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Choice Programs And Market-Based Separationism, Paul E. Salamanca
Choice Programs And Market-Based Separationism, Paul E. Salamanca
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
The Supreme Court's recent decision in Zelman v. Simmons-Harris appears to clear the way for a wide variety of educational and charitable choice plans. In this decision, the Court upheld against Establishment Cause Challenge a formally neutral school choice program that encompassed a wide variety of options in the public and private sector, including private sectarian schools. The Court reasoned that, when the government makes aid available to a broad class of recipients without regard to their religious or non-religious affiliation, and when the recipients have a genuine choice as to whether to obtain that aid from a religious or …
Unmasking The Presumption In Favor Of Preemption, Mary J. Davis
Unmasking The Presumption In Favor Of Preemption, Mary J. Davis
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
It is inescapable: there is a presumption in favor of preemption. Historically, the Supreme Court has said differently-that, rather, there is a presumption against preemption. There is no such presumption any longer, if, indeed, there ever really was one. Preemption doctrine has been exceedingly puzzling in the last decade, but when one recognizes that the Court's doctrine not only favors preemption, but presumes it, preemption doctrine is not a puzzle at all.
This Article argues that the Supreme Court's recent preemption decisions compel the conclusion that the Court's preemption analysis has, in effect, created a presumption in favor of preemption, …
The Unhappy History Of Civil Rights Legislation, Fifty Years Later, Jack M. Beermann
The Unhappy History Of Civil Rights Legislation, Fifty Years Later, Jack M. Beermann
Faculty Scholarship
Seldom, if ever, have the power and the purposes of legislation been rendered so impotent.... All that is left today are afew scattered remnants of a once grandiose scheme to nationalize the fundamental rights of the individual.
These words were written fifty years ago by Eugene Gressman, now William Rand Kenan, Jr. Professor Emeritus, University of North Carolina School of Law, as a description of what the courts, primarily the Supreme Court of the United States, had done with the civil rights legislation passed by Congress in the wake of the Civil War. Professor Gressman's article, The Unhappy History of …
When May A State Require Teaching Alternatives To The Theory Of Evolution? Intelligent Design As A Test Case, Stephen L. Marshall
When May A State Require Teaching Alternatives To The Theory Of Evolution? Intelligent Design As A Test Case, Stephen L. Marshall
Kentucky Law Journal
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Justice Scalia's Rhetoric Of Dissent: A Greco-Roman Analysis Of Scalia's Advocacy In The Vmi Case, Michael Frost
Justice Scalia's Rhetoric Of Dissent: A Greco-Roman Analysis Of Scalia's Advocacy In The Vmi Case, Michael Frost
Kentucky Law Journal
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Due Process And Kentucky's Non-Claim Statutes: A Call For Legislative Revision, Mark A. Noel
Due Process And Kentucky's Non-Claim Statutes: A Call For Legislative Revision, Mark A. Noel
Kentucky Law Journal
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The Diversity And Remedial Interests In University Admissions Programs, Kathryne Raines
The Diversity And Remedial Interests In University Admissions Programs, Kathryne Raines
Kentucky Law Journal
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Supreme Court Employment Law Cases 2001-02 Term, Rafael Gely
Supreme Court Employment Law Cases 2001-02 Term, Rafael Gely
Faculty Publications
I set two simple objectives for the article. First, the article will summarize each of the cases. My intent is to provide those unfamiliar with the cases a brief review of the facts and a summary of the Court's reasoning. Parts II through VI provide this discussion, grouping the cases by subject area. Second, in Part VII, the article provides a "big picture" analysis of the various cases. My intent is to identify trends, issues, interesting aspects and features of the Court's term. My objective is to aid in our understanding of the patterns that might affect the Court's treatment …