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Platforms: The First Amendment Misfits, Jane R. Bambauer, James Rollins, Vincent Yesue

Indiana Law Journal

This Essay explains why previous First Amendment precedents that allowed government to require a private entity to host the speech of others have limited applicability to online platforms like Twitter and Facebook. Moreover, the backdrop of an open internet makes platforms sufficiently vulnerable to competition and responsive to “listener” preferences that the dominance of some firms like Facebook and Google is not really a chokepoint: aggressive changes to content curation will lead to user dissatisfaction and defection, whether those changes are made by the government or the companies themselves. As a result, there are no close analogies in First Amendment …

Nifla And The Construction Of Compelled Speech Doctrine, Robert Post

Indiana Law Journal

Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette. There are good and convincing explanations for the Court’s decision in Barnette, but the Court’s recent expansion of the doctrine, culminating in National Institute of Family & Life Advocates (NIFLA) v. Becerra, holds that compelled speech is in most instances “content-based” regulation requiring heightened judicial scrutiny.

Using examples ranging from professional malpractice to compulsory tax returns, this Article argues that the doctrinal rule of NIFLA is demonstrably incorrect. It suggests that the doctrinal category of “compelled speech” may itself be confused insofar as it imagines that all legal obligations to communicate are equally …

The Equal Rights Amendment And Lgbtq Rights, Including Marriage Equality, Center For Gender And Sexuality Law

Center for Gender & Sexuality Law

Below, we provide an analysis of the potential for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to strengthen protections for LGBTQ rights, including marriage equality. Currently pending before the U.S. Senate is a resolution that would lift any congressionally imposed deadline for final ratification of the ERA. Lifting that deadline would remove the last legal impediment to adding the ERA to the Constitution, which would then constitutionalize, and thus secure, rights currently enjoyed by LGBTQ people that are vulnerable to reversal by the Supreme Court in a future case.

Abortion Rights And Disability Equality: A New Constitutional Battleground, Allison M. Whelan, Michele Goodwin

Washington and Lee Law Review

Abortion rights and access are under siege in the United States. Even while current state-level attacks take on a newly aggressive scale and scope—emboldened by the United States Supreme Court’s June 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey—the legal landscape emerging in the wake of Dobbs is decades in the making. In this Article, we analyze the pre- and post-Roe landscapes, explaining that after the Supreme Court recognized a right to abortion in Roe in 1973, anti-abortionists sought to dismantle that right, first …

The Constitutional (And Political) Safeguards Against Impeachment, Victoria Frances Nourse

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Will the Trump impeachments inspire a flurry of future presidential impeachments? Will the second Trump impeachment, which occurred after the President left office, spur impeachments of lesser, former government officials? These and other questions emerged during the 2022 Missouri Law Review Symposium and on the Senate floor during the Trump impeachment trials. I have argued that we can make an educated prognosis about these possibilities based on constitutional structure. I called this argument the “political safeguards” of impeachment in my recent book, The Impeachments of Donald Trump: An Introduction to Constitutional Argument. What I called political safeguards, invoking the …

Judges, Judging And Otherwise: Do We Ask Too Much Of State Court Judges - Or Not Enough?, Michael C. Pollack

Articles

Ask the average person to imagine what a judge does, and the answer will most likely be something right out of a courtroom from Law & Order — or Legally Blonde, Just Mercy, My Cousin Vinny, Kramer vs. Kramer, or any of the myriad law-themed movies and television shows. A judge is faced with a dispute brought by some parties and their lawyers and is charged with resolving it, whether it be a breach of contract, a tort action, a competing claim over property, a disagreement about the meaning of a statute, some accusation that someone …

Otonomi Daerah Dalam Masyarakat Multikultural, Bambang Supriyono

Jurnal Konstitusi & Demokrasi

The local government system implemented in a multicultural society, especially in Indonesia, still faces a dilemma. When the government system prioritizes democratic values, there is a tendency to ignore managerial values. Observing these issues, the decentralization policy as the basis for regional autonomy will be appropriately implemented if it considers the balance between diversity and the dimensions of unity or diversity. Understanding these multicultural dimensions needs to be the basis for building relationships between the central and regional governments in administering a government system that truly means local self-governance.

Konstitusionalitas Penerapan Mekanisme Omnibus Law Dalam Pembentukan Undang-Undang Di Indonesia, Charles Simabura, M. Nurul Fajri

Jurnal Konstitusi & Demokrasi

This paper intends to describe how the omnibus law mechanism applied in lawmaking in Indonesia. Look at the 2020 priority national legislation program, which includes four draft bills that formed using the omnibus law mechanism. The omnibus law is a new mechanism in the lawmaking process in Indonesia. Because this mechanism not contained in Law Number 12 of 2011 concerning the Formation of Laws and Regulations as amended by Law Number 15 of 2019 concerning Amendments to Law Number 12 of 2011 concerning the Formation of Laws and Regulations. With this, the first thing that must answer is the question …

Problematika Pengisian Jabatan Menteri Yang Membidangi Birokrasi Di Indonesia, Sultan Sorik, Siska Windu Natalia, Erma Yustiyah, Anang Dwiatmoko

Jurnal Konstitusi & Demokrasi

This study examines the problems of filling ministerial positions in charge of the bureaucracy in Indonesia. The form of research used is normative juridical. From the research conducted, it was found that, 1) in the midst of the spirit of the State Civil Apparatus Law to implement the Merit System in human resource management, one of the important things that was forgotten was about filling in the ministerial positions in charge of bureaucracy, which is the spearhead of bureaucratic policy makers in Indonesia. Indonesia; 2) pressure from political parties was very influential in selecting ministers in the cabinet during the …

Tinjauan Atas Sanksi Dan Imbalan Bunga Perpajakan Dalam Undang-Undang Harmonisasi Peraturan Perpajakan, Ismail Khozen, Milla Sepliana Setyowati

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

The implementation of interest sanctions and compensation in taxation has undergone changes following the enactment of the Omnibus Law Job Creation in early October 2020. Although the regulation was later deemed unconstitutional, a similar framework has been incorporated into Law No. 7 of 2021 on Tax Harmonization Law (UU HPP). The lack of scholarly research exploring their conceptualization and implementation has motivated us to conduct this study. Our research emphasizes the importance of adhering to principles when designing a regime for imposing sanctions. Comparing two options, utilizing a fixed rate or a floating rate for calculating taxpayer sanctions and interest …

Menggagas Arah Kebijakan Ketenagakerjaan Yang Berkeadilan Demi Mewujudkan Kesejahteraan Pekerja/Buruh, Fitriana Fitriana

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

One of the unsolved economic problems to date is related to the employment aspects. However, Government’s policies to address the problems have not provide a sense of justice for the community. It can be seen from the various actions against Law Number 11 of 2020 on Job Creation. From the drafting until the issuance, the public still rejected the substance of employment provisions because it was considered unfair to workers/laborers. Government policies are needed to protect workers/laborers whose socioeconomic status is weaker than that of employers. This study aims to elaborate issues of injustice that arise as a result of …

Kekuatan Pembuktian Alat Bukti Elektronik Dalam Hukum Acara Perdata, Disriani Latifah Soroinda, Anandri Annisa Rininta Soroinda Nasution

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

The development of digital technology and information technology is happening very rapidly, computer systems are getting more sophisticated and internet access is getting easier making technology a part of people's daily lives, the existence of documents and or electronic information has now become a common thing. How does the Indonesian Civil Procedure Law regulates documents and or electronic information as an evidence and how does the law regulates the recognition, the validity and the strength of that evidence in the trials in order to create legal certainty for the people seeking justice.

Perdebatan Teoritis Terhadap Perluasan Ruang Lingkup Keuangan Negara Di Indonesia, Sutan Sorik, Anang Dwiatmoko

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

The focus of this research is the expansion of the scope of state finance which currently still presents cross-thinking. The existence of a coherent understanding regarding the application of the financial legal status of a legal entity, whether it is related to state finances, regional finances, state-owned enterprises (BUMN) finances, regional-owned enterprises (BUMD) finances, or private finances is the background why this happens. In the development of the expansion of the scope of state finances, it became even stronger when the Constitutional Court also issued several decisions in response to requests for judicial review, starting from the Decision of the …

Tinjauan Terhadap Tindak Pidana Pelaku Kekerasan Seksual Yang Dilakukan Oleh Anak: Studi Di Pengadilan Tindak Pidana Kekerasan Seksual Pada Pengadilan Negeri Tanjung Karang, S. Endang Prasetyawati, Tami Rusli, Yolanda Anindya D.S.

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

Children are frequently the victims of sexual violence crime, but they can also commit sexual violence. The absence of parental monitoring led to this occurrence. The purpose of this study was to determine the research process on criminal acts of sexual violence committed by children and the judge’s considerations in cases of criminal acts of sexual violence committed by children. This study adopted a normative juridical approach as its methodology. Legal normative data sources, gathering information through outdoor investigation and library study. Data analysis employed legal qualitative. Accroding to the findings of the study and discussion, judges should take into …

Teori Kesetaraan Sumber Daya Dworkin Dalam Kerangka Keadilan Distributif Dan Implikasinya Terhadap Konstitusi Negara Kesejahteraan, Petrus Ckl Bello

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

According to Dworkin, the equality that must be pursued by a government is equality of resources, not equality of welfare, as emphasized by utilitarianism in its various versions. According to him, the concept of resource equality is superior in interpreting abstract ideas about human equality. First, the concept of resource equity avoids ambiguity in understanding distributive justice and, second, avoids divisions that contradict our intuition about justice, two problems that plague the formulation of welfare equality. Equality of resources is proposed by Dworkin in the framework of distributive justice. According to Dworkin, it is in this equality of resources between …

Implikasi Penambangan Emas Ilegal Pada Masyarakat Adat Yonamami Amazon Brasil, Trini Diyani, Tiurma Mangihut Pitta Allagan

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

The study seeks to understand the implications of mining on the rights of the Yanomami Indigenous Peoples of theBrazilian Amazon. Brazil has great potential for mining activities in the future. However, in recent years there has been a large number of illegal gold mining activities contributing greatly to the environment both physically and socially. Illegal mining leads to clashes between miners and the Yanomami tribe as well as severe environmental degradation. These miners are estimated to account for about a third of Brazil's gold production. Illegal gold mining in the Amazon increases deforestation and water pollution resulting in deforestation of …

Ekosida: Studi Atas Pendekatan Loss Of Ecological Service Dan Environmental Crime Serta Prospek Pengaturan Di Indonesia, Triantono Triantono, Ani Purwanti, Nur Rochaety

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

Ecosides have become an international discourse since the 1970s, as a result of concerns about human behavior towards the environment. In the last 10 years ecocide has appeared so clearly as part of a structured, systematic and massive exploitative action. The development of environmental crimes in the form of ecocides has not been followed by concrete efforts in the form of an international consensus to define ecocides as the most serious crime that can threaten environmental destruction. In the midst of this situation, there are 2 (two) interesting approaches to be developed further within the framework of explaining, analyzing and …

Pembagian Hasil Migas Melalui Cost Recovery Dan Gross Split Bagi Sebesar-Besarnya Kemakmuran Rakyat Menurut Uud Nri Tahun 1945, Athari Farhani, Faiqah Nur Azizah, Panggalih Usadhani, Faridh Kurniawan

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

Indonesia is a country with abundant natural resources. In oil and gas, two models of product sharing contract are known, namely through cost recovery and gross split. Through Permen of ESDM Number 12 of 2020 concerning the Third Amendment to Regulation of the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Number 8 of 2017 concerning Gross Split Production Sharing Contracts, which through this regulation the government makes it easy for contractor entrepreneurs to choose the Gross Split and Cost Recovery model schemes. Meanwhile, the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia has outlined that natural resources are controlled by the state …

Implementasi Akomodasi Yang Layak Bagi Penyandang Disabilitas Dalam Proses Penyidikan Di Kepolisian Kabupaten Sleman, Rosa Pijar Cahya Devi, Ignatius Loyola Iswaradatta Prasetio

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

Indonesia is a country that upholds human rights. The manifestation of Indonesia's commitment to supporting human rights is to provide equal opportunities for every citizen to access justice. To provide fair treatment so that every citizen can access justice, Indonesia provides affirmative discrimination to vulnerable groups through laws and regulations. One of affirmative discrimination is provided to groups with disabilities. Through Government Regulation No. 39 of 2020 on Procedural Accommodation for Persons with Disabilities in the Judicial Process, Indonesia regulates what rights must be given to persons with disabilities to be able to participate in any judicial process based on …

Implementasi Pasar Modal Syariah: Fenomena Saham Syariah Sebagai Isu Kapitalisasi Halal Di Indonesia, Afifatul Munawiroh, Rumawi Rumawi

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

This article is a research-based in a study library reseacrh. The theme raised in this study is Sharia Stocks as an Issue of Halal Capitalization in Indonesia. Sharia stocks are investments in the capital market which are based on Islamic-based rules. Investors in Islamic stocks are not only from Muslims but, non-Muslims can also invest in sharia shares. There are three important questions in this research. First, what is meant by Islamic stocks? Second, how the interaction of investors on Islamic stocks so that it becomes a national capitalization issue? Third, what is the implications of Islamic stocks as a …