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One Nation, Under Fraud: A Remonstrance

This Remonstrance presents a counter-cultural narrative and analysis of Maine’s legal, political, economic, and social interactions with the Wabanaki people. Although contemporary indicia of abuses ... historico-legal perspective. Presenting its analysis through an historic, legal, political, economic, and social nexus, this Remonstrance traces the ontogeny of control exerted by the State of Maine over the

The Growing List of Reasons to Amend The Maine Indian Jurisdictional Agreement

future federal laws benefiting tribes and native peoples. And, it did so without the consent of the tribes located within Maine. In addition to recognizing how economic and political realities influenced ... 1970s negotiations, as well as useful understandings into the larger political, social, legal, and economic context of the time.20 This Article seeks to build upon these reports, studies, books, hearings

Gun Control: Political Fears Trump Crime Control

?” Is there a hidden political dynamic? But “hidden” means hard to find. So maybe we should look for the answer in a related jurisdiction that keeps more extensive records of its government’s

National Security Rules: America's Constitution of Law and War

Contemporary debates over the appropriate allocation of war powers between the political branches overemphasize the rigidity of the Constitution’s framework. This style of academic discussion ... presidential supremacy, we should instead look to text, history, and structure for guidance on how the political branches can legitimately and affirmatively negotiate their emergent responsibilities. This

Digital Court Records Access: Social Justice and Judicial Balancing

important in our democracy, and it is critical that we take measures to preserve both. The purpose of writing this essay is to show that Judge Coffin’s judicial philosophy and rights-sensitive balancing ... philosophy and using his rights-sensitive balancing process as a guide in managing the transition to electronic records. It offers a glimpse into how Judge Coffin, if asked, might go about the task of

Election SLAPPs: Effective at Suppressing Political Participation and Giving Anti-SLAPP Statutes the Slip

potential labyrinth of litigation. A SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) is a lawsuit that typically has no merit, but is filed to prevent the defendant from participating in a political ... School of Law Digital Commons. For more information , please contact , USA - ELECTION SLAPPS: EFFECTIVE AT SUPPRESSING POLITICAL PARTICIPATION AND GIVING ANTISLAPP STATUTES THE SLIP I. II. III. IV

Five Times More Likely: Haaland v. Brackeen and What It Could Mean for Maine Tribes

their motions.158 First considering the question of equal protection, the court determined the definition of Indian child was a racial, rather than political, classification.159 The court reasoned that ... families.194 To determine the constitutionality of these provisions, the court’s first question was whether they are based on political or racial classifications.195 Political classifications need only to

DESDE EL PUNTO DE VISTA DOCENTE. SENTIDOS SOBRE ‘TED’, COMPETENCIAS SOCIALES Y LIDERAZGO EN UN COLEGIO DE CLASES ALTAS

The following article investigates the moral and political socialization practices in a traditional British school for upper classes in the city of Buenos Aires. Results derive from fieldwork carried ... for students’ participation in the TED event. The article concludes that these practices and meanings are related to different moral and political socialization processes in the upper classes

The Dark Matter of Federal Indian Law: The Duty of Protection

relationship was almost always ignored and belittled. In recent decades, with the rise of the federal policy favoring tribal selfdetermination, that narrative is changing to some extent as a political matter ... that the judiciary undermines federal Indian affairs policy at will, just as tribal nations have begun to successfully assert political power in Congress and governmental capabilities at home.34 This is

Symposium Panel: Ensuring Access toJustice in Maine’s Rural Communities

The dichotomy between the greater Portland area and Route One corridor, and Maine’s rural inland and Down East communities, is stark in many ways—economic, cultural, political, and spatial. These ... worst run as a business of any possible business. What our philosophy was, whatever you needed, we did the work, we never turned a client back because they couldn't pay. And if we got paid, it was just a

Primacy in Theory and Application: Lessons From a Half-Century of New Judicial Federalism

of the [thirteen] states (and Vermont as well) had enacted Constitutions to fill in the political gap caused by the overthrow of British authority . . . . Eight of the Revolutionary Constitutions were ... for Principled Decisionmaking, 62 BROOK. L. REV. 1, 7 (1996) (“Legal scholars, political scientists and historians, all eager to participate in the discussion or to join the cause, or at least the fray

Frank Morey Coffin's Political Years: Prelude to a Judgeship

the federal government and, with his friend and colleague Edmund S. Muskie, a creative political reformer for the State of Maine. Throughout his career he demonstrated that the art of politics was a ... Recommended Citation Donald E. Nicoll, Frank Morey Cofi n's Political Years: Prelude to a Judgeship Frank Morey Cofin 's Political Years: Prelude to a Judgeship Donald E. Nicoll 0 1 0 Part of the

RESIGNIFICACIONES DE LA “ESPERA” EN LOS PROCESOS DE ADOPCIÓN DE NIÑOS

is essential to make visible the social and political conditions, institutional practices and social relationships through which children become adoptable.Keywords : Adoption of children; Legal

Fighting the New Wars of Religion: The Need For a Tolerant First Amendment

of political and popular support, it is no surprise that cases about public prayer and the Ten Commandments, property and religious freedom, continue to be filed, and that citizens dispute the ... politics. A focus on tolerance offers three important reminders about the appropriate role of religion in American democracy. First, because toleration is a political and legal principle, toleration is

IMPACIENTES: ACTIVISTAS POR LA REGULACIÓN DEL USO TERAPÉUTICO DE CANNABIS

and dedication to a cause; and invites us to think about political mobilizations through the work that activists do with time, emotions and words.Keywords : Medical cannabis; Impatients; Cannabis ... , Madeleine; O’Donovan, Orla y Rabeharisoa, Vololona 2013. “The entanglement of scientific and political claims: towards a new form of patients’ activism”. En CSI Working Paper Series N° 35, HAL, pp. 1-16

PROBLEMAS DEL MIENTRAS TANTO: ESPERA Y JUSTICIA EN LA CAUSA “MENDOZA”

studies that have analyzed the connections between time and political domination, it will seek to make a contribution in relation to the active nature of the subjects in the long periods during which public

Formación académica y militancia de los intelectuales indígenas mexicanos

The present article reflects on the antecedents and the transformations of the political militancy of indigenous intellectuals who became professionals through university studies in different ... emanating from the indigenosu communities themsleves and also from the Mexican State. KEY WORDS: Indigenous Intellectuals; Political Militancy; Academic Formation; Universities. INTELECTUALES INDÍGENAS

Evaluation of the association of area-level socioeconomic deprivation and breast cancer recurrence by oestrogen receptor subtypes in Scotland

deprived areas an efective means to reach poor people? An assessment of one rationale for area-based funding programmes , CASE/70. London: London School of Economics and Political Science ; 2003 . 43. Robson

Trayectorias, academia y activismo mapuche

the diverse transcendental moments that links trajectories of activism,  such as expressions of collective organization strategies, with the political life of the Mapuche movement in Argentina. Moreover ... ethnography and activism have converged in investigations and the production of “native” explanatory frames is addressed here as a way of interpellating models of political action and the construction of

Después de la protesta: Facebook y los lazos políticos locales

organization (and circulation of local news). Then, the same mobilized actors break up, giving rise to different virtual groups that recreate local political sociability: one to fight against insecurity; another ... , analyzing how local sociability is updated through technological mediation. At the same time, it is a question of showing how political ties exceed the scales we constitute as analytical objects and incite us