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Equal Protection Jan 1991

Equal Protection

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Separation Of Powers Jan 1991

Separation Of Powers

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Governmental Inaction As A Constitutional Tort: Deshaney And Its Aftermath, Thomas A. Eaton, Michael Wells Jan 1991

Governmental Inaction As A Constitutional Tort: Deshaney And Its Aftermath, Thomas A. Eaton, Michael Wells

Scholarly Works

DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services is the Supreme Court's first major effort to define the scope of state and local governments' affirmative obligations under the fourteenth amendment. The Court rejected liability against a county welfare agency and a caseworker for failing to prevent a father from severely beating his four-year-old son. The Court intimated that constitutional affirmative duties exist only where the plaintiff is in the state's custody. Scholarly commentary reads the case as announcing a sweeping prohibition against the imposition of affirmative duties in other contexts. Professors Eaton and Wells demonstrate that the DeShaney opinion is …


Review Of Affirmative Action After Metro Broadcasting V. Fcc: The Solution Almost Nobody Wanted, Douglas O. Linder Jan 1991

Review Of Affirmative Action After Metro Broadcasting V. Fcc: The Solution Almost Nobody Wanted, Douglas O. Linder

Faculty Works

No abstract provided.


Indian Reservations And The Preservation Of Tribal Culture: Beyond Wardship To Stewardship, John W. Ragsdale Jr Jan 1991

Indian Reservations And The Preservation Of Tribal Culture: Beyond Wardship To Stewardship, John W. Ragsdale Jr

Faculty Works

No abstract provided.


A Comparison Of A Mentally Ill Individual's Right To Refuse Medication Under The United States And The New York State Constitutions, William M. Brooks Jan 1991

A Comparison Of A Mentally Ill Individual's Right To Refuse Medication Under The United States And The New York State Constitutions, William M. Brooks

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Due Process Jan 1991

Due Process

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Due Process Jan 1991

Due Process

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Equal Protection Jan 1991

Equal Protection

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Freedom Of Speech And The Press Jan 1991

Freedom Of Speech And The Press

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Constitutionality Of High-Speed Pursuits Under The Fourth And Fourteenth Amendments, Kathryn R. Urbonya Jan 1991

The Constitutionality Of High-Speed Pursuits Under The Fourth And Fourteenth Amendments, Kathryn R. Urbonya

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Administrative Failure And Local Democracy: The Politics Of Deshaney, Jack M. Beermann Nov 1990

Administrative Failure And Local Democracy: The Politics Of Deshaney, Jack M. Beermann

Faculty Scholarship

This Essay is an effort to construct a normative basis for a constitutional theory to resist the Supreme Court's recent decision in DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services.1 In DeShaney, the Court decided that a local social service worker's failure to prevent child abuse did not violate the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment even though the social worker "had reason to believe" the abuse was occurring. 2 Chief Justice Rehnquist's opinion for the Court held that government inaction cannot violate due process unless the state has custody of the victim, 3 thus settling a controversial …


Pure Politics, Girardeau A. Spann Jun 1990

Pure Politics, Girardeau A. Spann

Michigan Law Review

Part I of this article considers the impact that judicial discretion has on the traditional model of judicial review, and that model's reliance on the Supreme Court as the primary guardian of minority interests. Part II argues that the interests of racial minorities can be better advanced through the ordinary political process than through the process of Supreme Court adjudication. Part Ill emphasizes that minority participation in Supreme Court proceedings cannot ultimately be avoided and, accordingly, suggests a political model of the Court that minorities can use in an effort to neutralize the Court's distortion of the political process. Part …


Equal Protection, Class Legislation, And Sex Discrimination: One Small Cheer For Mr. Herbert Spencer's Social Statics, Mark G. Yudof May 1990

Equal Protection, Class Legislation, And Sex Discrimination: One Small Cheer For Mr. Herbert Spencer's Social Statics, Mark G. Yudof

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Fourteenth Amendment: From Political Principle to Judicial Doctrine by William E. Nelson


The Fourteenth Amendment And The Bill Of Rights, Raoul Berger May 1990

The Fourteenth Amendment And The Bill Of Rights, Raoul Berger

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Deshaney's Effect On Future "Poor Joshuas" -Whether A State Should Be Liable Under The Fourteenth Amendment For Harm Inflicted By A Private Individual, Lori Demond May 1990

Deshaney's Effect On Future "Poor Joshuas" -Whether A State Should Be Liable Under The Fourteenth Amendment For Harm Inflicted By A Private Individual, Lori Demond

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


From Parratt To Zinermon: Authorization, Adequacy, And Immunity In A Systematic Analysis Of State Procedure, Daniel S. Feder May 1990

From Parratt To Zinermon: Authorization, Adequacy, And Immunity In A Systematic Analysis Of State Procedure, Daniel S. Feder

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Virtue Of Liberality In American Communal Life, Linda R. Hirshman Apr 1990

The Virtue Of Liberality In American Communal Life, Linda R. Hirshman

Michigan Law Review

This article attacks the barriers to articulation of a theory of the good and advocates discussion of the substance of a good regime, specifically, a good American regime. Part I of this article addresses in some detail the civic republicans' revival of interest in the common life. I propose that it is dauntingly difficult, if not impossible, to articulate a satisfying version of a common life without a theory of the good life, an undertaking traditionally associated with authoritarianism and elitism. Rather than abandoning the enterprise, however, I propose to reopen the assumption that the association automatically rules out any …


Victory For Billboard Control: The Fourth Circuit Vacates And Remands Waynesville, Thomas P. Cody Mar 1990

Victory For Billboard Control: The Fourth Circuit Vacates And Remands Waynesville, Thomas P. Cody

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

No abstract provided.


The Ripple Effects Of Slaughter-House: A Critique Of A Negative Rights View Of The Constitution, Michael J. Gerhardt Mar 1990

The Ripple Effects Of Slaughter-House: A Critique Of A Negative Rights View Of The Constitution, Michael J. Gerhardt

Vanderbilt Law Review

Upon seeing Niagara Falls for the first time, Oscar Wilde reportedly remarked that it "would be more impressive if it flowed the other way." I have a similar reaction to a series of narrow Supreme Court interpretations of the fourteenth amendment, beginning with the Slaughter-House Cases, decided in 1872, and extending to the 1989 decisions in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services and DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services. In Slaughter-House the Court interpreted the privileges or immunities clause of the fourteenth amendment as merely protecting interests other federal laws already protected, while recently the Court interpreted the due …


Progressive And Conservative Constitutionalism, Robin West Feb 1990

Progressive And Conservative Constitutionalism, Robin West

Michigan Law Review

The article's central thesis is that the understandings of the constitutional tradition most central to both paradigms are determined by sometimes implicit, but more often explicit, political dispositions toward various forms of social and private power, and the normative authority to which social and private power gives rise. Very broadly, conservative constitutionalists view private or social normative authority as the legitimate and best source of guidance for state action; accordingly, they view both the Constitution and constitutional adjudication as means of preserving and protecting that authority and the power that undergirds it against either legislative or judicial encroachment. Progressive constitutionalists, …


Addressing The Needs Of Attorneys For The Damned, Sean O'Brien Jan 1990

Addressing The Needs Of Attorneys For The Damned, Sean O'Brien

Faculty Works

This article is an introduction to the UMKC Law Review symposium issue dedicated to exploring the topic of capital punishment. UMKC Professor of Law Sean O’Brien shares how the growing importance of capital litigation makes this a timely and appropriate subject for consideration and shares how the university and the Law Review's attention to the death penalty debate contributes to more than just academic discussion.


Reconstructing Section Five Of The Fourteenth Amendment To Assist Impoverished Children, James G. Wilson Jan 1990

Reconstructing Section Five Of The Fourteenth Amendment To Assist Impoverished Children, James G. Wilson

Law Faculty Articles and Essays

Liberal lawyers encounter grim alternatives caused by the Supreme Court's relentless shift to the right, particularly if they consider stare decisis a major constitutional value. They can attack specific decisions, demonstrating inconsistencies with prior cases, conclusory reasoning and/ or poor policy. They can use history, jurisprudence or even literature to make broad-based critiques of the Court's increasing callousness. They can propose counter-doctrine which is consistent with existing caselaw. The third response may appear quixotic, even naive, given the present Court. Nevertheless, exploration of progressive alternatives illuminates existing doctrine and provides potential openings if the Court ever decides to become more …


Random Drug Testing Of Student Athletes By State Universities In The Wake Of Von Raab And Skinner, Leroy Pernell Jan 1990

Random Drug Testing Of Student Athletes By State Universities In The Wake Of Von Raab And Skinner, Leroy Pernell

Journal Publications

This article will focus on the particularly complicated question of the legality of drug testing at state universities. State universities comprise a significant number of the universities involved in intercollegiate athletics at the major conference level. The state university at the same time is a branch of the state and operates under color of state law. As such, its actions fall under the additional scrutiny of the constitutional principles contained in, and incorporated through, the fourteenth amendment to the United States Constitution. In examining the legal significance of drug testing of student-athletes at a state university, this article will closely …


Capital Punishment In Missouri: Recent Developments In The Interpretation And Administration Of The Death Penalty, Ellen Y. Suni Jan 1990

Capital Punishment In Missouri: Recent Developments In The Interpretation And Administration Of The Death Penalty, Ellen Y. Suni

Faculty Works

No abstract provided.


A Step Towards Fairness In Capital Litigation: Missouri Resource Center, Sean O'Brien Jan 1990

A Step Towards Fairness In Capital Litigation: Missouri Resource Center, Sean O'Brien

Faculty Works

No abstract provided.


When Sovereigns Collide: Why America's Figure Skating Competitors Are The Ultimate Losers Under The Amateur Sports Act Of 1978, Jonathan S. Fishbein Jan 1990

When Sovereigns Collide: Why America's Figure Skating Competitors Are The Ultimate Losers Under The Amateur Sports Act Of 1978, Jonathan S. Fishbein

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Circumventing Racism: Confronting The Problem Of The Affirmative Action Ideology, Christopher T. Wonnell Mar 1989

Circumventing Racism: Confronting The Problem Of The Affirmative Action Ideology, Christopher T. Wonnell

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Section 1983 And The Due Process Clause: Crossing The Constitutional Line, Linda G. Gay Feb 1989

Section 1983 And The Due Process Clause: Crossing The Constitutional Line, Linda G. Gay

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.


Housing Discrimination, Richard F. Bellman ,Esq., Richard Cahn ,Esq. Jan 1989

Housing Discrimination, Richard F. Bellman ,Esq., Richard Cahn ,Esq.

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.