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Tensions Underlying The Indian Child Welfare Act: Tribal Jurisdiction Over Traditional State Court Family Law Matters, Elizabeth Maclachlan Sep 2018

Tensions Underlying The Indian Child Welfare Act: Tribal Jurisdiction Over Traditional State Court Family Law Matters, Elizabeth Maclachlan

BYU Law Review

State courts have historically exercised jurisdiction over family law cases. However, under the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), Indian child custody and adoption cases have been taken out of state jurisdiction and placed with Indian tribal governments. State courts have pushed back against proper deference to ICWA and violate ICWA by misapplying its provisions and refusing to transfer custody and adoption cases to tribal courts. This Note analyzes the state-tribal tensions surrounding ICWA and argues that the primary reason for the lack of full state acceptance of ICWA is that, historically, states have had nearly total jurisdiction over family law …


The Federal Circuit's Summary Affirmance Habit, Andrew Hoffman Sep 2018

The Federal Circuit's Summary Affirmance Habit, Andrew Hoffman

BYU Law Review

The Federal Circuit is certainly unique among the circuit courts of appeals. Its exclusive jurisdiction over patents places it in a powerful position. But with that power comes a responsibility to oversee the development of the law. And in the last decade, the court has fallen short of fulfilling this obligation—particularly with regard to clarifying provisions of the America Invents Act. The court has repeatedly disregarded important questions of law by use of Rule 36 summary affirmance. Though other courts of appeals regularly use summary disposition as a means of dealing with burgeoning dockets, the Federal Circuit uses summary affirmance …


The Interplay Of Majority And Minority Religious Rights And The Role Of The Judiciary, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani Jun 2017

The Interplay Of Majority And Minority Religious Rights And The Role Of The Judiciary, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani

BYU Law Review

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Chevron’S Pure Questions: Searching For Meaning In Ambiguity, Neal A. Hoopes May 2017

Chevron’S Pure Questions: Searching For Meaning In Ambiguity, Neal A. Hoopes

BYU Law Review

Since implied congressional intent is the basis for the Chevron doctrine, courts cannot simply presume that Congress intends all unclear statutes to signal deference to agencies. Instead, courts must make some inquiry into whether that rationale remains true under the particular circumstances. This Note contends, then, that the Chevron framework, from the outset, asks the wrong question. Instead of inquiring whether the statute is clear, courts should determine whether Congress intended courts to defer to an agency on the question of statutory interpretation. Instinctively deferring to an agency in the face of every ambiguity undermines congressional intent. While implied congressional …


An Originalist Defense Of Plyler V. Doe, Steven G. Calabresi, Lena M. Barsky Mar 2017

An Originalist Defense Of Plyler V. Doe, Steven G. Calabresi, Lena M. Barsky

BYU Law Review

This Article offers a defense of the Supreme Court’s opinion in Plyler v. Doe based on the original public meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment when it was enacted in 1868. We argue that at that time, the Fourteenth Amendment granted certain rights, such as life, liberty, and possession of personal property, to immigrants under the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses, but did not grant them the privileges and immunities of citizenship (e.g. all civil rights and the political right to vote). We also argue that public education is a right of all persons protected by the Due Process and …


Boundary Dispute: The Presumption Against Extraterritoriality As Judicial Nondelegation, Luke Bell Mar 2017

Boundary Dispute: The Presumption Against Extraterritoriality As Judicial Nondelegation, Luke Bell

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Courts And Foreign Affairs At The Founding, Kevin Arlyck Feb 2017

The Courts And Foreign Affairs At The Founding, Kevin Arlyck

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Wonky Walden: The Dizzying New Personal Jurisdiction Rule, Adam Balinski Mar 2016

Wonky Walden: The Dizzying New Personal Jurisdiction Rule, Adam Balinski

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Constraining Charming Betsy: Textual Ambiguity As A Predicate To Applying The Charming Betsy Doctrine, Andrew H. Bean Dec 2015

Constraining Charming Betsy: Textual Ambiguity As A Predicate To Applying The Charming Betsy Doctrine, Andrew H. Bean

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Forced Marriage At The Cambodian Crossroads: Eccc Can Develop A New Crime Against Humanity, Cameron Christensen Dec 2015

Forced Marriage At The Cambodian Crossroads: Eccc Can Develop A New Crime Against Humanity, Cameron Christensen

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Scout’S Honor: The Boy Scouts, Judicial Ethics, And The Appearance Of Partiality, Daniel Ortner Nov 2015

Scout’S Honor: The Boy Scouts, Judicial Ethics, And The Appearance Of Partiality, Daniel Ortner

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


The European Court Of Human Rights Proclaims That It Will Neither Forgive Nor Forget Those Who Wage War, Shantel Talbot Aug 2015

The European Court Of Human Rights Proclaims That It Will Neither Forgive Nor Forget Those Who Wage War, Shantel Talbot

Brigham Young University International Law & Management Review

No abstract provided.


An Incurable Malaise: Commonwealth V. Australian Capital Territory And Baskin V. Bogan As Symptoms Of Early-Onset Dystopia, Neville Rochow Apr 2015

An Incurable Malaise: Commonwealth V. Australian Capital Territory And Baskin V. Bogan As Symptoms Of Early-Onset Dystopia, Neville Rochow

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Mormonism, Originalism, And Utah’S Open Courts Clause, Jarom R. Jones Apr 2015

Mormonism, Originalism, And Utah’S Open Courts Clause, Jarom R. Jones

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Commandments, Crosses, & Prayers: The Roberts Court’S Approach To Public Religion, Zachary D. Smith Apr 2015

Commandments, Crosses, & Prayers: The Roberts Court’S Approach To Public Religion, Zachary D. Smith

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Standing In For The State: Defending Ballot Initiatives In Federal Court Challenges, Joshua J. Bishop Feb 2015

Standing In For The State: Defending Ballot Initiatives In Federal Court Challenges, Joshua J. Bishop

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Patent Claim Interpretation Review: Deference Or Correction Driven?, Christopher A. Cotropia Nov 2014

Patent Claim Interpretation Review: Deference Or Correction Driven?, Christopher A. Cotropia

BYU Law Review

This Article examines the Federal Circuit’s review of claim constructions by lower tribunals to determine whether the Federal Circuit defers to lower court constructions or is making its own, independent determination as to the “correct” construction and ultimate result in the case.

The data collected from 2010 to 2013 indicates that the Federal Circuit affirms about 75% of lower court claim interpretations. While this finding is itself surprising, even more surprising is that these reviews do not appear to be driven by deference. Instead, the Federal Circuit is less likely to correct constructions that resulted in a patentee loss below, …


The Heck Conundrum: Why Federal Courts Should Not Overextend The Heck V. Humphrey Preclusion Doctrine, Lyndon Bradshaw Apr 2014

The Heck Conundrum: Why Federal Courts Should Not Overextend The Heck V. Humphrey Preclusion Doctrine, Lyndon Bradshaw

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Safeguarding The Commander's Authority To Review The Findings Of A Court-Martial, Andrew S. Williams Mar 2014

Safeguarding The Commander's Authority To Review The Findings Of A Court-Martial, Andrew S. Williams

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

There are many good reasons why the military justice system is different than the civilian system. Much deserves to be said about why commanders must retain oversight and control over the court-martial process. The purpose of this paper is more limited in scope. It is to demonstrate that a court-martial panel is not a true jury and that the commander should retain the authority to review its findings for this reason alone.


Jury Nullification As A Tool To Balance The Demands Of Law And Justice, Aaron Mcknight Jan 2014

Jury Nullification As A Tool To Balance The Demands Of Law And Justice, Aaron Mcknight

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


For The Times They Are A-Changin': Explaining Voting Patters Of U.S. Supreme Court Justices Through Identification Of Micro-Publics, Jeff Yates, Justin Moeller, Brian Levey Jul 2013

For The Times They Are A-Changin': Explaining Voting Patters Of U.S. Supreme Court Justices Through Identification Of Micro-Publics, Jeff Yates, Justin Moeller, Brian Levey

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

In assessing how social forces may shape U.S. Supreme Court Justices’ decision-making it has been presumed that there is a singular public opinion and that this opinion affects each individual Justice in largely the same fashion. We suggest that it is more likely the case that Justices’ world views are informed and shaped by a myriad of social concerns and group identities upon which the Justices structure and process their experiences and develop and refine their personal schemas. While some have already begun to question the proposition of a monolithic public opinion influence on judicial behavior and have begun to …


Congressional Silence And The Statutory Interpretation Game, Paul Stancil Jan 2013

Congressional Silence And The Statutory Interpretation Game, Paul Stancil

Faculty Scholarship

This Article explores the circumstances under which the federal legislative apparatus may be unable to respond to a politically objectionable statutory interpretation from the Supreme Court. The Article builds upon existing economic models of statutory interpretation, for the first time incorporating transaction costs into the analysis. The Article concludes by identifying recent real-world disputes in which transaction costs constrained Congress and the President from overriding the Court.


Supreme Court Oral Argument Video: A Review Of Media Effects Research And Suggestions For Study, Edward L. Carter Dec 2012

Supreme Court Oral Argument Video: A Review Of Media Effects Research And Suggestions For Study, Edward L. Carter

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Failure To Communicate, Erwin Chemerinsky Dec 2012

A Failure To Communicate, Erwin Chemerinsky

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Justices And News Judgment: The Supreme Court As News Editor, Amy Gajda Dec 2012

The Justices And News Judgment: The Supreme Court As News Editor, Amy Gajda

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


U.S. Supreme Court Justices And Press Access, Ronnell Andersen Jones Dec 2012

U.S. Supreme Court Justices And Press Access, Ronnell Andersen Jones

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Not A Free Press Court?, Lyrissa Barnett Lidsky Dec 2012

Not A Free Press Court?, Lyrissa Barnett Lidsky

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Cameras At The Supreme Court: A Rhetorical Analysis, Lisa T. Mcelroy Dec 2012

Cameras At The Supreme Court: A Rhetorical Analysis, Lisa T. Mcelroy

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Monster In The Courtroom, Sonja R. West Dec 2012

The Monster In The Courtroom, Sonja R. West

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Moving Beyond Cameras In The Courtroom: Technology, The Media, And The Supreme Court, Mary-Rose Papandrea Dec 2012

Moving Beyond Cameras In The Courtroom: Technology, The Media, And The Supreme Court, Mary-Rose Papandrea

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.