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Storm Center: The Supreme Court In American Politics, Nelson P. Miller May 1987

Storm Center: The Supreme Court In American Politics, Nelson P. Miller

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Storm Center: The Supreme Court in American Politics by David M. O'Brien


Birth Of A Nation: The Republic Of Palau Is Recognized As A Foreign Sovereign Under The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act Of 1976-Morgan Guaranty Trust V. Republic Of Palau, 639 F. Supp. 706 (S.D.N.Y. 1986), Mark Christian Hendricks May 1987

Birth Of A Nation: The Republic Of Palau Is Recognized As A Foreign Sovereign Under The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act Of 1976-Morgan Guaranty Trust V. Republic Of Palau, 639 F. Supp. 706 (S.D.N.Y. 1986), Mark Christian Hendricks

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


"In Stark Contravention Of Its Purpose": Federal Communications Commission Enforcement And Repeal Of The Fairness Doctrine, Michael J. Bolton Apr 1987

"In Stark Contravention Of Its Purpose": Federal Communications Commission Enforcement And Repeal Of The Fairness Doctrine, Michael J. Bolton

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

This Note analyzes current FCC policy to determine whether the agency violated its statutory purpose and acted unlawfully by restricting and later repealing the fairness doctrine. Because the Commission's attack on the doctrine has been based, in part, on conclusions drawn from the doctrine's history, Part I examines prior FCC enforcement of the fairness doctrine. Part II views the Commission's contemporary enforcement and repeal of the doctrine. Finally, Part III assesses Commission action in light of its legislative mandate and administrative law standards of judicial review to conclude that the FCC both violated its administrative responsibilities by deemphasizing enforcement of …


Final Report And Recommendations Of The Garrison Unit Joint Tribal Advisory Committee: Joint Hearing Before The Select Committee On Indian Affairs, United States Senate And The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources, United States Senate And The Committee On Interior And Insular Affairs, House Of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, First Session On Oversight Hearing On The Final Report And Recommendations Of The Garrison Unit Joint Tribal Advisory Committee, United States Congress, Us Senate, Us House Of Representatives Mar 1987

Final Report And Recommendations Of The Garrison Unit Joint Tribal Advisory Committee: Joint Hearing Before The Select Committee On Indian Affairs, United States Senate And The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources, United States Senate And The Committee On Interior And Insular Affairs, House Of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, First Session On Oversight Hearing On The Final Report And Recommendations Of The Garrison Unit Joint Tribal Advisory Committee, United States Congress, Us Senate, Us House Of Representatives

US Government Documents Related to Indigenous Nations

This report from the United States (US) Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs, the US Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources along with the Subcommittee on Water and Power, and the US House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs along with the Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources, dated March 30, 1987, includes the transcript of a hearing to address the US Department of the Interior’s Garrison Unit Joint Tribal Advisory Committee’s (JTAC) finding that “the tribes of the Standing Rock and Fort Berthold Indian Reservations bore an inordinate share of the cost of implementing the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin …


Judicial Conscience And Natural Rights: A Reply To Professor Jaffa, Bruce Ledewitz Jan 1987

Judicial Conscience And Natural Rights: A Reply To Professor Jaffa, Bruce Ledewitz

Ledewitz Papers

Published scholarship collected from academic journals, law reviews, newspaper publications & online periodicals.


The New Role Of Statutory Aggravating Circumstances In American Death Penalty Law, Bruce Ledewitz Jan 1987

The New Role Of Statutory Aggravating Circumstances In American Death Penalty Law, Bruce Ledewitz

Ledewitz Papers

Published scholarship collected from academic journals, law reviews, newspaper publications & online periodicals.


Public Officials, Kurt L. Krieger Jan 1987

Public Officials, Kurt L. Krieger

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Population Changes And Constitutional Amendments: Federalism Versus Democracy, Peter Suber Jan 1987

Population Changes And Constitutional Amendments: Federalism Versus Democracy, Peter Suber

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

To amend the federal Constitution, we need the assent of two-thirds of each house of Congress and three-fourths of the states. This Article focuses on the three-fourths requirement for the states. This threshold is particularly high, and it suggests that constitutional amendment is very difficult. In fact, amendment is difficult in different degrees for different constituencies, depending not on their numbers but on where they live.


Church-State Relations And Religious Convictions, R. Kent Greenawalt Jan 1987

Church-State Relations And Religious Convictions, R. Kent Greenawalt

Cleveland State Law Review

My overall concern is with the proper place of religious convictions in lawmaking in our society. My special focus is on the place of religious convictions in the political resolution of church-state issues. Though I shall comment in passing on various constitutional issues, the main thrust of my comments also lies within the domain of political philosophy. I agree that the promotion of religious views and practices is not the business of the state in our society. Nevertheless, I strongly resist the idea that either this premise or any other premise underlying our liberal democracy requires good liberal citizens to …


Coming To Terms With Terrorism- Relativity Of Wrongfulness And The Need For A New Framework, Daniel H. Derby Jan 1987

Coming To Terms With Terrorism- Relativity Of Wrongfulness And The Need For A New Framework, Daniel H. Derby

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Beyond Justiciability: Political Gerrymandering After Davis V. Bandemer, Michael A. Hess Jan 1987

Beyond Justiciability: Political Gerrymandering After Davis V. Bandemer, Michael A. Hess

Campbell Law Review

This article examines the decision in Davis v. Bandemer, as well as the political circumstances that resulted in unusual legal alliances during the appeal. The article also attempts to dispel at least some of the confusion surrounding the decision.


On The Constitutional Status Of The Administrative Agencies, Harold H. Bruff Jan 1987

On The Constitutional Status Of The Administrative Agencies, Harold H. Bruff

Publications

No abstract provided.


The Law Of The American West: A Critical Bibliography Of The Nonlegal Sources, Charles F. Wilkinson Jan 1987

The Law Of The American West: A Critical Bibliography Of The Nonlegal Sources, Charles F. Wilkinson

Publications

No abstract provided.


An Objective And Practical Test For Adjudicating Political Patronage Dismissals, Kathleen M. Dugan Jan 1987

An Objective And Practical Test For Adjudicating Political Patronage Dismissals, Kathleen M. Dugan

Cleveland State Law Review

Political patronage dismissal is not a new phenomenon, but judicial recognition of claims specifically alleging improper dismissal based on political affiliation has occurred only within the last twenty years. While the federal circuit courts have struggled to establish a standard by which to adjudicate patronage dismissal cases, their struggles have resulted in a plethora of inconsistent conclusions. Neither has the Supreme Court constructed a sufficiently concrete test to determine when an employee is exempt from patronage dismissal. The Elrod test is flawed in not limiting dismissals to political policymakers, and the Branti test is inadequate as it delegates the selection …


Social Theory And Political Practice: Unger's Brazilian Journalism, William H. Simon Jan 1987

Social Theory And Political Practice: Unger's Brazilian Journalism, William H. Simon

Faculty Scholarship

Roberto Mangabeira Unger is a citizen of Brazil. While working on Politics, his large-scale treatise on social theory, he has been active in his country's politics. Among the fruits of these activities is a series of political and programmatic commentaries on Brazil published in the Brazilian press. The commentaries apply the style of political analysis and the general political program elaborated in Politics to the recent circumstances of Brazil. Thus, they give an extended illustration of Unger's general social theory. At the same time, they exemplify a form of political writing that attempts to combine ambitious critical social theory …


Washington's Partial Veto Power: Judicial Construction Of Article Iii, Section 12, Heidi A. Irvin Jan 1987

Washington's Partial Veto Power: Judicial Construction Of Article Iii, Section 12, Heidi A. Irvin

Seattle University Law Review

This Note recommends that the separate subject test employed by Washington courts in reviewing the constitutional validity of partial vetoes be abandoned like the affirmative-negative test before it. In the alternative, the Constitution should be amended to remove any perceived need for a subjective judicial test. As a last-choice solution to the problem of uncertainty and inefficiency in the legislative process, the legislature should use its override powers more extensively.


Review Essay: Liberalism And The Supreme Court, Donald P. Kommers Jan 1987

Review Essay: Liberalism And The Supreme Court, Donald P. Kommers

Journal Articles

In Liberalism and American Constitutional Law, Rogers M. Smith of Yale University takes stock of the American liberal tradition and its impact on the Supreme Court's constitutional jurisprudence. It argues that the tradition's political vision lacks philosophical coherence and that our constitutional law, by reflecting this incoherence, has failed to provide the legal community with a public philosophy suited to the needs of American society in the late twentieth century.His goal is to demonstrate the superiority of "rational liberty," both as a philosophical theory and practical guide to constitutional policymaking, over three major competing versions of liberal constitutionalism. To wit: …


Teaching Tolerance, Robert F. Nagel Jan 1987

Teaching Tolerance, Robert F. Nagel

Publications

No abstract provided.


Rationalism In Constitutional Law, Robert F. Nagel Jan 1987

Rationalism In Constitutional Law, Robert F. Nagel

Publications

No abstract provided.


A Comment On Democratic Constitutionalism, Robert F. Nagel Jan 1987

A Comment On Democratic Constitutionalism, Robert F. Nagel

Publications

No abstract provided.


Long V. Egnor: Reexamining The Law Of Defamation In The Context Of Public Officials, Phillip B. Scott Jan 1987

Long V. Egnor: Reexamining The Law Of Defamation In The Context Of Public Officials, Phillip B. Scott

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Law And The Experience Of Politics In Late Eighteenth-Century North Carolina: North Carolina Considers The Constitution, Walter F. Pratt Jan 1987

Law And The Experience Of Politics In Late Eighteenth-Century North Carolina: North Carolina Considers The Constitution, Walter F. Pratt

Journal Articles

In 1788, delegates assembled in North Carolina to decide whether to ratify the Constitution. A debate erupted between Federalists and Anti-federalists regarding each Article of the then-drafted Constitution. This Article analyzes the debate, and proposes that the key difference was the function of the role of the law.