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Category Archives: Florida Constitutional Law
Caycee Hampton, Confirmation of a Catch-22: Glik V. Cunniffe and the Paradox of Citizen Recording
63 Fla. L. Rev. 1549 (2011)| | | | Child pornography offenders capitalize on the vulnerability of children and find pleasure in their victims’ humiliation. In United States v. Irey, the defendant sadistically raped, sodomized, and tortured more than fifty … Continue reading
Kristen Rasmussen, Shedding (False) Light: How the Florida Supreme Court’s Rejection of the Tort Falsely Implies Protection for Media Defendants: Jews for Jesus, Inc. v. Rapp, 997 So. 2d 1098 (Fla. 2008)
61 Fla. L. Rev. 911 (2009) | | | | INTRODUCTION :: Edith and Marty Rapp, a Jewish Florida couple, were married until Marty’s death in 2003. Bruce Rapp, Marty’s son and Edith’s stepson, worked for Jews for Jesus. Prior … Continue reading
Posted in Constitutional Law, First Amendment, Florida Constitutional Law, Tort Law, Uncategorized
Tagged Brandeis, Cantrell v. Forest City Publishing Co., defamation, defamation by implication, Edith Rapp, false light invasion of privacy, Florida Supreme Court, Inc. v. Hill, invasion of privacy, Jews for Jesus, media defendants, New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, Prosser, Rapp, Time, Warren
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Akhil Reed Amar, Bush, Gore, Florida, and the Constitution
61 Fla. L. Rev. 945 (2009) | | | | INTRODUCTION :: Ten years ago this week, Dunwody Lecturer Cass Sunstein stood at this podium and offered some thoughts about the then-recent impeachment of President Clinton. Professor Sunstein titled his … Continue reading
Erwin Chemerinsky, The Meaning of Bush v. Gore: Thoughts on Professor Amar’s Analysis
61 Fla. L. Rev. 969 (2009) | | | | INTRODUCTION :: It is tempting to blame the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Bush v. Gore for the evils the Bush Administration inflicted on the nation. If only Al … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Election Law, Florida Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence, Uncategorized
Tagged 200, Algore, Amar, Bush, Bush v. Gore, December 12, election Law, Florida Supreme Court, Gore, Justice Alito, Justice Roberts, political process, Senate Judiciary Committee, Stotomayor, torture, War on Terror
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Richard L. Hasen, Bush v. Gore and the Lawlessness Principle: A Comment on Professor Amar
61 Fla. L. Rev. 979 (2009) | | | | INTRODUCTION :: Akhil Amar begins his impressive Dunwody Lecture by questioning whether there “are any new things left to say about the Bush-Gore episode.” 1 It is a legitimate question … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Rights Law, Constitutional Law, Election Law, Florida Constitutional Law, Governments and Legislation, Jurisprudence, Uncategorized
Tagged 2008 Senate Election, Article II, Bush, Bush v. Gore, election disputes, election outcomes, Equal protection, Florida Supreme Court, Gore, Hasen, Lawlessness, Minnesota, Professor Amar, Rehnquist, Scalia, statutory intrepretation, Thomas
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Allison Sirica, A Great Gamble: Why Compromise Is the Best Bet to Resolve Florida’s Indian Gaming Crisis
61 Fla. L. Rev. 1201 (2009) | | | | INTRODUCTION :: “Indian gaming is a national multi-billion dollar enterprise and growing.” Even in 2008, amidst an economic downturn, the revenues generated by the tribal gaming industry continued to show … Continue reading
Posted in Constitutional Law, Contract Law, Florida Constitutional Law, Government Contracts, Governments and Legislation, Healthcare Law, Native Americans, Uncategorized
Tagged Class II gaming, Compromise, Florida Supreme Court, Governor Charles Christ, IGRA, Indian Gaming Crisis, Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, Indian Law, Seminole Tribe of Florida, Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida, Sirica, Texas v. United States, tribal casions, tribal gaming industry, work opportunity
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