Re: Standing Issue in Pledge of Allegiance Case

I confess to have given little thought to standing in establishment clause cases, except to wonder a bit about the vitality of Flast. Is it really true that if Flast were overruled, there would be no standing in the cases John Eastman lists? Surely the ACLU could find individual members who

Arnold's Ascension

Just a technical question that has only a tangential connection to constitutional law. Now that Arnold is governor-elect of California, when does Davis actually hand over power? Is it immediate, or is there a cooling off/transition period? John T. Parry Associate Professor of Law

Re: Whatever Became of the Unitary Executive?

Maybe he needs some good plumbers. A few of them are still around. John T. Parry Associate Professor of Law University of Pittsburgh School of Law 3900 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15260 412-648-7006 -Original Message- From: Discussion list for con law professors [mailto:[EMAIL

Call for Papers: Evil and Human Wickedness

I'm passing along this call for papers. The conference is a great, interdisciplinary event. Sorry for overlapping postings. John Parry University of Pittsburgh School of Law 5th Global Conference Perspectives on Evil and Human

Re: Do Not Call - the constitutional question

I wonder how list members distinguish the do-not-call list from vouchers and the other establishment clause cases that turn on the private intermediary who has a role in implementing government policy. If those cases are on point or at least relevant (I incline toward relevance but not

Re: Question about Treaty/Constitution Interaction

OK, now for the follow-up. Are there any commentaries on this practice and the U.N.'s response? John T. Parry Associate Professor of Law University of Pittsburgh School of Law 3900 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15260 412-648-7006 -Original Message- From: Discussion list for con law

Constitutional Remedies

I'm looking for good discussions of the relationship between rights and remedies in constitutional law, in particular the extent to which remedies are or are not of the same status as constitutional rules. I'm already aware of Sager's Legal Status of Underenforced Constitutional Norms,

Patriot Act

I need to get up to speed on the Patriot Act. Can anyone recommend the best attacks and/or defenses of the Act and its related or follow-on statutes? Thanks, John Parry John T. Parry Associate Professor of Law University of Pittsburgh School of Law 3900 Forbes Avenue

Cooper Redux? (Re: Marshall Upholding Federal Statutes)

With all of this discussion of the difference between nullifying a statute and refusing to give effect to it, I wonder how list members analyze Alabama Chief Justice Moore's announcement that he will not obey a federal court order requiring removal of a ten commandments monument? The

FW: Michigan cases online symposium

Title: Michigan cases online symposium I'm forwarding the following symposium announcement/CFP. John T. Parry Assistant Professor of Law University of Pittsburgh School of Law 3900 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15260 412-648-7006 -Original Message- From:

Madison and the Founding Era

I've been reading Lance Banning's book, The Sacred Fire of Liberty, which argues persuasively that Madison was fairly consistent throughout his career in his support for some degree of increased national power while retaining primary power in the states (and thus rejects the claim that