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The Federal Sentencing Guidelines: A Misplaced Trust In Mechanical Justice, Evangeline A. Zimmerman

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

In 1984 the Sentencing Reform Act was passed, ending fully discretionary sentencing by judges and allowing for the creation of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines ("FSG" or "Guidelines"). This Note proposes that the Guidelines failed not only because they ran afoul of the Sixth Amendment, as determined by the Supreme Court in 2005, but also because they lacked a clear underlying purpose, had a misplaced trust in uniformity, and were born of political compromise. Moreover, the effect of the FSG was to blindly shunt discretionary decisions from judges, who are supposed to be neutral parties, to prosecutors, who are necessarily partisan. …

Splitting Scales: Conflicting National And Regional Attempts To Manage Commercial Aquaculture In The Exclusive Economic Zone, Brandee Ketchum

Journal of Food Law & Policy

Like other environmental resources subject to public use, various interest groups struggle over joint management of scarce fisheries resources. Further, differing goals for resource management, such as financial goals versus conservation goals, frequently pit regional groups against one another. In some cases, regional interests may conflict with overall national interests. As goes the water and the air, so go the fish.

The Fallacy Of Neutrality From Beginning To End: The Battle Between Religious Liberties And Rights Based On Homosexual Conduct, Rena M. Lindevaldsen

Faculty Publications and Presentations

The Bible plainly states that everyone must either "bring every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ" or continue as "enemies in your mind." Un-Biblical thinking, like un-Bibical actions, leads one on a path away from God. Part II of this Article will briefly introduce a Biblical approach to thinking about contemporary issues and discuss how Christians can unwittingly abandon distinctively Biblical thinking under the guise of neutrality. Part III will present a number of cases that highlight the fallacy of neutrality in the battle between religious liberties and rights based on homosexual conduct. Part IV will contend that …

Eliminating Earmarks: Why The Congressional Line Item Vote Can Succeed Where The Presidential Line Item Veto Failed, Jason Iuliano

West Virginia Law Review

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The Future Of Music: Reconfiguring Public Performance Rights, Gary Myers, George Howard

Faculty Publications

This article focuses on two concrete measures to improve the music industry prognosis. Public performance rights have long been an important piece of the economic pie that helps support the music business. This article suggests that the scope of public performance rights should be fundamentally reassessed and expanded. This expansion involves two specific and complementary reconfigurations.

S10rs Sgr No. 3 (Traffic Cam), Bourgeois, Palermo, D Jones, Clark

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

No abstract provided.

S10rs Sgr No. 8 (Pepitone Remembrance), Prestridge

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

No abstract provided.

S10rs Sgr No. 1 (Welcome Sec Exchange), Martin, Bonvillain, Prestridge

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To welcome the participants of the 2010 SEC Student Government Exchange

S10rs Sgb No. 24 (Impeachment Silent Ballot), Palermo, Clark

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A BILL

To amend Rule 10.6 of the Student Government Senate Rules of Order.

S10rs Sgr No. 4 (Graduate Walk Fee), Compagno, Brown, Free, Knapp, Prestridge, West

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

No abstract provided.

S10rs Sgr No. 6 (Budget Cuts), Wells

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

No abstract provided.

S10rs Sgr No. 7 (Snow Days), Wale

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

No abstract provided.

S10rs Sgr No. 5 (Ole Miss New Mascot), Clark, Parker

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

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S10rs Sgr No. 9 (Revise Degree Honors), Knapp, Caffarel, J Landry, Barnes, Terracciano

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

No abstract provided.

S10rs Sgr No. 10 (Teach For America), Palermo, Compagno

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

No abstract provided.

S10rs Sgr No. 15 (Music Services), Westbrook, Prestridge

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

No abstract provided.

S10rs Sgr No. 13 (Mandates), B Jones, Bourgeois

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

No abstract provided.

S10rs Sgr No. 14 (Traffic Cam Hb), Bourgeois

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

No abstract provided.

S10rs Sgr No. 12 (Kick Butts), B Jones, Wells

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

No abstract provided.

S10rs Sgr No. 16 (National Ranked Degree Programs), Free

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

No abstract provided.