When I taught legal research, this was one of the trick questions. I would find a law that had been made unconstitutional by a decision about another law. Term limits for Congress, for example. Not an exam question but a homework question.
I haven't check to see how KeyCite and Shepards handle those now, but it is usually possible to find one which is not clear. I never actually checked but I was reliably informed that some of the slavery related laws were not removed until the 1970s. BJGrey ---- Jon Roland <[email protected]> wrote: > > Even if courts held every such statute to be unconstitutional, the court > decisions would not remove them from the Statutes at Large, and as long > as they remain there, someone might try to enforce them. Statutes need > to be formally repealed. Litigation is not enough. > > On 01/15/2012 11:32 AM, Charles Curley wrote: > > Jon Roland <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Every wonder how a bill to repeal all federal gun control legislation > >> > might be worded? Jon Roland, candidate for U.S. Senate, has a draft > >> > at http://jonroland.net/firearms . > > How about, "The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be > > infringed." > > > > Wait, that sound familiar, somehow. > > > -- Jon > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Constitution Society http://constitution.org > 2900 W Anderson Ln C-200-322 twitter.com/lex_rex > Austin, TX 78757 512/299-5001 [email protected] > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > To post, send message to [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see > http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof > > Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as > private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; > people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) > forward the messages to others. > _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
