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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
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
) (informing the author’s definition of movement lawyering). 4 “Guildies” is a nickname for members of the National Lawyers Guild. 5 The Black Panthers were a revolutionary Marxist political organization ... secure individual representation and bond reductions for people with serious state-court charges. We were in a rapid-response moment and not focused on internal political alignment, counsel’s range of
?” 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
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
additional works at: http://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/hrbrief Part of the Human Rights Law Commons Recommended Citation Santorum, Claudio R., and Antonio Maldonado. "Political Reconciliation or
efforts to undermine the ICC by framing any potential actions against U.S. nationals as inherently political.15 The United States shifted course when the ICC opened an investigation on Darfur, Sudan in ... 2005.16 Since then, the United States has supported ICC investigations and prosecutions against its political opponents in Africa.17 Within a decade, the ICC had conducted eight investigations, all
freedom in Turkey, which has lost a substantial portion of its citizens of Greek descent since the fall of the Ottoman Empire due to genocide and political strife within its borders.8 Longstanding ethnic ... and religious cleavages in Turkish society remain political hot button issues, with many experts positing that Turkey is attempting to marginalize over 160 foundations operating in the country for the
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
represent a prejudiced threat to power dynamics and socio-political nativism.25 Although the EU is obligated to provide protection and assistance to refugees, and to respect the rights and dignity of all ... crisis. persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion.”28 Article 3 of the 1967 Protocol specifically prohibits the discrimination of
Organizers in 2016, the organization trained over 3,000 individuals and held ten intensive community organizing fellowships. Elyssa herself has trained over 10,000 activists, political operatives, and ... worker cooperatives and partnered with community-based organizations to co-facilitate political education and co-develop policies and campaigns in English and Spanish. Professor Hill also has done
Americans). 2 Schwartzapfel, supra note 1. 3 Id. (quoting Vesla Weaver, political scientist at John’s Hopkins University). 4 Amanda Onion, et al., The Great Migration, History.com (Aug. 30, 2022), https ... , disproportionately incarcerated.8 In the 1960s and 1970s, politicians spanning the political spectrum seized on “law and order” rhetoric, advocating for and “enacting harsh, punitive, and retributively oriented
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
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 courts first question was whether they are based on political or racial classifications.195 Political classifications need only to
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
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
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
of Judea, Athens, and 127 Fred Miller,Aristotle’s Political Theory, Stanford EncycloRome (1836). pedia of Philosophy (1998), https://plato.stanford.edu/en121 See, e.g., Elmo Borges Koch et al.,The ... Director of the Center for Legal Information at Duquesne University School of Law, and Political Science Lecturer at Columbia University. A version of this paper was presented to After the WelfAre StAte
