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The Two Faces of Insanity
(Texas Tech Law Review, 2009)
One of the great debates surrounding insanity is whether it is an excuse for criminal defendants designed to exculpate otherwise guilty people or whether it is a device used by the government to inculpate otherwise innocent ...
Knowing "Consent" Means "Knowing Consent": The Underappreciated Wisdom of Justice Marshall's Schneckloth v. Bustamonte Dissent
(Mississippi Law Journal, 2009)
This Article argues that the majority opinion in the Supreme Court’s decision in Schneckloth v. Bustamonte, 412 U.S. 218 (1973), has led to a burgeoning jurisprudence of placing a premium on citizens’ ignorance of their ...
Taking Reasonable Doubt Seriously
(Chicago-Kent Law Review, 2010)
In recent years, we have discovered a spate of factual innocent people who have been convicted. In this article, Professor Loewy contends that the failure of juries to take reasonable doubt seriously contributes to this ...
Systemic Changes that Could Reduce the Conviction of the Innocent
(Criminal Law Forum, 2007)
In an ideal world, juries would always reach the correct result. In theory, we believe that the second best choice is to err on the side of acquitting the guilty rather than convicting the innocent. We say that it is better ...
Cops, Cars, and Citizens: Fixing the Broken Balance
(St. John's Law Review, 2002)
Professor Loewy describes the unacceptable state of the law of criminal procedure, how it happened, and what lawyers can do to restore the law to an acceptable balance between the fighting crime and guarding liberty.
The Wisdom and Constitutionality of Teaching Intelligent Design in Public Schools
(First Amendment Law Review, 2006)
The author, an admitted liberal First Amendment theorist supports teaching intelligent design in public schools. He then explains this seeming disconnect and why the current state of the case law supports this desire.
What Hath 9/11 Wrought?
(2012)
Post-9/11 security measures in airports across the United States are infringing on everyday citizens’ Fourth Amendment rights. This article explores the astounding scope and number of searches and seizures performed by ...
Search and Seizure in a Post-9/11 World
(2009)
In reaction to the 9/11 attacks, the United States is beginning to lean towards excessive police force to combat terrorism. The article discusses three relatively recent cases (Hudson v. Michigan, Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial ...
It’s Debatable: Does ‘Under God’ Belong in Pledge?
(2014-02-23)
A debate on whether the phrase “Under God” should be included in the Pledge of Allegiance.
It's Debatable: Immigration of radical Islamics
(Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, 2015-09-20)
Arnold Loewy, the George Killam Professor of Criminal Law at the Texas Tech School of Law, and Allen Adkins, a Lubbock lawyer, debate Muslim immigration to the U.S.