A letter to the Supreme Court regarding the missing argument in Brzonkala v. Morrison
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The author argues that the Supreme Court, in Brzonkala v. Morrison, should uphold the constitutionality of the Violence Against Women Act on the ground that Congress has the remedial authority to protect women from violence and discrimination to which governments, in violation of the Constitution, had themselves contributed.
Publication Name: New York University Law Review
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0028-7881
Year: 2000
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The public's vicinage right: a constitutional argument
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The author discusses the right of communities to hold trials where crimes are committed and how changes of venue abrogate this right. He suggests courts should explore alternatives to transfers, to preserve not only the defendant's right to an impartial jury but the community's public interests.
Publication Name: New York University Law Review
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0028-7881
Year: 2000
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A revolution too soon: woman suffragists and the "living Constitution"
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The author argues that, between 1969 and 1975, women suffragists were the first to assert the concept of living constitutionalism, and discusses the social and political obstacles suffragists faced in countering the traditional originalism concept of constitutional interpretation.
Publication Name: New York University Law Review
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0028-7881
Year: 2001
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