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September 5, 2009: “Debate” Over Obama Speech An Unpatriotic Disgrace, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “ “Debate” Over Obama Speech an Unpatriotic Disgrace“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

September 4, 2009: Blurring Of Church And State On Healthcare, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Blurring of Church and State on Healthcare“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

From Armchair Reading To Action: Acknowledging Our Role In The Horror Of The Democratic Republic Of The Congo - And Doing Something About It., Shareen Hertel

Human Rights & Human Welfare

Reading Adam Hochschild's extraordinary account of ordinary people caught up in the horrific ravages of a civil war raging in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), I was struck by how incongruous my own encounter with this suffering is. I read his article over lunch, safe in the comfort of my own home. As a woman, I live largely without fear of the kind of brutal sexual violence that Hochschild opens his article with, as he related the story of a Congolese NGO worker who is herself a victim of multiple rapes.

If They Just Weren't So Rich!, Anja Mihr

Human Rights & Human Welfare

The deadliest war on earth-as it is called-in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will only end when the country's richness fades or is kept under surveillance. Human rights and peace might have a chance if Congo's lucrative diamond, gold or coltan mines were under shared control by non-profit agencies or international organizations with the intention to spread the mines' benefits and wealth among the Congolese people. Wishful thinking? Most likely it is, but what other alternative is there? The country's extraordinary wealth in natural resources is the main reason for the immense corruption, the extermination of entire villages, the …

September Roundtable: Introduction

Human Rights & Human Welfare

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The Rape of the Congo. By Adam Hochschild. The New York Review of Books. August 13, 2009.

Natural Resources And Wealth Of The Democratic Republic Of Congo (Drc): Of Benefit To Whom?, Nicola Colbran

Human Rights & Human Welfare

When asked to discuss the humanitarian tragedy in the DRC, the question really is where to start? The article by Adam Hochschild discusses some of the most horrific events and experiences imaginable: widespread killings of unarmed civilians, rape, torture and looting, the recruitment of child soldiers, and the forced displacement of hundreds of thousands of people. The immediate human response is who is to blame, how did it happen and how can the world apparently do nothing?

Human Rights Law On Trial In The Drc, William Paul Simmons

Human Rights & Human Welfare

The ongoing tragedy in Eastern Congo contains so many tragic lessons that it should shake to their very foundations all comfortable ideologies about human rights and politics. The atrocities in the DRC should implicate all but have so far resulted in almost limitless impunity. Here, I briefly put human rights law on trial for its role in perpetuating this tragedy.

August 31, 2009: Is Everything Mysterious Vacuous?, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Is Everything Mysterious Vacuous?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

August 29, 2009: Declare Healthcare Victory And Go Home?, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Declare Healthcare Victory and Go Home?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

August 19, 2009: What The Healthcare Debate Says About America, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “What the Healthcare Debate Says About America“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

Global Constitutional Lawmaking, Sungjoon Cho

All Faculty Scholarship

Global Constitutional Lawmaking Abstract This article identifies a nascent phenomenon of “global constitutional lawmaking” in a recent WTO jurisprudence which struck down a certain calculative methodology (“zeroing”) in the antidumping area. The article interprets the Appellate Body’s uncharacteristic anti-zeroing hermeneutics, which departs from a traditional treaty interpretation under the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties and the past pro-zeroing GATT case law, as a “constitutional” turn of the WTO. The article argues that a positivist, inter-governmental mode of thinking, as is prevalent in other international organizations such as the United Nations, cannot fully expound this phenomenon. Critically, this turn …

August 15, 2009: Higher Law At Netroots Nation, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Higher Law at Netroots Nation“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

August 12, 2009: Healthcare Trouble In Pennsylvania An Extension Of Clinging To Guns And Bible, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Healthcare Trouble in Pennsylvania an Extension of Clinging to Guns and Bible“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

August 8, 2009: End Of Life Counseling, Bruce Ledewitz

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

July 30, 2009: Jesus Is Back In The Legislature, Thank God, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Jesus is Back in the Legislature, Thank God“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

July 27, 2009: Food Inc., Bruce Ledewitz

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

July 25, 2009: Common Ground On Everything But Abortion, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Common Ground on Everything But Abortion“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

July 15, 2009: The Politics Of The Future, Bruce Ledewitz

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

July 9, 2009: How Is The Constitution Interpreted?, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “How is the Constitution Interpreted?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

July 8, 2009: What Is The Difference Really Between Believers And Nonbelievers?, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “What is the Difference Really Between Believers and Nonbelievers?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

Federal And State Judicial Selection In An Interest Group Perspective, Rafael Gely, Michael E. Solimine

Faculty Publications

The literature on judicial selection systems has given considerable attention to the role that politicians and their parties - through their legislative roles - have played in the adoption and operation of these judicial selection systems. Less attention, however, has been given to both the effect that interest groups, broadly defined, have in the creation and implementation of judicial selection systems and the effect that these systems have on the strategies adopted by interest groups to accomplish their goals. This Article seeks to fill this gap. Using the framework advanced by William M. Landes and Richard A. Posner in their …

June 30, 2009: Rabbi Jill Jacobs On Public Judaism, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Rabbi Jill Jacobs on Public Judaism“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

June 26, 2009: No Political Wall Of Separation, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, No Political Wall of Separation“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

June 8, 2009: Netroots Nation National Convention In Pittsburgh In August, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Netroots Nation National Convention in Pittsburgh in August“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

June 5, 2009: Barack Obama: Theologian-In-Chief, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “ Barack Obama: Theologian-in-Chief“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

Parties, Interest Groups, And Systemic Change, Anthony Champagne

Missouri Law Review

If we are going to get from point A to B - if we are going to change a state system of judicial selection - what must be done? How does one get from a judicial election system to a merit-selection system? Generally it is going to take a state constitutional amendment to make the change. That is usually going to mean that a constitutional amendment must be approved by the legislature in order to be submitted to the people for a vote. To do this, key interest groups must be considered. The story of changing to merit selection is …

May 27, 2009: Judge Sonia Sotomayor And Judicial Activism, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Judge Sonia Sotomayor and Judicial Activism“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

May 24, 2009: President Barack Obama’S Criteria For Justice Of The Supreme Court, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “ President Barack Obama’s Criteria for Justice of the Supreme Court“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

May 17, 2009: Confusion Over America’S Spiritual Heritage, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Confusion Over America’s Spiritual Heritage“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

May 11, 2009: How Religion Dies And Secularism Takes Hold, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “How Religion Dies and Secularism Takes Hold“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.