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The Durham Report Shows Why We Don’T Want The Fbi Involved In Politics, Bruce Ledewitz Jun 2023

The Durham Report Shows Why We Don’T Want The Fbi Involved In Politics, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


If The Gop Won’T Do It, Democrats Will Have To Block Trump’S Nomination For Them, Bruce Ledewitz May 2023

If The Gop Won’T Do It, Democrats Will Have To Block Trump’S Nomination For Them, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


Individual Rights Vs. Collective Value In Paragraph 218: The Role Of Political Tradition In The Development Of German Abortion Policy, Annie Morgan May 2023

Individual Rights Vs. Collective Value In Paragraph 218: The Role Of Political Tradition In The Development Of German Abortion Policy, Annie Morgan

CISLA Senior Integrative Projects

No abstract provided.


The Pgh Synagogue Shooting Case Should’Ve Been Heard In Pa. Court, Bruce Ledewitz May 2023

The Pgh Synagogue Shooting Case Should’Ve Been Heard In Pa. Court, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


The Views Aired At Pitt Debate Were Ugly. It Was Still Right To Let It Happen, Bruce Ledewitz Apr 2023

The Views Aired At Pitt Debate Were Ugly. It Was Still Right To Let It Happen, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


The Theological Error Behind Post-Liberalism’S Bid For Political Power, Bruce Ledewitz Apr 2023

The Theological Error Behind Post-Liberalism’S Bid For Political Power, Bruce Ledewitz

Ledewitz Papers

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


With Pa’S Highest Court Depleted, Shapiro, Gop Senate Leaders Let Voters Down, Bruce Ledewitz Apr 2023

With Pa’S Highest Court Depleted, Shapiro, Gop Senate Leaders Let Voters Down, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


What Bad Decisions By Ron Desantis And Gavin Newsom Have In Common, Bruce Ledewitz Mar 2023

What Bad Decisions By Ron Desantis And Gavin Newsom Have In Common, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


The Panama Canal Treaties Were Carter’S Biggest Foreign Policy Win, Bruce Ledewitz Mar 2023

The Panama Canal Treaties Were Carter’S Biggest Foreign Policy Win, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


What Both Sides Of The Abortion Fight Can Learn From Antonin Scalia, Bruce Ledewitz Feb 2023

What Both Sides Of The Abortion Fight Can Learn From Antonin Scalia, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


Why I Am No Longer A Jew, Bruce Ledewitz Feb 2023

Why I Am No Longer A Jew, Bruce Ledewitz

Ledewitz Papers

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


By Any Measure, Liberal Democracy Is Superior. Here’S Why, Bruce Ledewitz Feb 2023

By Any Measure, Liberal Democracy Is Superior. Here’S Why, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


If I Were A Betting Man: Some Predictions For The Year We Have Left, Bruce Ledewitz Jan 2023

If I Were A Betting Man: Some Predictions For The Year We Have Left, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


On Pope Benedict, Science, Faith, And His Legacy, Bruce Ledewitz Jan 2023

On Pope Benedict, Science, Faith, And His Legacy, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


Sanksi Hukuman Mati Bagi Penyalahguna Narkotika Dalam Perspektif Ham Berdasarkan Konstitusi, Dharma Rozali Azhar D Jan 2023

Sanksi Hukuman Mati Bagi Penyalahguna Narkotika Dalam Perspektif Ham Berdasarkan Konstitusi, Dharma Rozali Azhar D

"Dharmasisya” Jurnal Program Magister Hukum FHUI

The death penalty is a legal act that is legitimized by the state. In the context of the constitution, the death penalty has created a contradiction in the norms in Article 28 I paragraph (1) and Article 28 J paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) which specifically focus on the right to life as a fundamental right that is very fundamental and divine in nature and the right to life of people. others who also may not be removed by anyone on purpose for any reason. The death penalty in the context of narcotics does not aim to repay crime for …


An Alternative To The Independent State Legislature Doctrine, Bruce Ledewitz Jan 2023

An Alternative To The Independent State Legislature Doctrine, Bruce Ledewitz

Ledewitz Papers

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


The Openness Of Talmud, Bruce Ledewitz Jan 2023

The Openness Of Talmud, Bruce Ledewitz

Ledewitz Papers

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


Abortion Rights As (Inter)National Human Rights: Dobbs And The Noncompliance Of U.S. Abortion Policies Under International Human Rights Law, Sydney Chong Ju Padgett Jan 2023

Abortion Rights As (Inter)National Human Rights: Dobbs And The Noncompliance Of U.S. Abortion Policies Under International Human Rights Law, Sydney Chong Ju Padgett

Lewis & Clark Law Review

The current state of reproductive rights in the United States following Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization constitutes yet another chapter in the saga of the United States’ hypocrisy in failing to uphold international human rights at the domestic level. International human rights law unequivocally provides that safe and legal abortion access is a fundamental human right. Yet, applying treaty body guidance to the cruel and irrational legislation enacted in Dobbs’ wake, it is clear: the United States has wholly and dangerously failed to comply with its international commitments to protect and uphold the fundamental rights at stake in regulating …


A Synthesis Of The Science And Law Relating To Eyewitness Misidentifications And Recommendations For How Police And Courts Can Reduce Wrongful Convictions Based On Them, Henry F. Fradella Jan 2023

A Synthesis Of The Science And Law Relating To Eyewitness Misidentifications And Recommendations For How Police And Courts Can Reduce Wrongful Convictions Based On Them, Henry F. Fradella

Seattle University Law Review

The empirical literature on perception and memory consistently demonstrates the pitfalls of eyewitness identifications. Exoneration data lend external validity to these studies. With the goal of informing law enforcement officers, prosecutors, criminal defense attorneys, judges, and judicial law clerks about what they can do to reduce wrongful convictions based on misidentifications, this Article presents a synthesis of the scientific knowledge relevant to how perception and memory affect the (un)reliability of eyewitness identifications. The Article situates that body of knowledge within the context of leading case law. The Article then summarizes the most current recommendations for how law enforcement personnel should—and …


Do All Dogs Go To Heaven? How Our Secular Culture Views Death, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2022

Do All Dogs Go To Heaven? How Our Secular Culture Views Death, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


The One Good Thing About The Independent State Legislature Theory, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2022

The One Good Thing About The Independent State Legislature Theory, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


Politik Hukum Dalam Penegakan Hukum Di Indonesia, Anita Anita Dec 2022

Politik Hukum Dalam Penegakan Hukum Di Indonesia, Anita Anita

"Dharmasisya” Jurnal Program Magister Hukum FHUI

Law is a guide and rules related to the concept of social life and will always be in accordance with the conditions of society. Law is a demand to be able to provide justice, meaning that the law is always faced with the question of whether the law can bring about justice. In relation to the legal concept, legal politics is defined as an activity that determines the patterns and methods of shaping law, supervises the operation of the law, and reforms the law for the purposes of the State. Therefore, law is a determinant of politics, and is also …


Why The Courts Should Stop Philly Da Larry Krasner’S Impeachment Trial, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2022

Why The Courts Should Stop Philly Da Larry Krasner’S Impeachment Trial, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


American Voter Turnout: The Influence Of Education Levels On Voter Participation, Jack Thomas Bunzel-Hardie Nov 2022

American Voter Turnout: The Influence Of Education Levels On Voter Participation, Jack Thomas Bunzel-Hardie

Student Scholar Symposium Abstracts and Posters

This study is intended to explore the relevant relationship between mistrust in government officials and voter turnout. Within a research article such as this, it is important to distinguish the dependent and independent factors from one another so as not to get them confused. This article identifies the growing sense of mistrust that many Americans feel towards their government officials as the independent factor while examining the relationship that voter turnout has with that growing fear, therefore making that the dependent variable. While this issue has been studied in the past there have been many new events taking place and …


When It Comes To Prosecuting Trump, Merrick Garland Needs To Decide Already, Bruce Ledewitz Nov 2022

When It Comes To Prosecuting Trump, Merrick Garland Needs To Decide Already, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


The Midterms Were Good News For Dems, But Even Better News For The Country, Bruce Ledewitz Nov 2022

The Midterms Were Good News For Dems, But Even Better News For The Country, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


A Law Professors’ Symposium Asks: Should We Control The U.S. Supreme Court?, Bruce Ledewitz Oct 2022

A Law Professors’ Symposium Asks: Should We Control The U.S. Supreme Court?, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


There’S A Secular Need For The High Holy Days. This Is Why, Bruce Ledewitz Oct 2022

There’S A Secular Need For The High Holy Days. This Is Why, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


Trump Isn’T Going To Jail. And That’S Good News For Democrats, Bruce Ledewitz Sep 2022

Trump Isn’T Going To Jail. And That’S Good News For Democrats, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


The Nation’S Debt Limit Serves No Purpose. It Should Be Eliminated, Bruce Ledewitz Sep 2022

The Nation’S Debt Limit Serves No Purpose. It Should Be Eliminated, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.