The Supreme Court opinions of Clarence Thomas, 1991-2011 / Henry Mark Holzer.
2012
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Author
Title
The Supreme Court opinions of Clarence Thomas, 1991-2011 / Henry Mark Holzer.
Published
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, Inc., Pub., [2012]
Copyright
©2012
Call Number
KF8745.T48 H655 2012
Edition
Second edition.
ISBN
9780786463343 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0786463341 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0786463341 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Description
ix, 226 pages ; 23 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)757462058
Summary
"This analysis of Thomas's most important majority, concurring, and dissenting opinions offers laypersons and legal professionals alike the opportunity to understand in his own words Thomas's approach to constitutional decision-making and his understanding of the most important provisions of the Constitution"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-219) and index.
Record Appears in
Gift
Purchased from the income of the Edith L. Fisch Fund
Gift
The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
Purchased from the income of the Edith L. Fisch Fund
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction
1
1.
"We the People": The Constitution of the United States
9
2.
"Further declaratory and restrictive clauses": The Bill of Rights
15
3.
"Shall be vested in": Separation of Powers
20
Sovereign Immunity
30
4.
"The powers not delegated": Federalism
32
Supremacy Clause
32
Preemption
34
Tenth Amendment
36
Commerce Clause
39
Necessary and Proper Clause
42
5.
"One supreme Court": Judicial Review
49
Original Jurisdiction
49
Judicial Restraint
51
Statutory Interpretation
59
Stare Decisis
63
Thomas and Scalia
65
6.
"Congress shall make no law": First Amendment
67
Establishment of Religion
67
Free Exercise of Religion
72
Freedom of Speech
73
Right of Association
92
Right of Petition
95
7.
"Other enumerated rights": Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Eighth Amendments
97
Fourth Amendment
98
Fifth Amendment
100
Sixth Amendment
108
Eighth Amendment
114
8.
"No State shall": Fourteenth Amendment
130
Privileges or Immunities
130
Due Process of Law
136
Equal Protection of the Law
149
Conclusion
157
Appendix A
Opinions of Justice Thomas
163
Appendix B
Statutory Interpretation Opinions of Justice Thomas
179
Chapter Notes
191
Index
221