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Progress And Constitutionalism, Robert F. Nagel Jan 1996

Progress And Constitutionalism, Robert F. Nagel

Publications

No abstract provided.


Johnson V. De Grandy: Mixed Messages On Equal Electoral Opportunity Under Section 2 Of The Voting Rights Act, Brenda Wright Mar 1995

Johnson V. De Grandy: Mixed Messages On Equal Electoral Opportunity Under Section 2 Of The Voting Rights Act, Brenda Wright

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

Johnson v. De Grandy' is Florida's contribution to the burgeoning Supreme Court jurisprudence addressing the redistricting which followed the 1990 Census.2 That round of redistricting has been heavily influenced by Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which Congress amended in 1982 to prohibit election practices that deny minorities an equal opportunity to participate in the political process andelect candidates of their choice to office.3 Because the composition of election districts may have a powerful impact on the ability of racial or ethnic minorities to elect candidates of their choice to office, 4 redistricting is among the practices …


Holder V. Hall: Blinking At Minority Voting Rights, Laughlin Mcdonald Mar 1995

Holder V. Hall: Blinking At Minority Voting Rights, Laughlin Mcdonald

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

Parts I and II of this Article discuss the sole commissioner form of government in Bleckley County and the nature and disposition of plaintiffs' Section 2 challenge in the lower courts. Part III analyzes the decision of the Supreme Court, its formalistic construction of Section 2, and the Court's retreat from voting rights enforcement. Part IV is a critique of the concurring opinion of Justice Thomas and responds to his arguments that the creation of majority-minority districts improperly embroils the courts in political theorizing and is a form of segregation. This Article concludes with a discussion of the critical role …


The Constitutionality Of Racial Redistricting: A Critique Of Shaw V. Reno, Frank R, Parker Mar 1995

The Constitutionality Of Racial Redistricting: A Critique Of Shaw V. Reno, Frank R, Parker

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Due Process Jan 1995

Due Process

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Due Process Jan 1995

Due Process

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Equal Protection Jan 1995

Equal Protection

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Equal Protection Jan 1995

Equal Protection

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Section 1983 Litigation, Martin A. Schwartz Jan 1995

Section 1983 Litigation, Martin A. Schwartz

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Religious Freedom Restoration Act: The Constitutional Significance Of An Unconstitutional Statute, Daniel O. Conkle Jan 1995

The Religious Freedom Restoration Act: The Constitutional Significance Of An Unconstitutional Statute, Daniel O. Conkle

Articles by Maurer Faculty

This article addresses the constitutionality and the constitutional significance of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA), through which Congress, relying on Section 5 of the 14th Amendment, attempted to repudiate the Supreme Court's restrictive interpretation of the Free Exercise Clause, as announced in Employment Division v. Smith, and to adopt in its place a more generous regime of religious freedom. The article advances two major propositions. First, it contends that despite the Act's noble purpose, RFRA circumvents the process of constitutional amendment, frustrates the Supreme Court's role as the primary interpreter of the Constitution, and improperly intrudes on …


Equal Protection Jan 1995

Equal Protection

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Other Right-To-Life Debate: When Does Fourteenth Amendment Life End, Douglas O. Linder Jan 1995

The Other Right-To-Life Debate: When Does Fourteenth Amendment Life End, Douglas O. Linder

Faculty Works

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Reflections On From Slaves To Citizens Bondage, Freedom And The Constitution: The New Slavery Scholarship And Its Impact On Law And Legal Historiography, Robert J. Kaczorowski Jan 1995

Reflections On From Slaves To Citizens Bondage, Freedom And The Constitution: The New Slavery Scholarship And Its Impact On Law And Legal Historiography, Robert J. Kaczorowski

Faculty Scholarship

The thesis of Professor Donald Nieman's paper, "From Slaves to Citizens: African-Americans, Rights Consciousness, and Reconstruction," is that the nation experienced a revolution in the United States Constitution and in the consciousness of African Americans. According to Professor Nieman, the Reconstruction Amendments represented "a dramatic departure from antebellum constitutional principles,"' because the Thirteenth Amendment reversed the pre-Civil War constitutional guarantee of slavery and "abolish[ed] slavery by federal authority." The Fourteenth Amendment rejected the Supreme Court's "racially-based definition of citizenship [in Dred Scott v. Sandford4], clearly establishing a color-blind citizenship” and the Fifteenth Amendment "wrote the principle of equality into the …


Equal Protection Jan 1995

Equal Protection

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Forty Years In The Desert, Paul F. Campos Jan 1995

Forty Years In The Desert, Paul F. Campos

Publications

The author uses Brown v. Board of Education and the volumes of commentary it has provoked to illustrate that coherent constitutional interpretation is a useless exercise. He argues that the decision should be accepted as political reality and moral necessity and that we should cease debating its merit as constitutional interpretation.


The Religious Freedom Restoration Act: Letting The Fox Into The Henhouse Under Cover Of Section 5 Of The Fourteenth Amendment, Marci A. Hamilton Dec 1994

The Religious Freedom Restoration Act: Letting The Fox Into The Henhouse Under Cover Of Section 5 Of The Fourteenth Amendment, Marci A. Hamilton

Cardozo Law Review

The Religious Freedom Restoration Act ("RFRA") has now been in effect for over a year. RFRA is an understandable, but unconstitutional, attempt to supplement the contemporary Supreme Court's crabbed reading of the Free Exercise Clause. In a nutshell, RFRA sets the standard of review-the "compelling interest" test-to be applied to federal and state law burdening the free exercise of religious conduct. RFRA has already been employed to decide a series of cases, most of which were brought by prison inmates. The time rapidly approaches when the courts of appeals, and even the Supreme Court, will be asked to pass on …


Freedom From Incarceration: Why Is This Right Different From All Other Rights?, Sherry F. Colb Nov 1994

Freedom From Incarceration: Why Is This Right Different From All Other Rights?, Sherry F. Colb

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

American constitutional jurisprudence has long accepted the notion that the exercise of certain rights can only be restricted by the government if the restriction satisfies strict scrutiny. The Supreme Court has identified such rights as fundamental often by relying on an expansive interpretation of the word "liberty" in the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment. In this Article, Professor Colb argues that the Supreme Court has failed to recognize the right to physical liberty itself as a fundamental right. She demonstrates that at present conduct that is not itself constitutionally protected may serve as the basis for imprisonment even …


Go Home Stranger: An Analysis Of Unequal Workers' Compensation Death Benefits To Nonresident Alien Beneficiaries, Adam S. Hersh Jul 1994

Go Home Stranger: An Analysis Of Unequal Workers' Compensation Death Benefits To Nonresident Alien Beneficiaries, Adam S. Hersh

Florida State University Law Review

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A Precarious Path: The Bill Of Rights After 200 Years, Tony A. Freyer Apr 1994

A Precarious Path: The Bill Of Rights After 200 Years, Tony A. Freyer

Vanderbilt Law Review

The Bill of Rights occupies an ambiguous place in American society. Americans favor the Bill of Rights in principle, but when asked whether they support particular rights guarantees for real-life practices such as gun ownership, capital punishment, abortion, and flag burning, Americans fervently and profoundly disagree. The essays David J. Bodenhamer and James W. Ely, Jr. have compiled in The Bill of Rights in Modern America After 200 Years, richly suggest why Americans have reconciled principle and practice with such difficulty. Written for a popular audience by specialists who possess a profound knowledge of and differing views concerning the technical …


A Response To Professor Choper: Laying Down Another Ladder, Sheri Lynn Johnson Mar 1994

A Response To Professor Choper: Laying Down Another Ladder, Sheri Lynn Johnson

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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"Buying Up Speech": Active Government And The Terms Of The First Amendment And Fourteenth Amendments, William T. Mayton Feb 1994

"Buying Up Speech": Active Government And The Terms Of The First Amendment And Fourteenth Amendments, William T. Mayton

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Bi-Partisan Voting: In Re Matthews Jan 1994

Bi-Partisan Voting: In Re Matthews

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Due Process: People V. Morales Jan 1994

Due Process: People V. Morales

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Due Process: People V. Outley Jan 1994

Due Process: People V. Outley

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Due Process: Alfonso V. Fernandez Jan 1994

Due Process: Alfonso V. Fernandez

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Due Process: Manshul Construction Corp. V. New York City School Construction Authority Jan 1994

Due Process: Manshul Construction Corp. V. New York City School Construction Authority

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Due Process: Unification Theological Seminary V. City Of Poughkeepsie Jan 1994

Due Process: Unification Theological Seminary V. City Of Poughkeepsie

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Equal Protection: People V. Childress Jan 1994

Equal Protection: People V. Childress

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Equal Protection: In Re Cooper Jan 1994

Equal Protection: In Re Cooper

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Equal Protection: People V. Rodney Jan 1994

Equal Protection: People V. Rodney

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.