The FCC’s New Theory of the First Amendment

Hannibal Travis (Florida International University College of Law) has posted The FCC's New Theory of the First Amendment on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This article describes the Federal Communications Commission’s new theory of the First Amendment, as articulated in the agency's decision sanctioning Comcast for blocking certain peer-to-peer file sharing traffic, later reversed by […]

Originalism on the Web

Michael Stokes Paulsen on Where in the Constitution is “Separation of Church and State”? Helena Silverstein reviews Church, State and Original Intent by Donald L. Drakeman Kurt T. Lash on The Origins of the Privileges or Immunities Clause, Part II: John Bingham and the Second Draft of the Fourteenth Amendment Matthew J. Frank on Is […]

Originalism on the Web
Mike Rappaport

Conor P. Williams and John Halpin on: The Progressivism of America’s Founding David Fontana reviews: Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge’s View by Stephen Breyer Tony Mauro on:  Justice Breyer on Originalism, the Media and the Court

Incredible Credibility and the Original Meaning of the Fourth Amendment
Mike Rappaport

Jonathan S. Keim (Georgetown University Law Center) has posted Incredible Credibility: Administrative Detention of Food Articles, Probable Cause, and the Original Meaning of the Fourth Amendment (Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy, Vol. 6, No. 1, 2008) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Under 2002 revisions to the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, federal […]

Recognition: A Case Study on the Original Understanding of Executive Power
Mike Rappaport

Robert Reinsteinhas (Temple University – James E. Beasley School of Law) has posted Recognition: A Case Study on the Original Understanding of Executive Power (Temple University Legal Studies Research Paper) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This article focuses on a question never before examined in the literature: what evidence is there that those who […]