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The Philadelphia Story: The Rhetoric Of School Reform, Susan Dejarnatt Sep 2003

The Philadelphia Story: The Rhetoric Of School Reform, Susan Dejarnatt

ExpressO

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Our Supermajoritarian Constitution, John O. Mcginnis, Michael B. Rappaport Mar 2002

Our Supermajoritarian Constitution, John O. Mcginnis, Michael B. Rappaport

Articles

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How Democratic Are Initiatives?, Richard B. Collins Jan 2001

How Democratic Are Initiatives?, Richard B. Collins

Publications

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Still A Solution: In Further Support Of Spending Supermajority Rules, John O. Mcginnis, Michael B. Rappaport Feb 1999

Still A Solution: In Further Support Of Spending Supermajority Rules, John O. Mcginnis, Michael B. Rappaport

Articles

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Equality Theory, Marital Rape, And The Promise Of The Fourteenth Amendment, Robin West Jan 1990

Equality Theory, Marital Rape, And The Promise Of The Fourteenth Amendment, Robin West

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

During the 1980s a handful of state judges either held or opined in dicta what must be incontrovertible to the feminist community, as well as to most progressive legal advocates and academics: the so-called marital rape exemption, whether statutory or common law in origin, constitutes a denial of a married woman's constitutional right to equal protection under the law. Indeed, a more obvious denial of equal protection is difficult to imagine: the marital rape exemption denies married women protection against violent crime solely on the basis of gender and marital status. What possibly could be less rational than a statute …


Congressional Standing To Sue: Whose Vote Is This, Anyway?, R. Lawrence Dessem Jan 1986

Congressional Standing To Sue: Whose Vote Is This, Anyway?, R. Lawrence Dessem

Faculty Publications

The article is divided into three major sections. Section I traces the development of a separate doctrine of “congressional standing.” It examines the doctrine's development from the Supreme Court's initial consideration of legislative standing through the current opinions of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Section II then analyzes three possible theories of congressional injury and standing. Derivative, representative, and third-party standing theories are all rejected as a basis for congressional standing. While rejecting the suggestion that congressmen possess a personal interest in “their” votes sufficient to constitute the “distinct and palpable injury” required …


Due Process, Retroactivity, And The Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act Of 1980: Congress' Arbitrary Means To A Legitimate End, Eric G. Menkes Jan 1984

Due Process, Retroactivity, And The Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act Of 1980: Congress' Arbitrary Means To A Legitimate End, Eric G. Menkes

Cardozo Law Review

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Log-Rolling And Judicial Review, Michael J. Waggoner Jan 1980

Log-Rolling And Judicial Review, Michael J. Waggoner

Publications

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Florida's Legislative Response To Furman: An Exercise In Futility?, Charles W. Ehrhardt, Harold Levinson Jul 1973

Florida's Legislative Response To Furman: An Exercise In Futility?, Charles W. Ehrhardt, Harold Levinson

Scholarly Publications

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The Legislative Process In Georgia Local Government Law, R. Perry Sentell Jr. Sep 1970

The Legislative Process In Georgia Local Government Law, R. Perry Sentell Jr.

Scholarly Works

What our city fathers do as legislators and how they do it impinges upon the daily lives of most of us. Those involved in the production of municipal law and those affected by it will find this study of legislative procedure at the local level of great interest and help. Here is a solid piece of research which will stand for a long time to come.


Some Doubts Concerning The Proposal To Elect The President By Direct Popular Vote, Albert J. Rosenthal Jan 1968

Some Doubts Concerning The Proposal To Elect The President By Direct Popular Vote, Albert J. Rosenthal

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

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