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The Barking Dog

dc.contributor.authorSherry, Suzanna
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-30T14:29:39Z
dc.date.available2014-05-30T14:29:39Z
dc.date.issued1996
dc.identifier.citation46 Case W. Res. L. Rev. 877 (1996)en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1803/6381
dc.descriptionarticle published in law reviewen_US
dc.description.abstractProfessor Tushnet, and indeed many of the participants in this symposium, seem to believe that United States v. Lopez will have some lasting significance. Those participants who disagree have suggested that the case's lack of significance will stem from inadequacies of the test set out by the Court: it is easily evaded by Congress, or it does not vary much from prior cases, or it applies only in narrow circumstances. I agree that Lopez will have little significance, but its minimal impact has little to do with the specifics of the test. Instead, I believe that Lopez will join a growing list of cases that have been a nine-days wonder: cases that appear to be startling changes in direction and therefore create great joy and great consternation when first decided, but that are subsequently ignored by the Court. In one of these cases, the Supreme Court was described as having created "islands in [the] stream," and Lopez fits this description admirably.en_US
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dc.publisherCase Western Reserve Law Reviewen_US
dc.subject.lcshConstitutional law -- United Statesen_US
dc.subject.lcshUnited States. Supreme Courten_US
dc.titleThe Barking Dogen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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