Browsing Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Works by Subject "United States. Constitution"

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    • Constitutional Isolationism and the Limits of State Separation of Powers as a Barrier to Interstate Compacts 
      Rossi, Jim, 1965- (Marquette Law Review, 2007)
      In this Essay, I address the question of which branch of state government ought to have the authority to negotiate interstate compacts - a question of state separation of powers. Recent case law interpreting state constitutions ...
    • Separation of Powers: Asking a Different Question 
      Sherry, Suzanna (Williamn and Mary Law Review, 1989)
      What I find most intriguing about Professor Casper's essay1 is its historical description of the founders' attitude not so much toward "separation of powers," but toward separation of powers "questions." In other words, I ...
    • Two Hundred Years Ago Today 
      Sherry, Suzanna (Law and Inequality, 1988)
      There is a tendency in the bicentennial year-and especially this week-to idealize the events of 1787. We tend to presume that the men who wrote the Constitution were near-perfect demigods, who crafted a brilliant and ...