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The Right To Seek Joy, Tyler Rose Clemons Jan 2026

The Right To Seek Joy, Tyler Rose Clemons

Faculty Publications

Within the past three years, roughly half of American states have restricted access to gender-affirming medical treatment for children. In this article, I argue that these bans violate transgender children’s right to liberty guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause. I do so by excavating the Framers’ understanding of liberty as the right to seek joy. Rooted in the philosophies of John Locke and Epicurus, the Framers understood liberty as the right to make important life decisions according to one’s subjective preferences without undue interference from the government. Based on this understanding, I develop a new framework for substantive …


Get Educated: Ask, Tell, And Say Gay, Matthew Oster Mar 2025

Get Educated: Ask, Tell, And Say Gay, Matthew Oster

St. John's Law Review

(Excerpt)

On July 6, 1999, Private Barry Winchell was murdered in his sleep by a fellow soldier for dating a transgender woman. Superiors were aware that Private Winchell was being harassed for dating a transgender woman but took no action to stop it. U.S. Department of Defense Directive 1304.26, commonly referred to as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (“DADT”), was the policy for the United States military for nearly two decades beginning in 1993. A policy meant to protect “unit cohesion” instead itself engendered hatred and violence among servicemembers. Unfortunately, government-sanctioned discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community did not end with the …


Protecting The Anti-Oppression Legacy Of Obergefell After Dobbs, Tracy Turner Mar 2025

Protecting The Anti-Oppression Legacy Of Obergefell After Dobbs, Tracy Turner

St. John's Law Review

(Excerpt)

This Article contributes to the task of revitalizing Justice Kennedy’s analysis after its absence from Dobbs by explaining the inadequacies not only of the Glucksberg substantive due process test, but also of the Court’s interpretation of the Equal Protection Clause. The flaws in equal protection doctrine include the Court’s overly narrow view of which groups are entitled to protection as “suspect classifications” and its failure to address unintentional government support of systemic discrimination. When these gaps in equal protection doctrine are viewed together with the gaps in the Glucksberg test for substantive due process, the need for Justice Kennedy’s …


Coercive Ideology, Tyler Rose Clemons Jan 2024

Coercive Ideology, Tyler Rose Clemons

Faculty Publications

Current equal protection jurisprudence does not permit challenges to discriminatory government expression, no matter how blatant or extreme. This doctrine, which I label the discriminatory treatment requirement, is a manifestation of anticlassification, the prevailing equal protection framework since the mid-1970s. According to anticlassification, only suspect government classifications implicate the Equal Protection Clause. In this Article, I contend that discriminatory government expression violates the Clause because it contributes integrally to racial subordination. Through a process I call coercive ideology, discriminatory government expression serves as a veiled threat that manipulates individuals into performing public compliance with the dominant ideology. Like the script …


This Isn't A Reality Show: How Social Media Livestreams Of High-Profile Criminal Trials May Violate One's Right To A Fair Trial, Ryan Fenn Jun 2023

This Isn't A Reality Show: How Social Media Livestreams Of High-Profile Criminal Trials May Violate One's Right To A Fair Trial, Ryan Fenn

St. John's Law Review

(Excerpt)

Since the invention of television in 1927, the American legal system faced drastic changes. In 1935, the first trial was broadcast to the public in the case of Bruno Hauptmann. During the trial, “[e]laborate telegraph equipment” was installed in the courtroom, with “sound and motion picture equipment . . . plainly visible in the [courtroom] balcony.” From 1935 on, broadcasting technology has been utilized in the courtroom to convey the inner workings of certain courts to the public, which has stimulated debate over whether the use of this technology is conducive to a fair trial under the Sixth and …


Shh! State Legislators Bite Your Tongues: Semantics Dictates The Constitutionality Of Public School "Moment Of Silence" Statutes, Elizabeth Anne Walsh Nov 2017

Shh! State Legislators Bite Your Tongues: Semantics Dictates The Constitutionality Of Public School "Moment Of Silence" Statutes, Elizabeth Anne Walsh

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


Silent Protest: A Catholic Justice Dissents In Buck V. Bell, Phillip Thompson Nov 2017

Silent Protest: A Catholic Justice Dissents In Buck V. Bell, Phillip Thompson

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


Legal/Legislative Issues In Euthanasia And Physician-Assisted Suicide, Edward Grant Oct 2017

Legal/Legislative Issues In Euthanasia And Physician-Assisted Suicide, Edward Grant

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


The Right To Self-Directed Death: Reconsidering An Ancient Proscription, G. Steven Neeley Oct 2017

The Right To Self-Directed Death: Reconsidering An Ancient Proscription, G. Steven Neeley

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


Bray V. Alexandria Women's Health Clinic: Abortion Protesters Are Not Liable Under The Ku Klux Klan Act, Sue Mota Oct 2017

Bray V. Alexandria Women's Health Clinic: Abortion Protesters Are Not Liable Under The Ku Klux Klan Act, Sue Mota

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


The Equal Rights Amendment: A Legal Assessment, Wilfred R. Caron Sep 2017

The Equal Rights Amendment: A Legal Assessment, Wilfred R. Caron

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


Abortion And The Conscience Of The Nation, Ronald Reagan Sep 2017

Abortion And The Conscience Of The Nation, Ronald Reagan

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


Humane Provisions For Aborted Human Remains, Patrick Monaghan Sep 2017

Humane Provisions For Aborted Human Remains, Patrick Monaghan

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


Human Life Federalism Amendment - I. Legal Aspects, Professor John S. Noonan, University Of California Sep 2017

Human Life Federalism Amendment - I. Legal Aspects, Professor John S. Noonan, University Of California

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


Human Life Federalism Amendment - I. Legal Aspects, Dennis J. Horan, Esq. Sep 2017

Human Life Federalism Amendment - I. Legal Aspects, Dennis J. Horan, Esq.

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


Human Life Federalism Amendment - I. Legal Aspects, Wilfred R. Caron, General Counsel, United States Catholic Conference Sep 2017

Human Life Federalism Amendment - I. Legal Aspects, Wilfred R. Caron, General Counsel, United States Catholic Conference

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


The Establishment Clause - The Expanding Definition Of Excessive Entanglement: Gilfillan V. City Of Philadelphia, Joseph J. Tesoriero Sep 2017

The Establishment Clause - The Expanding Definition Of Excessive Entanglement: Gilfillan V. City Of Philadelphia, Joseph J. Tesoriero

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


Critical Abortion Litigation, Dennis J. Hoaran, Hinshaw, Culbertson, Hobon & Fuller Chicago, Illinois Sep 2017

Critical Abortion Litigation, Dennis J. Hoaran, Hinshaw, Culbertson, Hobon & Fuller Chicago, Illinois

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


Photography And The Right To Privacy: The French And American Approaches, W. J. Wagner Sep 2017

Photography And The Right To Privacy: The French And American Approaches, W. J. Wagner

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


National Origin Discrimination Against Americans Of Southern And Eastern European Ancestry: A Review Of The Legal History And Judicial Interpretations, Rachel Rossoni Munafo Aug 2017

National Origin Discrimination Against Americans Of Southern And Eastern European Ancestry: A Review Of The Legal History And Judicial Interpretations, Rachel Rossoni Munafo

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


Wade & Bolton: Fundamental Legal Errors And Dangerous Implications, Robert M. Byrn Mar 2017

Wade & Bolton: Fundamental Legal Errors And Dangerous Implications, Robert M. Byrn

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


The Right To Abortion: Expansion Of The Right To Privacy Through The Fourteenth Amendment, David Goldenberg Mar 2017

The Right To Abortion: Expansion Of The Right To Privacy Through The Fourteenth Amendment, David Goldenberg

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


Obscenity Law: Après Stanley, Le Deluge?, Michael J. Gaynor Feb 2017

Obscenity Law: Après Stanley, Le Deluge?, Michael J. Gaynor

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


Recent Abortion Litigation, Martin F. Mckernan, Jr. Feb 2017

Recent Abortion Litigation, Martin F. Mckernan, Jr.

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


Discrimination In Employment, Housing, And Education: Constitutional Concepts And Social Theories, Frederick D. Braid Jan 2017

Discrimination In Employment, Housing, And Education: Constitutional Concepts And Social Theories, Frederick D. Braid

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


Thompson V. Shapiro: Residence Requirements And The Right To Life Dec 2016

Thompson V. Shapiro: Residence Requirements And The Right To Life

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


Statute Requiring Period Of Residency For Receipt Of Welfare Benefits Held Violative Of The Equal Protection Clause Dec 2016

Statute Requiring Period Of Residency For Receipt Of Welfare Benefits Held Violative Of The Equal Protection Clause

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


Sit-In Conduct Held Constitutionally Protected Dec 2016

Sit-In Conduct Held Constitutionally Protected

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


Payment Of A Fee As An "Electoral Standard" Held Violative Of Fourteenth Amendment Dec 2016

Payment Of A Fee As An "Electoral Standard" Held Violative Of Fourteenth Amendment

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.


State Not Required To Provide Counsel On Appeal To Supreme Court Oct 2016

State Not Required To Provide Counsel On Appeal To Supreme Court

The Catholic Lawyer

No abstract provided.