Stancetaking strategies in judicial discourse: evidence from us supreme court opinions*... 8 (plurality opinion ((quoting Coker, supra, at 597 (plura lity opinion))), it is the feelings and in-tuition of a majority of the Justices that count – “the perceptions of decency,...
Authorizations for the use of force, international law, and the "charming betsy" canon... Rumsfeld, the plurality opinion used international law to interpret the authorization by Congress for the use of force, but did so without adequate attention to the content or interpretive ...
Legislative and administrative courts: northern pipeline and related developments in federal constitutional lawThis paper reviews the Supreme Court's decision in Northern Pipeline, emphasizing the analysis of Justice Brennan's plurality opinion, and then applies this analysis to the Federal Magistrates Act....
Smith v. city of jackson: age discrimination act authorizes disparate impact claims – but scope is narrow... In a plurality opinion, the Court held that the Age Discrimination in Employment Act authorized claims of disparate impact....
