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Constitutional Law

May 23, 2000

Back to the Basics

First Principles By By John C. Eastman Last week the Supreme Court invalidated, by the narrowest of margins, a portion of the federal Violence Against Women Act of 1994 that created a federal cause of action for violence motivated by gender bias. Despite all the hand-wringing by legal commentators in the week since Brzonkala v. Morrison was handed down, the case was not primarily about violence against women.


        First Principles
        By John C. Eastman
        
         Last week the Supreme Court invalidated, by the narrowest of margins, a portion of the federal Violence Against Women Act of 1994 that created a federal cause of action for violence motivated by gender bias. Des...

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