Federalist Society : April 2007

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April 2007 - Posts

Carhart, Equality and the Constitution

Posted Monday, April 30, 2007 6:34 PM by Federalist Society

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by Wendy Long Is Carhart , or is it not, a departure from the Court’s prior abortion precedents? The problem in answering this definitively is that the abortion precedents were themselves so unclear and malleable from the start – in short, the antithesis [Read More]

The Power to Make War?

Posted Wednesday, April 04, 2007 4:47 AM by John Eastman

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The confrontation between Congress and the President over the conduct of the war in Iraq is reaching a fever pitch. The President, exercising his constitutional authority as Commander-in-Chief, insists that Congress cannot micromanage operational decisions [Read More]

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