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NoteVol. 104 · Iss. 2
One-Person, One-Initiative: Equal Protection Limits on Missouri’s Proposed District-Based Initiative Approval Rule
Direct democracy is deeply rooted in Missouri’s history. Since Missouri adopted the initiative and referendum processes in 1908, voters have successfully placed 130 measures…
Domenic Monteleone -
ArticleVol. 102 · Iss. 6
Foreword: The Curiously Minor Role of Minor v. Happersett
This symposium marks the 150th anniversary of Minor v. Happersett, a Supreme Court decision unanimously holding that the Fourteenth Amendment’s Privileges or Immunities Clause…
Susan Frelich Appleton, Travis Crum & Hannah Keidan -
ArticleVol. 102 · Iss. 6
Minor v. Happersett, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, And the Supreme Court’s Refusal to Reconstruct America
One hundred and fifty years ago, in the wake of the ratification of the Reconstruction Amendments, the United States Supreme Court decided Minor v.…
Henry L. Chambers, Jr. -
ArticleVol. 102 · Iss. 6
“May It Please Her Honor”: The United States’ First Women Judges, 1870-1930
Between 1870 and 1930, hundreds of women served as judges in the United States. While a small number compared to the men who served,…
Elizabeth D. Katz -
ArticleVol. 102 · Iss. 6
Citizenship and Empire in Elk v. Wilkins
In 1884, the Supreme Court held that the Fourteenth Amendment’s guarantee of birthright citizenship did not apply to Native Americans. In Elk v. Wilkins,…
Alexandra Fay -
ArticleVol. 102 · Iss. 6
History, Tradition, and the Franchise
Over the last several years, Fourteenth Amendment jurisprudence in the Supreme Court has undergone a dramatic shift. Once the doctrinal bedrock for unenumerated rights,…
Brandon J. Johnson -
ArticleVol. 102 · Iss. 6
Minor v. Happersett and the Repudiation of Universal Suffrage
Nearly 150 years ago, Minor v. Happersett rejected a constitutional challenge to a Missouri law that excluded women from the electorate. Ratification of the…
Ellen D. Katz -
ArticleVol. 102 · Iss. 6
A “New” New Departure
In the wake of enactment of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, women’s rights activists embarked on an exercise in popular constitutionalism known as “the…
Paula A. Monopoli -
ArticleVol. 102 · Iss. 6
Transgender Disenfranchisement
Transgender and gender variant people are excluded from formal democratic participation at the polls through a variety of legal mechanisms. Such barriers include purportedly…
Scott Skinner-Thompson -
ArticleVol. 92 · Iss. 3
(Mis)Trusting States to Run Elections
Recent Supreme Court election law jurisprudence reflects an unspoken, pernicious trend. Without identifying a specific new rule, the Court has been unjustifiably deferring to…
Joshua A. Douglas -
ArticleVol. 92 · Iss. 2
Zero Tolerance Policies: Criminalizing Childhood and Disenfranchising the Next Generation of Citizens
Columbine High School, Littleton, Colorado. Heath High School, West Paducah, Kentucky. Westside Middle School, Jonesboro, Arkansas. Zero tolerance policies were adopted in these schools…
S. David Mitchell -
NoteVol. 91 · Iss. 2
Reading the Tea Leaves: The Supreme Court and the Futureof Coalition Districts Under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act
Every ten years, state legislatures or specially designated commissions convene to redraw legislative district lines that comport with new census data in a process…
Lauren R. Weinberg