This article discusses decisions of the Eleventh Circuit and also decisions of the former Fifth Circuit during the survey period of January 1, 1981, to December 31, 1981. Of the twenty-three individual rights guaranteed ...

In Constitutional Law: Cases, Materials, and Problems Professor Richard Rosen and co-authors provide cases and notes in a casebook format for Constitutional law students. Issues include judicial review, national legislative ...

This article discusses decisions of the Eleventh Circuit and also decisions of the former Fifth Circuit during the survey period of January 1, 1981, to December 31, 1981. Of the twenty-three individual rights guaranteed ...

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 ...

This 1981 article discusses principles of federal constitutional law. Professor Baker notes that the constitutional decisions of the courts of appeals will continue to increase in number and importance as the burgeoning ...

In the case Kent v. U.S., the Supreme Court held that fundamental fairness should be the method adopted for due process in juvenile cases. The Court held that there are 4 elements necessary in juvenile proceedings: 1) ...

The fulcrum of the modern-day fight over LGBT civil rights is at the intersection of religious liberty as asserted by for-profit corporations and state anti-discrimination laws asserted by LGBT people who are refused goods, ...

A woman’s constitutional right to abortion was first generally established in the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, and a female minor has the same right to abortion. In the majority of states, however, pregnant ...

This article discusses America’s approach to bioterrorism. Professor Sutton posits that the government’s response to the anthrax attacks of 2001 demonstrate organizational problems in America’s response to biological ...

The Supreme Court's long struggle over the nature of constitutional standing has taken on new urgency with the addition of Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito to the Court. Four justices are now strongly committed to ...