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Congress And The Supreme Court's Jurisdiction, Charles E. Rice

Journal Articles

When a ruling of the supreme court meets with Congressional disfavor there are several remedies available to Congress. If the decision is not on a constitutional level, a later statutory enactment will suffice to reverse or modify the ruling. If, however, the Court's decision is an interpretation of a constitutional mandate, such as the requirement of the fourteenth amendment that legislative districts be apportioned according to population, then a statute could not reverse the decision because the statute itself would be subject to that constitutional mandate as defined by the Court.

The obvious method of reversing a Supreme Court interpretation …

The Court Years, 1939-1975: The Autobiography Of William O. Douglas, James E. Bond

Faculty Articles

This article is a book review that highlights William O. Douglas’s character and temperament, and suggests these very traits made his legacy on the Court a disappointment. Arguing that Douglas was uncommitted to judicial craft and simply championed cases close to his heart. The article bemoans Douglas’s lack of insight into constitutional adjudication, while noting the volumes anecdotal humor, the article cites the autobiography’s disingenuousness as cause to call it a work of fiction.

Nineteenth Century Interpretations Of The Federal Contract Clause: The Transformation From Vested To Substantive Rights Against The State , James L. Kainen

Faculty Scholarship

During the early nineteenth century, the contract clause served as the fundamental source of federally protected rights against the state. Yet the Supreme Court gradually eased many of the restrictions on state power enforced in the contract clause cases while developing the doctrine of substantive due process after the Civil War. By the end of the nineteenth century, the due process clause had usurped the place of the contract clause as the centerpiece in litigation about individual rights. Most analyses of the history of federally protected rights against the state have emphasized the rise of substantive due process to the …

United States V. Ross, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

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Valley Forge Christian College V. Americans United For Separation Of Church And State, Inc., Lewis Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

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The Courts And The 1980 Census Challenges: Tailoring Rights To Fit Remedies, David B. Tachau

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

This Note thus presents a vivid illustration of how the recognition of legal rights sometimes may depend wholly upon the efficacy of awarding relief. Parts I and II survey the 1980 census challenges and explore whether the 1980 litigants presented sound grievances. Part III argues that the 1980 census challengers may have failed because the reviewing courts could envision no feasible remedies for their injuries, and not because the challengers presented flawed legal and constitutional arguments. Finally, part IV criticizes the courts for dismissing the census challenges without confronting or acknowledging the gravity of the constitutional injuries threatened by census …

Minnesota Rag, Terry Clayton Paulson

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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James Madison And The Burger Court: Converging Views Of Church-State Separation, Patricia E. Curry

Indiana Law Journal

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From Estes To Chandler: Shifting The Constitutional Burden Of Courtroom Cameras To The States, Margot Pequignot

Florida State University Law Review

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Beyond Custody: Expanding Collateral Review Of State Convictions, Timothy C. Hester

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

This article advocates extension of collateral review to embrace all parties alleging deprivation of federally guaranteed rights in the state criminal process, regardless of whether the party fulfills the habeas corpus custody requirement. Part I assesses the sufficiency of Supreme Court certiorari jurisdiction to monitor adequately state adjudications of federal constitutional rights, coupled with an evaluation of the technical competency and institutional posture of state courts. Part II examines the significance of the custody limitation on collateral review, both as a substantive element of habeas corpus relief and as a mechanism for funnelling limited judicial resources. Part III presents two …

Jury Trial, Progress, And Democracy, 14 J. Marshall L. Rev. 679 (1981), Richard S. Kuhlman, George C. Pontikes, William J. Stevens

UIC Law Review

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Griffin V. California: Still Viable After All These Years, Craig M. Bradley

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Constitutional Law, Thomas E. Baker

Faculty Publications

This 1981 article discusses principles of federal constitutional law. Professor Baker notes that the constitutional decisions of the courts of appeals will continue to increase in number and importance as the burgeoning federal caseload grows. Professor Baker analyzes how the Fifth Circuit dealt with constitutional principles in the year preceding the article. The article commences with a discussion of cases dealing with justiciability issues. The justiciability issues discussed include standing, mootness, advisory opinions, political questions, ripeness, and Eleventh Amendment issues. Next, Professor Baker discusses cases construing the Commerce Clause. Next, the article discusses cases dealing with due process issues, both …

In Memory Of Monrad G. Paulsen, Walter J. Wadlington

Cardozo Law Review

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Constitutional Torts, Christina B. Whitman

Articles

In this Article, I analyze the significance of the overlap between state tort law remedies and remedies under section 1983. I conclude that the dissatisfaction with section 1983 cannot fairly be attributed to the fact that it has been read to provide a remedy that "supplements" state law. I argue that most of the anxiety over constitutional damage actions under section 1983 can be understood - and resolved - only by focusing on two other questions. The first of these concerns the appropriate reach of the Constitution. Ambivalence about section 1983 reflects, in part, a fear that the federal Constitution …

Extending The Limits Of Judicial Review Of Regulator Orders: Committee Of Consumer Services V. Public Service Commission, Kenneth M. Anderson

BYU Law Review

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Maryland V. Louisiana, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

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The Equal Protection Clause In The Supreme Court 1873-1903, Richard S. Kay

Buffalo Law Review

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Article Iii Limits On Article I Courts: The Constitutionality Of The Bankruptcy Court And The 1979 Magistrates Act, Lucinda M. Finley

Journal Articles

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The Role Of Ideas In Legal History, Jay M. Feinman

Michigan Law Review

A review of Patterns of American Legal Thought by G. Edward White

Constitutional Law - Civil Rights Action - Federal Court Review Of State Statutes - Abstention, David C. Levenreich

Duquesne Law Review

The United States Supreme Court has held that federal courts must abstain from intervention into pending state proceedings under the Younger doctrine when the federal plaintiff has an available state court opportunity to raise his federal constitutional claim.

Moore v. Sims, 99 S. Ct. 2371 (1979)

5. Social Inquiry: Instructional Manual To Accompany 'Mark', Matthew Lipman, Ann Margaret Sharp

Secondary School Curriculum

The task of social studies as a discipline is to focus students’ already developed thinking skills upon the conceptual foundation of the social sciences. Students will think about these underlying concepts if they can talk about them, and they will talk about what they perceive as controversial or problematic. This, then, is what Mark and Social Inquiry aim to do: to identify selected root issues in the social sciences and expose to students the conflicting concepts at the heart of each issue.

4. Mark (Novel), Matthew Lipman

Secondary School Curriculum

The high school has been vandalized, and Mark is arrested at the scene of the crime. He claims he is a “victim of society.” But what is society? What forces hold it together or work to pull it apart? These are questions to which Mark and his classmates address themselves. What they seek are ways of evaluating social institutions, rules and values, so as to determine how well society is able to live up to the ideals which, at one time or another, have been set for it. They pay particular attention to the nature of law and crime, tradition, …

The Prohibition Of Group-Based Stereotypes In Jury Selection Procedures, Howard M. Klein

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

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Is There Life For Erie After The Death Of Diversity?, Peter Westen, Jeffrey S. Lehman

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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United States V. Apfelbaum, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

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Roberts V. United States, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

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Rush V. Savchuk, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

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United States Parole Commission V. Geraghty, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

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Rewriting Roe V. Wade, Donald H. Regan

Articles

Roe v. Wade is one of the most controversial cases the Supreme Court has decided. The result in the case - the establishment of a constitutional right to abortion - was controversial enough. Beyond that, even people who approve of the result have been dissatisfied with the Court's opinion. Others before me have attempted to explain how a better opinion could have been written. It seems to me, however, that the most promising argument in support of the result of Roe has not yet been made. This essay contains my suggestions for "rewriting" Roe v. Wade