislature's Appropriations For The State Family Planning Program, Jessica L. Conlon
Appropriate Conduct: The Constitutionality Of The Missouri Legislature's Appropriations For The State Family Planning Program, Jessica L. Conlon
Missouri Law Review
Each year, approximately 7.4 million American women obtain contraceptive and reproductive health care from government-funded family planning programs. According to the Alan Guttmacher Institute, these programs, which primarily serve women who are "young, unmarried, less-educated or poor," help 1.3 million women avoid unintended pregnancies in an efficient use of taxpayer dollars. Despite the substantial benefits of family planning programs, they are not without their critics. Abortion opponents often challenge publicly-funded family planning programs because some organizations that provide family planning services also provide abortions. Their concern is that, by funding family planning services in those organizations that also provide abortions, …
Constitutionality Of The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act: State Sovereignty And Compulsory Negotiations - Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe V. South Dakota, The, Joel P. Brous
Journal of Dispute Resolution
Indian tribes located within states that permit gambling are allowed to license and operate gaming activities on Indian lands2 as long as these activities comply with the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act [hereinafter IGRA]. 3 Congress enacted the IGRA to balance tribal autonomy and economic self-sufficiency with the state police power seeking to control tribal gaming operations.4 In Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe v. South Dakota, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit addressed the constitutionality of the IGRA and held that the IGRA violated neither the Eleventh nor the Tenth Amendments.' This Note examines the split of authority …
Constitutionality Of Mandatory Farmer-Lender Mediation: The Minnesota Plan - Laue V. Production Credit Association, The, Jeffrey L. Dawson
Constitutionality Of Mandatory Farmer-Lender Mediation: The Minnesota Plan - Laue V. Production Credit Association, The, Jeffrey L. Dawson
Journal of Dispute Resolution
In March of 1986, the Minnesota legislature adopted an omnibus farm bill. A principal part of this bill was the "Farmer-Lender Mediation Act" s (hereinafter Act). The Act requires mandatory mediation notice in the case of any debt foreclosure proceedings brought against farm debtors.8 The Act was scrutinized by the Minnesota Court of Appeals in a case of first impression in Laue v. Production Credit Association.