All Articles tagged liberty

• General
  December 12, 2018 EDT
  PRESERVING LIFE BY RANKING RIGHTS
  John Williams Draper

  This article discusses the protection of life as the ultimate, fundamental right in U.S. constitutional law.

• New York Appeals
  October 12, 2018 EDT
  THE MAYHEM OF WRONGFUL LIBERTY: DOCUMENTING THE CRIMES OF TRUE PERPETRATORS IN CASES OF WRONGFUL INCARCERATION
  Frank R. BaumgartnerAmanda GriggRachelle RamírezJ. Sawyer Lucy

  This paper presents an account of wrongful liberty and a first-of-its-kind documentation of all known crimes of wrongful liberty in a single state, North Carolina.

• General
  May 27, 2016 EDT
  WHEN ONE’S RIGHT TO MARRY MAKES OTHERS “UNMERRY”
  Shai Stern

  This essay suggests that Obergefell should be seen as a step toward reconciling the ongoing tension between the constitutional rights of human liberty and freedom of religion.

• General
  March 23, 2015 EDT
  SUPPORT THE TROOPS: RENEWING ANGST OVER MASSACHUSETTS V. LAIRD AND ENDOWING SERVICE MEMBERS WITH EFFECTUAL FIRST AND FIFTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS
  Robert Bejesky

  This article queries whether the majority’s denial of Massachusetts’ challenge to the constitutionality of the Vietnam War in Massachusetts v. Laird is less compelling on principle than Justice Douglas’s dissent.

• General
  January 01, 2013 EDT
  EXCEPTIONAL FREEDOM—THE ROBERTS COURT, THE FIRST AMENDMENT, AND THE NEW ABSOLUTISM
  Ronald K.L. Collins

  Foreword that outlines some preliminary ideas regarding that tenet of the Roberts Court‘s jurisprudence and what it may portend for the future of our free speech law.

• General
  March 03, 2009 EDT
  A “GREAT” DAY FOR ACADEMIC FREEDOM: THE THREAT POSED TO ACADEMIC FREEDOM BY THE SUPREME COURT’S DECISION IN GARCETTI V. CEBALLOS
  Robert S. Rosborough IV

  This note discusses the Supreme Court’s May 2006 decision in Garcetti v. Ceballos and its potential implications for academic freedom.

• General
  August 08, 2007 EDT
  RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AS A POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE RIGHT
  Steven K. Green

  This speech takes a different approach to the debate about whether distinct values are represented in the two religion clauses: the Free Exercise Clause and the Establishment Clause.

• General
  August 08, 2007 EDT
  RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AS A POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE RIGHT
  Steven K. Green

  This speech takes a different approach to the debate about whether distinct values are represented in the two religion clauses: the Free Exercise Clause and the Establishment Clause.