Grutter and Gratz opinions

The opinions in Grutter and Gratz are now up on the Supreme Court's webpage. *** Matthew J. Franck Professor and Chairman Department of Political Science Radford University P.O. Box 6945 Radford, VA 24142-6945 phone 540-831-5854 fax 540-831-6075 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***

Re: Membership in Disfavored Organization as Grounds for Dismissa l as School ...

I think you've mischaracterized the stated grounds for the university's firing of Al-Arian. See http://isis2.admin.usf.edu/News/2001/arianindex.htm for a PDF version of the provost's termination letter. Matt Franck *** Matthew J. Franck Professor and Chairman Department

Re: NRO Article

*** Matthew J. Franck Professor and Chairman Department of Political Science Radford University P.O. Box 6945 Radford, VA 24142-6945 phone 540-831-5854 fax 540-831-6075 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** At 03:08 PM 7/30/2003 -0400, you wrote: Thanks for sharing

Dred Scott (was Scalia's Originalism)

of his honor roll! Matt *** Matthew J. Franck Professor and Chairman Department of Political Science Radford University P.O. Box 6945 Radford, VA 24142-6945 phone 540-831-5854 fax 540-831-6075 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** At 04:27 PM 8/1/2003 -0500, you

Treaties (was Scalia's Originalism)

like to give it further thought. This I do know: I'm glad it has never done so! Matt *** Matthew J. Franck Professor and Chairman Department of Political Science Radford University P.O. Box 6945 Radford, VA 24142-6945 phone 540-831-5854 fax 540-831-6075 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Scalia's Originalism

I will have to look for the Barnett article. For my money, the best defense and explication of originalism is Keith Whittington's Constitutional Interpretation. Matt *** Matthew J. Franck Professor and Chairman Department of Political Science Radford University P.O. Box

Treaties (was Scalia's Originalism)

to be a self-governing republic, subject instead (through the medium of its courts) to being ruled by the opinions of extraterritorial legal elites. Matt *** Matthew J. Franck Professor and Chairman Department of Political Science Radford University P.O. Box 6945 Radford, VA 24142

Re: Scalia's Originalism

it is unsound, as in federalism cases, it becomes a mask for another agenda entirely. In my article that started all this, I only meant to defend the soundness of Scalia's originalism in Lawrence. Matt *** Matthew J. Franck Professor and Chairman Department of Political Science

Just for laughs

episodes of Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, and of course, the Star Wars movies. *** Matthew J. Franck Professor and Chairman Department of Political Science Radford University P.O. Box 6945 Radford, VA 24142-6945 phone 540-831-5854 fax 540-831-6075 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***

Re: Treating Treaties Roughly

*** Matthew J. Franck Professor and Chairman Department of Political Science Radford University P.O. Box 6945 Radford, VA 24142-6945 phone 540-831-5854 fax 540-831-6075 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** At 08:18 AM 8/5/2003 -0500, you wrote: Dear Jack, The point

Re: Marshall Upholding Federal Stutes

license, and that law gave no preference that could be implicated by the clause in question. Matt *** Matthew J. Franck Professor and Chairman Department of Political Science Radford University P.O. Box 6945 Radford, VA 24142-6945 phone 540-831-5854 fax 540-831-6075 e-mail

Query on Eleventh Amendment

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Re: California Drivers' Licenses for Undocumented Immigrants -- Preem ption? Vote dilution?

*** Matthew J. Franck Professor and Chairman Department of Political Science Radford University P.O. Box 6945 Radford, VA 24142-6945 phone 540-831-5854 fax 540-831-6075 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** At 04:49 PM 9/6/2003 -0700, you wrote: Cal. Governor Gray

Janice Rogers Brown

text. As Justice Antonin Scalia stated for the Supreme Court four years ago, Lochner is discredited because it 'sought to impose a particular economic philosophy upon the Constitution.' Brown rejects this criticism of Lochner as 'simply wrong.' Matt *** Matthew J. Franck

Re: Presidents and the Court

appears in a note at the end of Newmyer's paragraph. Matt *** Matthew J. Franck Professor and Chairman Department of Political Science Radford University P.O. Box 6945 Radford, VA 24142-6945 phone 540-831-5854 fax 540-831-6075 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.radford.edu/~mfranck