inroe v. wade,410 U.S. 113, 93 S. Ct. 705, 35 L. Ed. 2d 147 (1973), the state interest in protecting unborn children was not compelling enough to overcome a woman's right to privacy. When the state interest is not sufficiently compelling, the law is struck down as unconstitutional...
The Restatement (Second) of Contracts, said the Court, “takes the further view that if only part of a contract term is unenforceable on the grounds of public policy, a court may enforce the rest of the term as long as 1) ‘the performance as to which the agreement is unenforceable is ...
By focusing on the issue of state court duties to federal claims, this Article asserts that federalism enforcement includes an alternative to allocation鈥攔elational federalism enforcement. Relational federalism enforcement is understood as the judicial mediation of the interaction of the national ...
The Connecticut judicial branch includes four types of courts, each with specific jurisdictions.Probate courtsdeal with cases involving children, the elderly, and persons with disabilities in addition to their roles in overseeing estates.Superior courtsare trial courts that hear criminal and civil cases...
The Senatorsand Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several StateLegislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the UnitedStates and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation,to support this Constitution;but no religious Test shall ever be ...
The mutual relations of the states to the federation and of the states among themselves are determined by the constitutions, judicial decisions, agreements among the states, and custom. A. A. MISHIN The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All ...
Tax practice during the last four years. These external alerts highlight selected developments involving state tax legislative, judicial, and administrative matters. The alerts provide a brief summary of specific multistate developments relevant to taxpayers, tax professionals, and other interested persons...
undoubtedly took judicial cognizance of the fact that it was then, and has been for many decades, the custom, not only in Savannah, Georgia, but in all places in Georgia, and for that matter, in the southeastern part of the United States, not to serve white people and negroes at the ...
media storage devices, which the government had seized as part of its investigation, finding that compelled disclosure of the information would violate the defendant's right against self-incrimination. Id. at 611-12. The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts reversed. Id. at 617. ...
the stakes of governors’ races are just so incredibly high between abortion rights being relegated to the states, to the economy, to voting rights, to future judicial appointments. The next governors of Washington and North Carolina, New Hampshire will all appoint...