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Full-Text Articles in Constitutional Law

To Improve The State And Condition Of Man: The Power To Police And The History Of American Governance, Christopher Tomlins Oct 2005

To Improve The State And Condition Of Man: The Power To Police And The History Of American Governance, Christopher Tomlins

Buffalo Law Review

Book review of Markus Dirk Dubber's The Police Power: Patriarchy and the Foundations of American Government


Where Does Forum For Academic And Institutional Rights V. Rumsfeld Leave Military Recruiting Efforts?, Angel M. Overgaard Oct 2005

Where Does Forum For Academic And Institutional Rights V. Rumsfeld Leave Military Recruiting Efforts?, Angel M. Overgaard

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.


Considering The Constitutionality Of A Confrontation Clause Exception For Domestic Violence Victims, Thekla Hansen-Young Sep 2005

Considering The Constitutionality Of A Confrontation Clause Exception For Domestic Violence Victims, Thekla Hansen-Young

Buffalo Women's Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Foreword: The New Frontier Of State Constitutional Law, James A. Gardner, Jim Rossi Feb 2005

Foreword: The New Frontier Of State Constitutional Law, James A. Gardner, Jim Rossi

Journal Articles

In the past decade, a new frontier of constitutional discourse has begun to emerge, adding a fresh perspective to state constitutional law. Instead of treating states as jurisdictional islands in a sea under reign of the federal government, this new approach sees states as co-equals among themselves and between them and the federal government in a collective enterprise of democratic self-governance. This Symposium, organized around the theme of Dual Enforcement of Constitutional Norms, provides the occasion for leading scholars on state constitutional law to take a fresh look at their subject by adopting a vantage point outside of the individualized …


Whose Constitution Is It? Why Federalism And Constitutional Positivism Don't Mix, James A. Gardner Feb 2005

Whose Constitution Is It? Why Federalism And Constitutional Positivism Don't Mix, James A. Gardner

Journal Articles

It is frequently argued that state constitutions ought to be interpreted using a methodology of constitutional positivism, a familiar and commonplace theory of interpretational legitimacy that requires courts to treat a constitution as an authoritative expression of the will of the people who made it. I argue, contrary to this view, that orthodox constitutional positivism is not a viable interpretational methodology for subnational constitutions in a federal system. Although constitutional positivism makes sense for national constitutions, which furnish the paradigm case, subnational constitutions pose important problems for the political theory upon which constitutional positivism relies. According to that theory, the …


Triangulating Constitutional Theory: Power, Time, And Everyman, Philip C. Kissam Jan 2005

Triangulating Constitutional Theory: Power, Time, And Everyman, Philip C. Kissam

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.


Democracy Without A Net? Separation Of Powers And The Idea Of Self-Sustaining Constitutional Constraints On Undemocratic Behavior, James A. Gardner Jan 2005

Democracy Without A Net? Separation Of Powers And The Idea Of Self-Sustaining Constitutional Constraints On Undemocratic Behavior, James A. Gardner

Journal Articles

The United States Constitution is designed to achieve good government by relying on two distinct systems: a primary system that achieves good governance through democratic electoral accountability; and a set of self-sustaining structural backup systems designed for situations in which the democratic system fails, and which operate by limiting the ability of bad rulers to do serious harm to the public good. A key premise of this kind of dual structural arrangement is that effective backup systems must operate independently of primary democratic systems; because they are needed precisely when democratic mechanisms have failed, they cannot depend for their success …


A Post-Vieth Strategy For Litigating Partisan Gerrymandering Claims, James A. Gardner Dec 2004

A Post-Vieth Strategy For Litigating Partisan Gerrymandering Claims, James A. Gardner

Journal Articles

No abstract provided.


Jurisprudence: Due Process Concerns For The Underrepresented Domestic Violence Victim, Rebecca Fialk, Tamara Mitchel Sep 2004

Jurisprudence: Due Process Concerns For The Underrepresented Domestic Violence Victim, Rebecca Fialk, Tamara Mitchel

Buffalo Women's Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Constitution And The Public Trust, Robert G. Natelson Sep 2004

The Constitution And The Public Trust, Robert G. Natelson

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Progress And Pitfalls Of Lawrence V. Texas, Nicole R. Hart Sep 2004

The Progress And Pitfalls Of Lawrence V. Texas, Nicole R. Hart

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.


Who Gets In? The Quest For Diversity After Grutter, Athena D. Mutua, Sheldon Zedeck, Frank H. Wu, Charles E. Daye, Margaret E. Montoya, David L. Chambers Apr 2004

Who Gets In? The Quest For Diversity After Grutter, Athena D. Mutua, Sheldon Zedeck, Frank H. Wu, Charles E. Daye, Margaret E. Montoya, David L. Chambers

Buffalo Law Review

On March 8, 2004, the University at Buffalo Law School hosted its annual Mitchell Lecture,1 a panel discussion entitled, "Who Gets In? The Quest for Diversity After Grutter." The Mitchell Committee decided to focus this year's lecture on innovative proposals to ensure diversity in law school admissions in light of the Supreme Court's ruling in Grutter v. Bollinger, which confirmed that race and ethnicity could be taken into consideration in admission decisions for diversity purposes. Noting that much of the debate about Grutter thus far has emphasized the decision's constitutionality or its implications for affirmative action, the Committee sought to …


Structuring The Political Process Under American State Constitutions, James A. Gardner Jan 2004

Structuring The Political Process Under American State Constitutions, James A. Gardner

Other Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Judicial Independence: Whether, Why, And How To Defend It, Michael Boucai Jan 2004

Judicial Independence: Whether, Why, And How To Defend It, Michael Boucai

Other Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Garrity V. New Jersey And Its Progeny: How Lower Courts Are Weakening The Strong Constitutional Protections Afforded Police Officers, Donald Wm. Driscoll Sep 2003

Garrity V. New Jersey And Its Progeny: How Lower Courts Are Weakening The Strong Constitutional Protections Afforded Police Officers, Donald Wm. Driscoll

Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal

No abstract provided.


State Constitutional Rights As Resistance To National Power: Toward A Functional Theory Of State Constitutions, James A. Gardner Jun 2003

State Constitutional Rights As Resistance To National Power: Toward A Functional Theory Of State Constitutions, James A. Gardner

Journal Articles

In the American legal order, constitutional rights are conventionally understood to apply to and restrain the level of government created by the constitution in which those rights appear. Thus, individual rights in a lower-order constitution are understood to apply solely to the lower level government and to have no relevance to the actions of any higher level of government. This article challenges the conventional understanding by arguing that individual rights appearing in state constitutions can in many circumstances play a meaningful role in restraining the exercise of national power. Specifically, the identification and enforcement of state constitutional rights can serve …


A Retrospective On Lucas V. South Carolina Coastal Council: Public Policy Implications For The 21st Century, Kim Diana Connolly Jan 2003

A Retrospective On Lucas V. South Carolina Coastal Council: Public Policy Implications For The 21st Century, Kim Diana Connolly

Journal Articles

No abstract provided.


Selective Strict Scrutiny – A New Way To Use Suspect Classifications, Bruce Comly French Sep 2002

Selective Strict Scrutiny – A New Way To Use Suspect Classifications, Bruce Comly French

Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Role And Rejection Of A Claim For Third Party Standing In The Prison System, Michael D. Bui Sep 2002

The Role And Rejection Of A Claim For Third Party Standing In The Prison System, Michael D. Bui

Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Human Cloning: Beyond The Realm Of The Constitutional Right To Procreative Liberty, Maureen Mcbrien Sep 2002

Human Cloning: Beyond The Realm Of The Constitutional Right To Procreative Liberty, Maureen Mcbrien

Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Attacks On The Warren Court By State Officials: A Case Study Of Why Court-Curbing Movements Fail, William G. Ross Apr 2002

Attacks On The Warren Court By State Officials: A Case Study Of Why Court-Curbing Movements Fail, William G. Ross

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.


State Courts As Agents Of Federalism: Power And Interpretation In State Constitutional Law, James A. Gardner Mar 2002

State Courts As Agents Of Federalism: Power And Interpretation In State Constitutional Law, James A. Gardner

Journal Articles

In the American constitutional tradition, federalism is commonly understood as a mechanism designed to institutionalize a kind of permanent struggle between state and national power. The same American constitutional tradition also holds that courts are basically passive institutions whose mission is to apply the law impartially while avoiding inherently political power struggles. These two commonplace understandings conflict on their face. The conflict may be dissolved for federal courts by conceiving their resistance to state authority as the impartial consequence of limitations on state power imposed by the U.S. Constitution. But this reconciliation is unavailable for state courts, which, by operation …


Neutralizing The Incompetent Voter: A Comment On Cook V. Gralike, James A. Gardner Mar 2002

Neutralizing The Incompetent Voter: A Comment On Cook V. Gralike, James A. Gardner

Journal Articles

No abstract provided.


Mr. Dooley And Mr. Gallup: Public Opinion And Constitutional Change In The 1930s, Barry Cushman Jan 2002

Mr. Dooley And Mr. Gallup: Public Opinion And Constitutional Change In The 1930s, Barry Cushman

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.


Federalism, Popular Sovereignty, And The Individual Right To Keep And Bear Arms: A Structural Alternative To United States V. Emerson, Jack Trachtenberg Jan 2002

Federalism, Popular Sovereignty, And The Individual Right To Keep And Bear Arms: A Structural Alternative To United States V. Emerson, Jack Trachtenberg

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Regulatory Role Of State Constitutional Structural Constraints In Presidential Elections, James A. Gardner Jan 2002

The Regulatory Role Of State Constitutional Structural Constraints In Presidential Elections, James A. Gardner

Journal Articles

No abstract provided.


Restricting Prisoners' Equal Access To The Federal Courts: The Three Strikes Provision Of The Prison Litigation Reform Act And Substantive Equal Protection, Randal S. Jeffrey Oct 2001

Restricting Prisoners' Equal Access To The Federal Courts: The Three Strikes Provision Of The Prison Litigation Reform Act And Substantive Equal Protection, Randal S. Jeffrey

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Claim For Third Party Standing In America's Prisons, N. Jeremi Duru Sep 2001

A Claim For Third Party Standing In America's Prisons, N. Jeremi Duru

Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Madison's Hope: Virtue, Self-Interest, And The Design Of Electoral Systems, James A. Gardner Oct 2000

Madison's Hope: Virtue, Self-Interest, And The Design Of Electoral Systems, James A. Gardner

Journal Articles

In recent years, perhaps no institution of American governance has been so thoroughly and consistently excoriated by legal theorists as the familiar American system of winner-take-all elections. The winner-take-all system is said to waste votes, lead to majority monopolization of political power, and cause the under representation and consequent social and economic subordination of political minorities. Some political scientists have attempted to defend winner-take-all systems on the ground that they perform better than PR in maximizing long-term collective and social interests. This article argues, in contrast, that winner-take-all electoral systems rest upon, and can be adequately defended, if at all, …


Caught In A Trap: The Romantic Reading Of The Eleventh Amendment, John Randolph Prince Apr 2000

Caught In A Trap: The Romantic Reading Of The Eleventh Amendment, John Randolph Prince

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.