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• Vandergriff et al v. Clermont County Public Library Board of Trustees

  1:2008cv00381
  Filed in Ohio Southern District Court
  Type of Suit: Other Civil Rights
  Plaintiff: George Vandergriff, Cathy Vandergriff, Institute for Principled Policy; Defendant: Clermont County Public Library Board of Trustees
  Judge: Michael R. Barrett
  Cause Of Action: Federal Question
  (January 11, 2009)

Legislation

• Bill Introduced: H.Con.Res.415 Celebrating 75 years of effective State-based alcohol regulation ...

  Celebrating 75 years of effective State-based alcohol regulation and recognizing State lawmakers, regulators, law enforcement officers, the public health community and industry members for creating a workable, legal, and successful system of alcoholic beverage regulation, distribution, and sale.
  (September 14, 2008)

• Bill Introduced: S.3501 OLC Reporting Act of 2008

  A bill to ensure that Congress is notified when the Department of Justice determines that the Executive Branch is not bound by a statute.
  (September 14, 2008)

• Bill Introduced: H.Res.1417 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that all ...

  Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that all public elementary schools and public secondary schools should display a copy of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.
  (September 6, 2008)

• Bill Introduced: S.3433 Iraq Security Agreement Act of 2008

  A bill to ensure that any agreement with Iraq containing a security commitment or arrangement is concluded as a treaty or is approved by Congress.
  (July 30, 2008)

• Bill Introduced: S.Res.626 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Supreme ...

  A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Supreme Court of the United States erroneously decided Kennedy v. Louisiana, No. 07-343 (2008), and that the eighth amendment to the Constitution of the United States allows the imposition of the death penalty for the rape of a child.
  (July 23, 2008)

Articles

• Feminist Legal Realism

  Harvard Journal of Law and Gender, Vol. 35, No. 1, 2012, Washington University in St. Louis Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-02-01 Mae C. Quinn Washington University in Saint Louis - School of Law Date Posted: February 09, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 3 downloads Global Environmental Constitutionalism: Getting There from Here Transnational Environmental Law, Forthcoming Douglas A. Kysar Yale University - Law School Date Posted: February 09, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 4 downloads Nonincorporation Suja A. Thomas University of Illinois College of Law Date Posted: February 09, 2012 Working Paper Series 26 downloads Basic Challenges for Governance in Emergencies JUSTICE, RESPONSIBILITY, AND RECONCILIATION IN THE WAKE OF CONFLICT, A. Speight & A. MacLachlan, eds., Springer, Forthcoming, Osgoode CLPE Research Paper No. 3/2012 François Tanguay-Renaud Osgoode Hall Law School - York University Date Posted: February 08, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 1 downloads Democratic Constitutionalism and the Affordable Care Act Ohio State Law Journal, Vol. 72, No. 4, p. 1, 2011 Rebecca E. Zietlow University of Toledo College of Law Date Posted: February 08, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 1 downloads The Political Thirteenth Amendment Maryland Law Review, Vol. 71, No. 1, p. 283, 2011 Rebecca E. Zietlow University of Toledo College of Law Date Posted: February 08, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 5 downloads Turner V. Rogers and the Right of Meaningful Access to the Courts Denver University Law Review, Forthcoming Laura Abel National Center for Access to Justice at Cardozo Date Posted: February 08, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 3 downloads Judicial Capacity and the Substance of Constitutional Law Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1190 Andrew B. Coan University of Wisconsin Law School Date Posted: February 07, 2012 Last Revised: February 10, 2012
  (February 9, 2012)

• Recovering the Individual in Politics

  Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2012-11, NYU Journal of Legislation and Public Policy, Forthcoming Daniel R. Ortiz University of Virginia School of Law Date Posted: February 07, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 19 downloads The Limits of the New Deal Analogy Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2012-07 Barry Cushman University of Virginia School of Law Date Posted: February 07, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 36 downloads The Pros and Cons of Politically Reversible 'Semisubstantive' Constitutional Rules Fordham Law Review, Vol. 77, pp. 2835-2891, 2009 Dan Coenen University of Georgia Law School Date Posted: February 07, 2012 Accepted Paper Series The Supreme Courts Municipal Bond Decision and the Market-Participant Exception to the Dormant Commerce Clause Ohio State Law Journal, Vol. 70, No. 5, pp. 1179 -1214, 2009 Dan Coenen University of Georgia Law School Date Posted: February 07, 2012 Accepted Paper Series There is No Human Right to Democracy: But May We Promote It Anyway? Stanford Journal of International Law, Forthcoming, Villanova Law/Public Policy Research Matthew J. Lister University of Pennsylvania Law School Date Posted: February 07, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 52 downloads 'The Question Calls for an Answer, and I Propose to Answer it': The Patriation Reference as Constitutional Method The Supreme Court Law Review, Vol. 54, No. 2d, p. 143, 2011 Carissima Mathen University of Ottawa - Faculty of Law Date Posted: February 06, 2012 Working Paper Series 1 downloads Concepcion and Preemption Under the Federal Arbitration Act Penn State Yearbook of Arbitration and Mediation, Forthcoming Ian D. Mitchell and Richard A. Bales Northern Kentucky University - Salmon P. Chase College of Law and Northern Kentucky University - Salmon P. Chase College of Law Date Posted: February 06, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 51 downloads Excerpt from 'Identity and Invention: The Culture and Ethics of Personalized Medicine Patenting' IDENTITY AND INVENTION: THE CULTURE AND ETHICS OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE PATENTING, Cambridge University Press, 2012, Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1188 Shubha Ghosh University of Wisconsin Law School Date Posted: February 06, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 9 downloads Historical Gloss and the Separation of Powers Curtis A. Bradley and Trevor W. Morrison Duke University - School of Law and Columbia University - Law School Date Posted: February 06, 2012 Last Revised: February 09, 2012
  (February 8, 2012)

• Excerpt from 'Identity and Invention: The Culture and Ethics of Personalized Medicine Patenting'

  IDENTITY AND INVENTION: THE CULTURE AND ETHICS OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE PATENTING, Cambridge University Press, 2012, Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1188 Shubha Ghosh University of Wisconsin Law School Date Posted: February 06, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 9 downloads Prisoner Disenfranchisement: Four Judicial Approaches Berkeley Journal of International Law (BJIL), Vol. 28, No. 1, p. 101, 2010 Michael Plaxton and Heather Lardy College of Law, University of Saskatchewan and University of Aberdeen Date Posted: February 06, 2012 Accepted Paper Series Theatres of Procedure Saint Louis U. Legal Studies Research Paper, 2012-05 Anders Walker Saint Louis University School of Law Date Posted: February 06, 2012 Last Revised: February 08, 2012
  (February 7, 2012)

• Legal Reasoning

  Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2012-09 Barbara A. Spellman and Frederick Schauer University of Virginia School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law Date Posted: February 07, 2012 Last Revised: February 08, 2012
  (February 7, 2012)

• Informing and Reforming the Marketplace of Ideas: The Public-Private Partnership for Data ...

  Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1189 Shubha Ghosh University of Wisconsin Law School Date Posted: February 06, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 10 downloads Killing in the Fog of War Rutgers School of Law-Newark Research Paper, Forthcoming Adil Ahmad Haque Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - School of Law-Newark Date Posted: February 06, 2012 Working Paper Series 34 downloads Network for a European Demoi-Cracy: Are the National Parliaments Up to the Job? Croatian Yearbook of European Law and Policy, Vol. 7, pp. 43-67, 2011 Vesco Paskalev European University Institute, Florence Date Posted: February 06, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 2 downloads Of Dialogue -- and Democracy -- in Administrative Law Columbia Law Review Sidebar, 2012, FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper Jim Rossi Florida State University - College of Law Date Posted: February 06, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 11 downloads Partisan Conflicts Over Presidential Authority William & Mary Law Review, Vol. 53, p. 389, 2011, Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 12-02 Jide Nzelibe Northwestern University - School of Law Date Posted: February 06, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 5 downloads Prisoner Disenfranchisement: Four Judicial Approaches Berkeley Journal of International Law (BJIL), Vol. 28, No. 1, p. 101, 2010 Michael Plaxton and Heather Lardy College of Law, University of Saskatchewan and University of Aberdeen Date Posted: February 06, 2012 Accepted Paper Series The Anti-Injunction Act, Congressional Inactivity, and Pre-Enforcement Challenges to Section 5000A of the Tax Code University of Richmond Law Review, Vol. 46, No. 3, 2012 Kevin C. Walsh University of Richmond - School of Law Date Posted: February 06, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 13 downloads The Revolution and the Criminal Law Criminal Law and Philosophy, Vol. 6, 2012 Adil Ahmad Haque Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - School of Law-Newark Date Posted: February 06, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 2 downloads Theatres of Procedure Saint Louis U. Legal Studies Research Paper, 2012-05 Anders Walker Saint Louis University School of Law Date Posted: February 06, 2012 Last Revised: February 08, 2012
  (February 7, 2012)

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