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The Constitutionality Of Same-Sex Marriage In Australia (And Other Related Issues), Augusto Zimmermann Mar 2013

The Constitutionality Of Same-Sex Marriage In Australia (And Other Related Issues), Augusto Zimmermann

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

No abstract provided.


Religions As Sovereigns: Why Religion Is "Special", Elizabeth Clark Feb 2013

Religions As Sovereigns: Why Religion Is "Special", Elizabeth Clark

Faculty Scholarship

Commentators increasingly challenge religion’s privileged legal status, arguing that it is not “special” or distinct from other associations or philosophical or conscientious claims. I propose that religion is “special” because it functions metaphorically as a legal sovereign, asserting supreme authority over a realm of human life. Under a religion-as-sovereign theory, religious freedom can be understood as at least partial deference to a religious sovereign in a system of shared or overlapping sovereignty. This Article suggests that federalism, which also involves shared sovereignty, can provide a useful heuristic device for examining religious freedom. Specifically, the Article examines a range of federalism …


Originalism And Loving V. Virginia, Steven G. Calabresi, Andrea Matthews Dec 2012

Originalism And Loving V. Virginia, Steven G. Calabresi, Andrea Matthews

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Repudiating The Narrow Rule In Capital Sentencing, Scott W. Howe Dec 2012

Repudiating The Narrow Rule In Capital Sentencing, Scott W. Howe

BYU Law Review

This Article proposes a modest reform of Eighth Amendment law governing capital sentencing to spur major reform in the understanding of the function of the doctrine. The Article urges the Supreme Court to renounce a largely empty mandate known as the “narrowing” rule and the rhetoric of equality that has accompanied it. By doing so, the Court could speak more truthfully about the important but more limited function that its capital-sentencing doctrine actually pursues, which is to ensure that no person receives the death penalty who does not deserve it. The Court could also speak more candidly than it has …


Why The National Popular Vote Compact Is Unconstitutional, Norman R. Williams Dec 2012

Why The National Popular Vote Compact Is Unconstitutional, Norman R. Williams

BYU Law Review

Unable to secure passage of a federal constitutional amendment abolishing the Electoral College, several opponents of the Electoral College have sought to establish the direct, popular election of the President via an interstate compact according to which individual signatory states agree to appoint their presidential electors in accordance with the nationwide popular vote. Ostensibly designed to prevent elections, such as the one in 2000, in which the Electoral College “misfired” and chose the candidate who received fewer popular votes, the National Popular Vote Compact has been adopted by several states, including California. In this Article, I argue that the National …


The Dual-Faceted Federalism Framework And The Derivative Constitutional Status Of Local Governments, Michael W. Cannon Dec 2012

The Dual-Faceted Federalism Framework And The Derivative Constitutional Status Of Local Governments, Michael W. Cannon

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Constitution Limits Of The "National Consensus" Doctrine In Eighth Amendment Jurisprudence, Kevin White Nov 2012

The Constitution Limits Of The "National Consensus" Doctrine In Eighth Amendment Jurisprudence, Kevin White

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Meaning And Scope Of The Restrictions Imposed By The Mexican Constitution On Ministers Of Worship, Jorge Adame Goddard Sep 2012

Meaning And Scope Of The Restrictions Imposed By The Mexican Constitution On Ministers Of Worship, Jorge Adame Goddard

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Hungary's New Constitution And Its New Law On Freedom Of Religion And Churches: The Return Of The Sovereign, Renáta Uitz Sep 2012

Hungary's New Constitution And Its New Law On Freedom Of Religion And Churches: The Return Of The Sovereign, Renáta Uitz

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Utah's Enabling Act And Congress's Enclave Clause Authority: Federalism Implications Of A Renewed State Sovereignty Movement, Spencer Driscoll Sep 2012

Utah's Enabling Act And Congress's Enclave Clause Authority: Federalism Implications Of A Renewed State Sovereignty Movement, Spencer Driscoll

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


United States V. Renzi: Reigning In The Speech Or Debate Clause To Fight Corruption In Congress Postrayburn, A.J. Green May 2012

United States V. Renzi: Reigning In The Speech Or Debate Clause To Fight Corruption In Congress Postrayburn, A.J. Green

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Uneven “Neutrality”: Dual Standards And The Establishment Clause In Johnson V. Poway, Eric Jeppsen May 2012

Uneven “Neutrality”: Dual Standards And The Establishment Clause In Johnson V. Poway, Eric Jeppsen

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Representation Without Documentation?: Unlawfully Present Aliens, Apportionment, The Doctrine Of Allegiance, And The Law, Patrick J. Charles Jul 2011

Representation Without Documentation?: Unlawfully Present Aliens, Apportionment, The Doctrine Of Allegiance, And The Law, Patrick J. Charles

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

No abstract provided.


Constitutional Aesthetics: Appending Amendments To The United States Constitution, Mehrdad Payandeh Jul 2011

Constitutional Aesthetics: Appending Amendments To The United States Constitution, Mehrdad Payandeh

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

No abstract provided.


Foreign Law As Legislative Fact In Constitutional Cases, A. Christopher Bryant May 2011

Foreign Law As Legislative Fact In Constitutional Cases, A. Christopher Bryant

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Heart Of The Constitutional Enterprise: Affirming Equality And Freedom In Public Education, William E. Thro Mar 2011

The Heart Of The Constitutional Enterprise: Affirming Equality And Freedom In Public Education, William E. Thro

Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Ignoring Purpose, Context, And History: The Tenth Circuit Court In American Atheists, Inc. V. Duncan, Steven Michael Lau Mar 2011

Ignoring Purpose, Context, And History: The Tenth Circuit Court In American Atheists, Inc. V. Duncan, Steven Michael Lau

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


An Originalist Theory Of Precedent: The Privileged Place Of Originalist Precedent, Lee J. Strang Nov 2010

An Originalist Theory Of Precedent: The Privileged Place Of Originalist Precedent, Lee J. Strang

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Unraveling Lawrence's Concerns About Legislated Morality: The Constitutionality Of Laws Criminalizing The Sale Of Obscene Devices, Nathan R. Curtis Nov 2010

Unraveling Lawrence's Concerns About Legislated Morality: The Constitutionality Of Laws Criminalizing The Sale Of Obscene Devices, Nathan R. Curtis

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


How The Tenth Circuit’S Ruling In Martinez V. Beggs Affects The Deliberate Indifference Standard For Eighth Amendment Claims, Chad Olsen Mar 2010

How The Tenth Circuit’S Ruling In Martinez V. Beggs Affects The Deliberate Indifference Standard For Eighth Amendment Claims, Chad Olsen

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Fool For A Client: Competency Standards In Pro Se Cases , Reed Willis Mar 2010

A Fool For A Client: Competency Standards In Pro Se Cases , Reed Willis

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Unto This Very Purpose, Neal A. Maxwell Dec 2009

Unto This Very Purpose, Neal A. Maxwell

Vol. 2: Service & Integrity

This Founders Day address was given to the J. Reuben Clark Law Society at Little America Hotel in Salt Lake City on September 4, 2003.


Fair Housing And Roommates: Contesting A Presumption Of Constitutionality, Brooke Wright Dec 2009

Fair Housing And Roommates: Contesting A Presumption Of Constitutionality, Brooke Wright

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Talking Originalism , Andrew B. Coan Nov 2009

Talking Originalism , Andrew B. Coan

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Ways To Change: A Reevaluation Of Article V Campaigns And Legislative Constitutionalism , Mary Ziegler Nov 2009

Ways To Change: A Reevaluation Of Article V Campaigns And Legislative Constitutionalism , Mary Ziegler

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Deliberative Constitutionalism, John J. Worley May 2009

Deliberative Constitutionalism, John J. Worley

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Constitutionality Of Home Education: How The Supreme Court And American History Endorse Parental Choice, Chad Olsen Mar 2009

Constitutionality Of Home Education: How The Supreme Court And American History Endorse Parental Choice, Chad Olsen

Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal

No abstract provided.


An Opinion Without Standards: The Supreme Court's Refusal To Adopt A Standard Of Constitutional Review In District Of Columbia V. Heller Will Likely Cause Headaches For Future Judicial Review Of Gun-Control Regulations, Ryan L. Card Mar 2009

An Opinion Without Standards: The Supreme Court's Refusal To Adopt A Standard Of Constitutional Review In District Of Columbia V. Heller Will Likely Cause Headaches For Future Judicial Review Of Gun-Control Regulations, Ryan L. Card

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

No abstract provided.


An Originalist Defense Of Substantive Due Process: Magna Carta, Higher-Law Constitutionalism, And The Fifth Amendment, Frederick Mark Gedicks Jan 2009

An Originalist Defense Of Substantive Due Process: Magna Carta, Higher-Law Constitutionalism, And The Fifth Amendment, Frederick Mark Gedicks

Faculty Scholarship

A longstanding scholarly consensus holds that the Due Process Clause of the FifthAmendment protects only rights to legal process. Both this consensus and the occasional challenges to it have generally overlooked the interpretive significance of the classical natural law tradition that made substantive due process textually coherent, andthe emergence of public-meaning originalism as the dominant approach to constitutional interpretation. This Article fills those gaps.

One widely shared understanding of the Due Process Clause in the late eighteenth century encompassed judicial recognition of unenumerated substantive rights as a limit on congressional power. This concept of substantive due process originated in Sir …


Shibboleths And Ceballos. Eroding Constitutional Rights Through Pseudocommunication, Susan Stuart Dec 2008

Shibboleths And Ceballos. Eroding Constitutional Rights Through Pseudocommunication, Susan Stuart

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.