The Texas Review of Law & Politics http://trolp.org The Unfettered Pursuit of Conservative Legal Scholarship Tue, 19 Mar 2013 03:12:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Volume 17, No. 1 – Fall 2012 http://trolp.org/2013/02/24/volume-17-no-1-fall-2012/ http://trolp.org/2013/02/24/volume-17-no-1-fall-2012/#comments Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:32:21 +0000 trolp.admin http://trolp.org/?p=232 Continue reading →]]> Like Eastwood Talking to a Chair: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Obamacare Ruling

Ilya Shapiro

The Legal Ramifications of Public Pension Reform

Stuart Buck

Leveling the Playing Field in David v. Goliath: Remedies to Agency Overreach

Damien M. Schiff & Luke A. Wake

How the Constitutions of the Thirty-Seven States in Effect when the Fourteenth Amendment Was Adopted Demonstrate that the Governmental Endorsement Test in Establishment Clause Jurisprudence Is Contrary to American History and Tradition

E. Duncan Getchell, Jr. & Michael H. Brady

What Were They Thinking? Examining the Intellectual Inspirations of the Framers and Opponents of the United States Constitution

Reviewed by:Benjamin A. Geslison

]]> http://trolp.org/2013/02/24/volume-17-no-1-fall-2012/feed/ 0 Volume 16, No. 2 – Spring 2012 http://trolp.org/2012/07/10/volume-16-no-2-spring-2012/ http://trolp.org/2012/07/10/volume-16-no-2-spring-2012/#comments Tue, 10 Jul 2012 20:30:49 +0000 trolp.admin http://trolp.org/?p=210 Continue reading →]]> Giant Among Us: Reflections on the Life and Legacy of the Honorable Will Garwood

J. Bruce Bennett, Lino A. Graglia, Hon. E. Grady Jolly, Hon. Edith H. Jones, Sean R. Kevney, Marc A. Levin, Sanford Levinson, Patrick L. O’Daniel, Hon. Priscilla R. Owen, Christian J. Ward, & Meg Williams

The Parsonage Exemption Deserves Broad Protection

Justin Butterfield, Hiram Sasser, & Reed Smith

No More Weighting: One Person, One Vote Means One Person, One Vote

Kent D. Krabill & Jeremy A. Fielding

Private Employees’ Speech and Political Activity: Statutory Protection Against Employer Retaliation

Eugene Volokh

Showcase Panel IV: A Federal Sunset Law

The Federalist Society 2011 National Lawyers ConventionHon. Frank H. Easterbrook, William N. Eskridge, Jr., Philip K. Howard, Thomas W. Merrill, & Hon. Jeffrey S. Sutton

Book Review: Dick Cheney And the Robust Conception of Presidential Power

Pejman Yousefzadeh

]]> http://trolp.org/2012/07/10/volume-16-no-2-spring-2012/feed/ 0 Volume 16, No. 1 – Fall 2011 http://trolp.org/2011/12/16/volume-16-no-1-fall-2011/ http://trolp.org/2011/12/16/volume-16-no-1-fall-2011/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:50:11 +0000 Joshua Yi http://trolp.org/?p=158 Continue reading →]]> Severability Doctrine: How Much of a Statute Should Federal Courts Invalidate?

Kenneth A. Klukowski

Trojan Horse: Federal Manipulation of State Governments and the Supreme Court’s Emerging Doctrine of Federalism

Mario Loyola

Protecting Speech From the Heart: How Citizens United Strikes Down Political Speech Restrictions on Churches and Charities

Paul Weitzel

The Necessity of Federal Intelligence Sharing with Sub-Federal Agencies

Jason B. Jones

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R. Paul Yetter

Speech by the Honorable Judge Edith Jones

Speech by the Honorable Ted Cruz

On Civility

Patrick O’Daniel

Why the Debate over the Constitutionality of the Federal Health Care Law is About Much More than Health Care

Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, IIE. Duncan Getchell, Jr.Wesley G. Russell, Jr.

The International Criminal Court Revisited: An American Perspective

Judge David Admire, ret.

Straight is Better: Why Law and Society may Justly Prefer Heterosexuality

Divisive Diversity at the University of Texas: An Opportunity for the Supreme Court to Overturn its Flawed Decision in Grutter

Joshua P. ThompsonDamien M. Schiff

Acounting for FASB: Why Administrative Law Should Apply to the Financial Accounting Standards Board

]]> http://trolp.org/2011/08/24/volume-15-no-2-spring-2011/feed/ 0 Volume 15, No. 1 – Fall 2010 http://trolp.org/2010/08/01/volume-15-no-1-fall-2010/ http://trolp.org/2010/08/01/volume-15-no-1-fall-2010/#comments Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:00:34 +0000 admin http://trolp.org/?p=89 Continue reading →]]> BLEAK PROSPECTS: HOW HEALTH CARE REFORM HAS FAILED IN THE UNITED STATES

Richard A. Epstein

SOMALI PIRATES: AN EXPANSIVE INTERPRETATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

Amitai Etzioni

THE PLENARY POWER DOCTRINE AND THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF IDEOLOGICAL EXCLUSIONS: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

Patrick J. Charles

WITNESS FOR THE DEFENSE: THE COMPULSORY PROCESS CLAUSE AS A LIMIT ON EXTRATERRITORIAL CRIMINAL JURISDICTION

Daniel Huff

“THE COURT WILL CLEAN IT UP”: CONFRONTING THE SPECTER OF POLITICAL BRANCH DERELICTION OF DUTY

Ben Geslison

OVERSIGHT, ENFORCEMENT, AND EXTENSION IN PUBLIC-INTEREST LITIGATION: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE NINTH CIRCUIT’S WESTERN STATES PAVING V. WASHINGTON STATE DOT DECISION

Robert Luther III

COMPLETING ELY’S REPRESENTATION REINFORCING THEORY OF JUDICIAL REVIEW BY ACCOUNTING FOR THE CONSTITUTIONAL VALUES OF STATE CITIZENSHIP

Shane Pennington

HOW HIGH IS TOO HIGH?: JUDICIAL ELECTIONS AND RECUSAL AFTER CAPERTON

Daniel W. Betts

]]> http://trolp.org/2010/08/01/volume-15-no-1-fall-2010/feed/ 0 Volume 14, No. 2 – Spring 2010 http://trolp.org/2010/01/01/volume-14-no-2-spring-2010/ http://trolp.org/2010/01/01/volume-14-no-2-spring-2010/#comments Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:13 +0000 admin http://trolp.org/?p=87 Continue reading →]]> THE CONTROVERSIAL “CARD-CHECK” BILL, STALLED IN THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS, PRSENTS SERIOUS LEGAL AND POLICY ISSUES

Raymond J. LaJeunesse, Jr.

THE TARP BAILOUT OF GM: A LEGAL, HISTORICAL, AND LITERARY CRITIQUE

Brent J Horton

THE BEAR HUG THAT IS CRUSHING DEBT-BURDENED AMERICANS: WHY OVERZEALOUS REGULATION OF THE DEBT-SETTLEMENT INDUSTRY UNTIMATELY HARMS THE CONSUMERS IT MEANS TO PROTECT

Derek S. Witte

“HID[ING] ELEPHANTS IN MOUSEHOLES”: THE FTC’S UNWARRANTED ATTEMPT TO REGULATE THE DEBT-RELIEF-SERVICES INDUSTRY USING RULEMAKING AUTHORITY PURPORTEDLY GRANTED BY THE TELEMARKETING AND CONSUMER FRAUD AND ABUSE PREVENTION ACT

Michael Thurman & Michael L. Mallow

TAX-EXEMPT CREDIT COUNSELING ORGANIZATIONS AND THE FUTURE OF DEBT-SETTLEMENT SERVICES

Ronald D. Kerridge & Robert E. Davis

BOOK REVIEW

BOOK REVIEW: LAW AND JUDICIAL DUTY

Allen Boyer

NOTE

WILL “EQUAL” AGAIN MEAN EQUAL?: UNDERSTANDING RICCI V. DESTEFANO

Kristina Campbell

]]> http://trolp.org/2010/01/01/volume-14-no-2-spring-2010/feed/ 0 Volume 14, No. 1 – Fall 2009 http://trolp.org/2009/08/01/volume-14-no-1-fall-2009/ http://trolp.org/2009/08/01/volume-14-no-1-fall-2009/#comments Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:13 +0000 admin http://trolp.org/?p=83 Continue reading →]]> BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP FOR CHILDREN OF ILLEGAL ALIENS: AN IRRATIONAL PUBLIC POLICY

Lino A. Graglia

GETTING BEYOND GUNS: CONTEXT FOR THE COMING DEBATE OVER PRIVILEGES OR IMMUNITIES

Clark M. Neily III & Robert J. McNamara

SET THE DEFAULT TO OPEN: PLESSY’S MEANING IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY AND HOW TECHNOLOGY PUTS THE INDIVIDUAL BACK AT THE CENTER OF LIFE, LIBERTY, AND GOVERNMENT

Gary Thompson & Paul Wilkinson

A FUNDAMENTAL MISCONCEPTION OF SEPARATION OF POWERS: BOUMEDIENE V. BUSH

Heather P. Scribner

NINTH CIRCUIT DISCRIMINATION CASE COULD CHANGE THE GROUND RULES FOR EVERYONE

Sarah Kirk

CASES, CONTROVERSIES, AND THE TEXTUALIST COMMITMENT TO GIVING EVERY WORD OF THE CONSTITUTION MEANING

Shane Pennington

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Kenton J. Skarin

PAKISTAN’S ULITMATE NIGHTMARE SCENARIO: PREVENTING ISLAMIC EXTREMEIST FROM ACQUIRING NUCLEAR WEAPONS

Vikram Jagadish

THE SUPREME COURT’S PERVERSION OF EQUALITY

Robert E. Hayes

RULIPA AND EMINENT DOMAIN: HOW A PLAIN READING OF A FLAWED STATUTE CREATES AN ABSURD RESULT

Kenneth G. Leonczyk, Jr.

ON THE FREEDOM OF A CONGREGATION: LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS WHEN LUTHERANS LOOK TO CHANGE DENOMINATIONAL AFFILIATION

Daniel R. Suhr

IDENTITY BURGLARY

Michael J. Stephan, Shane Pennington, Guha Krishnamurthi & Jon Reidy

BOOK REVIEW

Kevin R. C Gutzman

]]> http://trolp.org/2009/08/01/volume-13-no-2-spring-2009/feed/ 0 Volume 13, No. 1 – Fall 2008 http://trolp.org/2008/08/01/volume-13-no-1-fall-2008/ http://trolp.org/2008/08/01/volume-13-no-1-fall-2008/#comments Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:36 +0000 admin http://trolp.org/?p=81 Continue reading →]]> IS THERE A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GUNS AND FREEDOM? COMPARATIVE RESULTS FROM FIFTY-NINE NATIONS

David Kopel, Carlisle Moody & Howard Nemerov

THE PROTECT AMERICA ACT OF 2007: A FRAMEWORK FOR IMPROVING INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION IN THE WAR ON TERROR

Jeffrey F. Addicott & Michael T. McCaul

ORIGINAL INTENT, TIMETABLES, AND IRAQ: THE FOUNDERS’ VIEWS ON WAR POWERS

Michael Sevi

FEDERALISM, ABORTION, AND THE ORIGINAL MEANING OF THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT ENFORCEMENT POWER: CAN CONGRESS BAN PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTION AFTER CARHART?

Keith S. Alexander

A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH: STATUTORY AUTHORITY ENABLING SOBRIETY CHECKPOINTS TO EFFECTIVELY FULFILL THEIR PUBLIC SAFETY ROLE

Christopher J. Bodnar

BOOK REVIEW

Leslie H. Southwick

]]> http://trolp.org/2008/08/01/volume-13-no-1-fall-2008/feed/ 0 Volume 12, No. 2 – Spring 2008 http://trolp.org/2008/01/01/volume-12-no-2-spring-2008/ http://trolp.org/2008/01/01/volume-12-no-2-spring-2008/#comments Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:20 +0000 admin http://trolp.org/?p=78 Continue reading →]]> THE HISTORICAL AND LEGAL NORMS GOVERNING THE DETENTION OF SUSPECTED TERRORISTS AND THE RISKS POSED BY RECENT EFFORTS TO DEPART FROM THEM

Paul Taylor

CONSIDERATION AS CONTRACT: A SECULAR NATURAL LAW OF CONTRACTS

Nicholas C. Dranias

THREE PERVERSITIES OF INDIAN LAW

Jacob T. Levy

FLIPPING THE ACT OF STATE PRESUMPTION: PROTECTING AMERICA’S INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS FROM FOREITN NATIONALIZATION PROBLEMS

Frank Walsh

The 2007 Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention
David D. Aufhauser
 Richard A. Epstein
George J. Terwilliger III		 Douglas W. Kmiec

 

UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION OF THE LAW OF THE SEA TREATY (UNCLOS): SHOULD CONSERVATIVE SUPPORT OR OPPOSE RATIFICATION

The Federalist Society and The Heritage Foundation
Edwin D. Williamson
Baker Spring		 Frank J. Gaffney Jr.
William D. Baumgartner		 John Norton Moore

DID THE RIGHT MAKE AMERICA A LAWSUIT NATION?

Theodore H. Frank

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