About The Authors,
2013
Seattle University School of Law
'Dred Scott V. Sandford' Analysis,
2013
Gettysburg College
'Dred Scott V. Sandford' Analysis, Sarah E. Roessler
Student Publications
The Scott v. Sandford decision will forever be known as a dark moment in America's history. The Supreme Court chose to rule on a controversial issue, and they made the wrong decision. Scott v. Sandford is an example of what can happen when the Court chooses to side with personal opinion instead of what is right.
Table Of Contents,
2013
Seattle University School of Law
Introduction,
2013
Seattle University School of Law
Introduction, Jacqueline Mcmurtrie
Seattle Journal for Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Gideon At Fifty -- Golden Anniversary Or Mid Life Crisis,
2013
Seattle University School of Law
Gideon At Fifty -- Golden Anniversary Or Mid Life Crisis, Kim Taylor-Thompson
Seattle Journal for Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Fifty Years After Gideon: It Is Long Past Time To Provide Lawyers For Misdemeanor Defendants Who Cannot Afford To Hire Their Own,
2013
Seattle University School of Law
Fifty Years After Gideon: It Is Long Past Time To Provide Lawyers For Misdemeanor Defendants Who Cannot Afford To Hire Their Own, Robert C. Boruchowitz
Seattle Journal for Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Gideon: Looking Backward, Looking Forward, Looking In The Mirror,
2013
Seattle University School of Law
Gideon: Looking Backward, Looking Forward, Looking In The Mirror, Steven Zeidman
Seattle Journal for Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Legal Financial Obligations: Fulfilling The Promise Of Gideon By Reducing The Burden,
2013
Seattle University School of Law
Legal Financial Obligations: Fulfilling The Promise Of Gideon By Reducing The Burden, Travis Stearns
Seattle Journal for Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Does The Right To Counsel On Appeal End As You Exit The Court Of Appeals?,
2013
Seattle University School of Law
Does The Right To Counsel On Appeal End As You Exit The Court Of Appeals?, Nancy P. Collins
Seattle Journal for Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Improving Access To Justice: Plain Language Family Law Court Forms In Washington State,
2013
Seattle University School of Law
Improving Access To Justice: Plain Language Family Law Court Forms In Washington State, Charles R. Dyer, Joan E. Fairbanks, M. Lynn Greiner, Kirsten Barron, Janet L. Skreen, Josefina Cerrillo-Ramirez, Andrew Lee, Bill Hinsee
Seattle Journal for Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Congress' Encroachment On The President's Power In Indian Law And Its Effect On Executive-Order Reservations,
2013
Seattle University School of Law
Congress' Encroachment On The President's Power In Indian Law And Its Effect On Executive-Order Reservations, Mark R. Carter Jd, Phd
Seattle Journal for Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Unfinished Business: Protecting Voting Rights In The Twenty-First Century,
2013
University of Baltimore School of Law
Unfinished Business: Protecting Voting Rights In The Twenty-First Century, Gilda R. Daniels
All Faculty Scholarship
While minorities have experienced great progress because of the Voting Rights Act, particularly section 5 of the Act, the work to achieve an electoral process free of discrimination remains unfinished. In Shelby County v. Holder, the Supreme Court struck down section 4 of the Act, which provided the coverage formula through which section 5 was implemented. Without section 4, there is no section 5. The historical and contemporaneous discrimination that minorities in states formerly covered under section 5 continue to face is substantial and outpaces that in noncovered states. Scholars cannot divorce the debate surrounding section 5’s constitutionality, which continues …
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together: Domestic Violence Victims, Defendants, And Due Process,
2013
Seton Hall University School of Law
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together: Domestic Violence Victims, Defendants, And Due Process, Jessica Miles
Cardozo Law Review
No abstract provided.
Who Should Be The ‘Decider’ On Keeping Our Secrets?,
2013
University of Oklahoma College of Law
Who Should Be The ‘Decider’ On Keeping Our Secrets?, Stephen Henderson
Other Faculty Publications
An invited essay for Constitution Day, also available here: http://blogs.law.widener.edu/constitution2013/2013-essay-authors/stephen-henderson/It addresses the national security surveillance disclosed by Edward Snowden and others, and asks whether a fundamental shift would be prudent in the era of Big Data.
Texas Hold ’Em - The State Refuses To Allow Same-Sex Couples Married Elsewhere To Get Divorced. Is This The Next Constitutional Showdown Over Marriage Equality?,
2013
University of Georgia School of Law
Texas Hold ’Em - The State Refuses To Allow Same-Sex Couples Married Elsewhere To Get Divorced. Is This The Next Constitutional Showdown Over Marriage Equality?, Sonja R. West, Dahlia Lithwick
Popular Media
The court papers don’t tell us all that much about what happened between the couple described only as “J.B.” and “H.B.” We can assume there once was love and then, at some point, there wasn’t. Their parting, we’re told, was amicable. The problem is that J.B. and H.B. are both men. The other problem is that they live in Texas. The two were married in Massachusetts in 2006, where same-sex marriage has been legal since 2004. They later moved to Texas, and now want to get divorced. Texas, however, won’t let them. And they cannot get divorced in Massachusetts either, …
The "Nixon Sabotage": The Political Origins Of The Equal Protection Challenge To The Voting Rights Act,
2013
University of Washington School of Law
The "Nixon Sabotage": The Political Origins Of The Equal Protection Challenge To The Voting Rights Act, Danieli Evans
Articles
Critics of the Voting Rights Act argue that the anti-discrimination law requires states to engage in unconstitutional discrimination, as state decisionmakers must be conscious of race in order to ensure that voting policies do not weaken minority representation. This argument relies on the idea that subjective racial motivation is the essence of unconstitutional discrimination (even if benevolent, or to promote racial inclusion). The conventional understanding among constitutional scholars is that this “search for the bigoted decisionmaker” developed in employment and housing discrimination decisions between 1976 and 1979. Previous accounts have not recognized the role that the 1971 school desegregation decision …
The Risky Interplay Of Tort And Criminal Law: Punitive Damages,
2013
Columbia Law School
The Risky Interplay Of Tort And Criminal Law: Punitive Damages, Daniel M. Braun
Cardozo Public Law, Policy & Ethics Journal
The article examines the evolving role of punitive damages in U.S. jurisprudence, highlighting their transformation from a compensatory tool for intangible harms to a primarily punitive and deterrent measure. This shift has blurred the lines between tort and criminal law, leading to constitutional challenges and difficulties in managing these damages through Supreme Court-established guideposts. The analysis concludes that the integration of punitive damages into private law creates inherent tensions and suggests that their abolition might be necessary to maintain legal clarity and justice.
What Is Anthony Kennedy Thinking?,
2013
University of Georgia School of Law
What Is Anthony Kennedy Thinking?, Sonja R. West
Popular Media
Supreme Court watchers have long made a national sport out of parsing Justice Anthony Kennedy’s every word. From issues as diverse as the death penalty, terrorism, and gay rights, Kennedy has been the only conservative justice to vote with the court’s more liberal wing. It’s not surprising, therefore, that as we wait for the court’s decision on same-sex marriage bans, the search for clues to Kennedy’s thinking has shifted into high gear.
In March, during the oral argument about California’s same-sex marriage ban, Kennedy said that he was “trying to wrestle” with a “difficult question” about the constitutionality of same-sex …
Is The Antidiscrimination Project Being Ended?,
2013
Loyola University Chicago, School of Law
Is The Antidiscrimination Project Being Ended?, Michael J. Zimmer
Indiana Journal of Law and Social Equality
No abstract provided.
Rights Of Belonging For Women,
2013
University of Toledo College of Law
Rights Of Belonging For Women, Rebecca E. Zietlow
Indiana Journal of Law and Social Equality
No abstract provided.
