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Full-Text Articles in Law and Politics
Correspondence With A. Willis Robertson, Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
Correspondence With A. Willis Robertson, Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
Powell Correspondence
No abstract provided.
Reconsidering Christianity As A Support For Secular Law: A Final Reply To Professor Calhoun, Wayne R. Barnes
Reconsidering Christianity As A Support For Secular Law: A Final Reply To Professor Calhoun, Wayne R. Barnes
Washington and Lee Law Review Online
This symposium has revolved around Professor Calhoun’s article, which posits that it is completely legitimate, in proposing laws and public policies, to argue for them in the public square based on overtly religious principles. In my initial response, I took issue with his argument that no reasons justify barring faith-based arguments from the public square argument. In fact, I do find reasons justifying the prohibition of “faith-based,” or Christian, arguments in the public square—and, in fact, I find such reasons within Christianity itself. This is because what is being publicly communicated in Christian political argumentation is that if citizens comply …
Facebook's Alternative Facts, Sarah C. Haan
Facebook's Alternative Facts, Sarah C. Haan
Scholarly Articles
In this short essay, I argue that Facebook’s adoption of the alternative-facts frame potentially contributes to the divisiveness that has made social media misinformation a powerful digital tool. Facebook’s choice to present information as “facts” and “alternative facts” endorses a binary system in which all information can be divided between moral or tribal categories—“bad” versus “good” speech, as Sandberg put it in her testimony to Congress. As we will see, Facebook’s related-articles strategy adopts this binary construction, offering a both-sides News Feed that encourages users to view information as cleaving along natural moral or political divisions.
If Separation Of Church And State Doesn’T Demand Separating Religion From Politics, Does Christian Doctrine Require It?, Samuel W. Calhoun
If Separation Of Church And State Doesn’T Demand Separating Religion From Politics, Does Christian Doctrine Require It?, Samuel W. Calhoun
Washington and Lee Law Review Online
This Essay responds to comments by Wayne Barnes, Ian Huyett, and David Smolin on my prior Article, Separation of Church and State: Jefferson, Lincoln, and the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., Show It Was Never Intended to Separate Religion From Politics. Part II, although noting a few disagreements with Huyett and Smolin, principally argues that they strengthen the case for the appropriateness of religious arguments in the public square. Part III evaluates Wayne Barnes’s contention that Christian doctrine requires separating religion from politics.
Church History, Liberty, And Political Morality: A Response To Professor Calhoun, Ian Huyett
Church History, Liberty, And Political Morality: A Response To Professor Calhoun, Ian Huyett
Washington and Lee Law Review Online
In his address, Professor Calhoun used American Christian abolitionism to illustrate the beneficial role that religion can play in political debate. Surveying the past two millennia, I argue that Christian political thought has protected liberty in every era of the church’s dramatic history. Along the way, I rebut critics—from the left and right—who urge that Christianity’s political influence has been unhelpful or harmful. I also seek to show that statements like “religion has no place in politics” are best understood as expressions of arbitrary bias.
The Paradox Of Christian-Based Political Advocacy: A Reply To Professor Calhoun, Wayne R. Barnes
The Paradox Of Christian-Based Political Advocacy: A Reply To Professor Calhoun, Wayne R. Barnes
Washington and Lee Law Review Online
Professor Calhoun, in his Article around which this symposium is based, has asserted that it is permissible for citizens to publicly argue for laws or public policy solutions based on explicitly religious reasons. Calhoun candidly admits that he has “long grappled” with this question (as have I, though he for longer), and, in probably the biggest understatement in this entire symposium, notes that Professor Kent Greenawalt identified this as “a particularly significant, debatable, and highly complex problem.” Is it ever. I have a position that I will advance in this article, but I wish to acknowledge at the outset that …
America's Creed: The Inevitable, Sometimes Dangerous, Mixing Of Religion And Politics, David M. Smolin
America's Creed: The Inevitable, Sometimes Dangerous, Mixing Of Religion And Politics, David M. Smolin
Washington and Lee Law Review Online
Political and philosophical theorists have often advocated for the exclusion of some or all religious perspectives from full participation in politics. Such approaches create criteria—such as public accessibility, public reason, or secular rationale—to legitimate such exclusion. During the 1990s I argued, as an evangelical Christian, against such exclusionary theories, defending the rights to full and equal political participation by evangelical Christians, traditionalist Roman Catholics, and any others who would be restricted by such criteria.
Separation Of Church And State: Jefferson, Lincoln, And The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., Show It Was Never Intended To Separate Religion From Politics, Samuel W. Calhoun
Separation Of Church And State: Jefferson, Lincoln, And The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., Show It Was Never Intended To Separate Religion From Politics, Samuel W. Calhoun
Washington and Lee Law Review Online
This Essay argues that it’s perfectly fine for religious citizens to openly bring their faith-based values to public policy disputes. Part II demonstrates that the Founders, exemplified by Thomas Jefferson, never intended to separate religion from politics. Part III, focusing upon Abraham Lincoln’s opposition to slavery, shows that religion and politics have been continuously intermixed ever since the Founding. Part IV, emphasizing the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., argues that no other reasons justify barring faith-based arguments from the public square.
Germany Vs. Europe: The Principle Of Democracy In German Constitutional Law And The Troubled Future Of European Integration, Russell A. Miller
Germany Vs. Europe: The Principle Of Democracy In German Constitutional Law And The Troubled Future Of European Integration, Russell A. Miller
Scholarly Articles
This Article introduces the Demokratieprinzip. In Part II, I begin by more fully documenting the Euro-skeptical turn in Germany's relationship with Europe, paying particular attention to the central role played by the Constitutional Court's interpretation of the Demokratieprinzip. Part III, in four subparts, provides a doctrinal introduction to the principle of democracy. First, I map the principle's bases in the text of the German Grundgesetz (Basic Law or Constitution). Second, I present the gloss the Constitutional Court has given the principle, making special reference to the Court's recent decisions involving challenges to Germany's participation in measures seeking to advance European …
Standing At A Constitutional Divide: Redefining State And Federal Requirements For Initiatives After Hollingsworth V. Perry, Scott L. Kafker, David A. Russcol
Standing At A Constitutional Divide: Redefining State And Federal Requirements For Initiatives After Hollingsworth V. Perry, Scott L. Kafker, David A. Russcol
Washington and Lee Law Review
In Hollingsworth v. Perry, the Supreme Court denied standing to proponents of the California initiative prohibiting same-sex marriage, who wished to appeal a federal district court judge’s decision declaring the initiative unconstitutional. As suggested by the dissent, Hollingsworth has severe consequences for the twenty-four states in which the people can bypass elected officials and legislate directly through the initiative. The Supreme Court has established a clear constitutional divide between state and federal standing requirements for initiatives. Whereas states provide generous standing to proponents so officials do not exclusively control the defense of the people’s initiative process, the Supreme Court …
Limiting The Legislative Privilege: Analyzing The Scope Of The Speech Or Debate Clause, Kelly M. Mcguire
Limiting The Legislative Privilege: Analyzing The Scope Of The Speech Or Debate Clause, Kelly M. Mcguire
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Random Chance Or Loaded Dice: The Politics Of Judicial Designation, Todd C. Peppers, Katherine Vigilante, Christopher Zorn
Random Chance Or Loaded Dice: The Politics Of Judicial Designation, Todd C. Peppers, Katherine Vigilante, Christopher Zorn
Scholarly Articles
Here, we take advantage of a unique characteristic of the procedures of the U.S. courts of appeals—the discretion held by chief judges to designate district court judges to three-judge appellate panels— to examine empirically the importance of oversight and judicial hierarchy on judges' behavior in those courts. Specifically, we examine the extent to which decisions about the policy preferences of designated judges vary systematically with the ideological tenor of the chief judge himself, the court as a whole, and the U.S. Supreme Court. More simply put, we ask: are district court judges selected to sit on appeals court panels simply …
Failed Rescue: Why Davis V. Fec Signals The End To Effective Clean Elections, E. Stewart Crosland
Failed Rescue: Why Davis V. Fec Signals The End To Effective Clean Elections, E. Stewart Crosland
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Legacy Of Colonialism: Law And Women's Rights In India, Varsha Chitnis, Danaya Wright
The Legacy Of Colonialism: Law And Women's Rights In India, Varsha Chitnis, Danaya Wright
Washington and Lee Law Review
The relationship between nineteenth century England and colonial India was complex in terms of negotiating the different constituencies that claimed an interest in the economic and moral development of the colonies. After India became subject to the sovereignty of the English Monarchy in 1858, its future became indelibly linked with that of England's, yet India's own unique history and culture meant that many of the reforms the colonialists set out to undertake worked out differently than they anticipated. In particular, the colonial ambition of civilizing the barbaric native Indian male underlay many of the legal reforms attempted in the nearly …
Tunisia At The Forefront Of The Arab World: Two Waves Of Gender Legislation, Mounira M. Charrad
Tunisia At The Forefront Of The Arab World: Two Waves Of Gender Legislation, Mounira M. Charrad
Washington and Lee Law Review
Starting in the 1950s and ever since, Tunisia has implemented gender legislation expanding women's rights in family law. The ground breaking phase occurred with the promulgation of the Code of Personal Status in the mid-1950s during the formation of a national state in the aftermath of independence from French colonial rule. Another major phase occurred in the 1990s with citizenship law reforms as embodied in the Tunisian Code of Nationality. As a result of these two major phases, Tunisia has been at the fore front of "woman friendly" legislative changes in the Arab- Muslim world and is widely recognized as …
The Future Of Palestinian Women's Rights: Lessons From A Half-Century Of Tunisian Progress, Adrien Katherine Wing, Hisham Kassim
The Future Of Palestinian Women's Rights: Lessons From A Half-Century Of Tunisian Progress, Adrien Katherine Wing, Hisham Kassim
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Bias Arbitrage, Amitai Aviram
Bias Arbitrage, Amitai Aviram
Washington and Lee Law Review
The production of law-including the choice of a law's subject matter, the timing of its enactment and the manner in which it is publicized and perceived by the public-is significantly driven by an extra-legal market in which politicians and private parties compete over the opportunity to engage in bias arbitrage. Bias arbitrage is the extraction of private benefits through actions that identify and mitigate discrepancies between actual risks and the public's perception of the same risks. Politicians arbitrage these discrepancies by enacting laws that address the misperceived risk and contain a "placebo effect"--a counter-bias that attempts to offset the pre-existing …
The Drafting Of A Constitution For The European Union: Europe's Madisonian Moment Or A Moment Of Madness?, Grainne De Burca
The Drafting Of A Constitution For The European Union: Europe's Madisonian Moment Or A Moment Of Madness?, Grainne De Burca
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Lords Of Democracy: The Judicialization Of "Pure Politics" In The United States And Germany, Russell A. Miller
Lords Of Democracy: The Judicialization Of "Pure Politics" In The United States And Germany, Russell A. Miller
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Restraint And Responsibility: Judicial Review Of Campaign Reform, Spencer Overton
Restraint And Responsibility: Judicial Review Of Campaign Reform, Spencer Overton
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Politics Of Medicare Reform, Jonathan Oberlander
The Politics Of Medicare Reform, Jonathan Oberlander
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Medicare And Political Analysis: Omissions, Understandings, And Misunderstandings, Theodore Marmor, Spencer Martin, Jonathan Oberlander
Medicare And Political Analysis: Omissions, Understandings, And Misunderstandings, Theodore Marmor, Spencer Martin, Jonathan Oberlander
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Campaign Finance Reform: Central Meaning And A New Approach, Mark C. Alexander
Campaign Finance Reform: Central Meaning And A New Approach, Mark C. Alexander
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
New Federalism's Unanswered Question: Who Should Prosecute State And Local Officials For Political Corruption?, George D. Brown
New Federalism's Unanswered Question: Who Should Prosecute State And Local Officials For Political Corruption?, George D. Brown
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Foreword, Azizah Y. Al-Hibri
Foreword, Azizah Y. Al-Hibri
Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice
No abstract provided.
When Money Talks: Reconciling Buckley, The First Amendment, And Campaign Finance Reform, Stephanie Pestorich Manson
When Money Talks: Reconciling Buckley, The First Amendment, And Campaign Finance Reform, Stephanie Pestorich Manson
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Challenges To Racial Redistricting In The New Millennium: Hunt V. Cromartie As A Case Study, Guy-Uriel E. Charles, Luis Fuentes-Rohwer
Challenges To Racial Redistricting In The New Millennium: Hunt V. Cromartie As A Case Study, Guy-Uriel E. Charles, Luis Fuentes-Rohwer
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Democratic National Committee V. Edward J. Rollins: Politics As Usual Or Unusual Politics?, Rachel E. Berry
Democratic National Committee V. Edward J. Rollins: Politics As Usual Or Unusual Politics?, Rachel E. Berry
Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Judge Wisdom And The 1952 Republican National Convention: Ensuring Victory For Eisenhower And A Two-Party System For Louisiana, Joel William Friedman
Judge Wisdom And The 1952 Republican National Convention: Ensuring Victory For Eisenhower And A Two-Party System For Louisiana, Joel William Friedman
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Challenging Episodic Practices Under Section 2 Of The Voting Rights Act: Critical Analysis Of Ortiz V. City Of Philadelphia Office Of The City Commissioners Voter Registration Division, John A. Earnhardt
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.