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Friday, November 20, 2009
 
 
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Supreme Court and Constitutional Law
 

This section of the website gathers together AEI research, books, and events focused on Supreme Court cases and constitutional law and sovereignty issues.

 
Feature: The Supreme Court's Term and Business

In a new AEI Constitutional Outlook, Michael S. Greve says the Supreme Court's 2008-2009 term brought "massive confusion and backpedaling on business cases." The legal structure governing the commerce of the United States is in "grave disrepair," but "the justices show little awareness that the problem is of constitutional dimensions, and that it is theirs to fix." Read more in Greve's lively review of the major business cases of the last term.

 

Scholars on Supreme Court
and Constitutional Law


  
 
 
 
Deciphering Grutter v. Bollinger
 
A new lawsuit from Texas that is working its way up the appellate ladder may compel the justices to clarify--and limit--how race and ethnicity may be used in the admissions process.
 
The Powers and Duties of the President
 
Something important is missing in our treatment and understanding of the constitutional presidency, something that a careful analysis of Article II can help us uncover and recover.
 
Against Foreign Law
 
This working paper makes five observations regarding the Supreme Court's practice of relying upon foreign and international decisions for support of its constitutional rulings.
 
Outsourcing American Law: Conclusion
 
There is growing pressure toward the use of international and foreign law in the United States. Why have these issues arisen now, and what might their consequences be?
 
 
Voting Rights--And Wrongs The Elusive Quest for Racially Fair Elections
 
The Voting Rights Act has become a period piece that today serves to keep most black legislators clustered on the sidelines of American politics--precisely the opposite of what its framers intended.  
 
Voting Rights—And Wrongs (paperback) The Elusive Quest for Racially Fair Elections
 
The Voting Rights Act has become a period piece that today serves to keep most black legislators clustered on the sidelines of American politics--precisely the opposite of what its framers intended.  
 
Deconstructing the Republic Voting Rights, the Supreme Court, and the Founders' Republicanism Reconsidered
 
Peacock contends that theVRA, as it is currently implemented, undermines the Founders' vision of government by emphasizing racial and ethnic group rights over individual rights.  
 
 
PAST EVENTS
 
 
As the Supreme Court opens its October Term, the AEI Legal Center will host its annual review and preview of the U.S. Supreme Court's 2007 and 2008 Terms.
 
 
At this event, the AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project, Ohio State University’s Election Law @ Moritz project, and Georgetown University Law Center’s Supreme Court Institute will jointly argue this hypothetical court case before a balanced panel of retired judges.