{"id":51810,"date":"2016-09-30T11:27:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T16:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-legal\/supreme\/legal-commentary\/edward-lazarus-archive-3.html"},"modified":"2016-09-30T11:27:00","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T16:27:00","slug":"edward-lazarus-archive-3","status":"publish","type":"supreme","link":"https:\/\/supreme.findlaw.com\/legal-commentary\/edward-lazarus-archive-3.html","title":{"rendered":"Edward Lazarus Archive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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CHALLENGES FOR THE SUPREME COURT IN THE WAKE OF TERRORISM:
\n ALLOWING GREATER FEDERAL POWER, AND MINIMIZING\nCHURCH\/STATE\n\t\t\tTIES<\/a>\n\n
\nFindLaw columnist, attorney, and author Edward Lazarus assesses the challenges the Supreme Court will face in the months and years ahead, as legislation enacted in the wake of terrorism inevitably comes before the Court. Lazarus suggests that, in light of the recent tragedy, the Court should abandon two of its pre-eminent doctrines in recent years: a federalism that limits what the federal government can require states to do, and a church\/state separation doctrine that has been increasingly lax.\n\n
\n<\/span>\nTuesday, Oct. 02, 2001<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

COURAGE, COWARDICE, AND TERRORISM:
\n WHY CHOOSING OUR GOAL CAREFULLY MATTERS AS MUCH AS \n COURAGEOUSLY ACHIEVING THEM<\/a>\n\n
\nFindLaw columnist, attorney and author Edward Lazarus points out that where the recent terrorist acts are concerned, courage, while valuable, can take us only so far. Choosing our ends matters just as much as acting courageously, Lazarus contends; the terrorists, in their own twisted way, showed determination and resolution, but towards evil results.\n\n
\n<\/span>\nTuesday, Sep. 18, 2001<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RACIAL ISSUES, GREAT AND SMALL:
\n FROM THE U.N.’S RACISM CONFERENCE DEBACLE, TO TENNIS’ \nRACISM SQUABBLES<\/a>\n\n
\nFindLaw columnist, attorney, and author Edward Lazarus surveys and comments on contemporary racial issues — from the problems with the U.N.’s racism conference, to the recent accusations against two professional tennis players, to the topics on the Supreme Court’s agenda for next term. \n\n
\n<\/span>\nTuesday, Sep. 04, 2001<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE SUPREME COURT’S JUSTICES:\n DEEPLY DIVIDED ON THE DEATH PENALTY, BUT STILL COMPLETELY\n\t\t\tCIVIL WITH EACH OTHER?<\/a>\n\n
\nFindLaw columnist, attorney, and author Edward Lazarus chronicles the history of Supreme Court tie votes over whether to grant a stay in death penalty proceedings, in light of the recent 3-3 tie vote last week in Beazley. Lazarus questions the Justices’ claims of collegiality — most recently made by Justice Breyer — in light of their deep division on questions of principles.\n\n
\n<\/span>\nTuesday, Aug. 21, 2001<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RELIGION, LIGHT AND DARK: A PARIS-EYE VIEW OF FAITH-BASED INITIATIVES<\/a>\n\n
\nFindLaw columnist, attorney, and author Edward Lazarus, currently in Paris,\n\nreflects on America’s comparatively untroubled religious history, and how\n\nthat history should inform our assessment of the constitutionality of\n\nfaith-based initiatives programs.
\n<\/span>\nWednesday, Jul. 25, 2001<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

JUSTICE O’CONNOR’S DEATH PENALTY REGRETS — AND RESPONSIBILITY<\/a>\n\n
\nFindLaw columnist, attorney, and author Edward Lazarus discusses Justice O’Connor’s recent remarks to a women’s group expressing reservations about the way states administer the death penalty. While these remarks are laudable, Lazarus contends that this Justice still has a long way to go, given her history of providing the decisive fifth vote in favor of, and often authoring, a series of harsh death penalty rulings.\n\n
\n<\/span>\nTuesday, Jul. 10, 2001<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SHOULD JUDICIAL NOMINEES’ RELIGION MATTER? RELIGION AND JUDGING FOR BRANDEIS, BRENNAN, AND BLACKMUN<\/a>\n\n
\nFindLaw columnist, attorney, and author Edward Lazarus raises the question whether current judicial nominees’ religion should have any bearing on their consideration — and explains the role religion historically played for Justices Brandeis, Brennan, and Blackmun.\n\n
\n<\/span>\nTuesday, Jun. 26, 2001<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DECADES OF THE DEATH PENALTY: HOW THE SUPREME COURT FAILED<\/a>\n\n
\nFindLaw columnist, attorney and author Edward Lazarus reflects on the federal government’s decision to begin again imposing the death penalty after a hiatus of over 35 years, and considers the Supreme Court’s vacillation on the penalty.\n\n
\n<\/span>\nTuesday, Jun. 12, 2001<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SENATOR JEFFORDS’ PARTY-SWITCHING: A REMINDER OF CIVIL WAR LEGACIES<\/a>\n\n
\nFindLaw columnist, attorney, and author Edward Lazarus argues that Vermont Senator Jim Jeffords’ party-switching reaffirms geographical lines first drawn in the Civil War — and that the same can be said for the conversions to liberalism of Illinois Justice Harry Blackmun and New Hampshire Justice David Souter.
\n<\/span>\nTuesday, May. 29, 2001<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n\n

CHARLES BLACK: ELEGY FOR A HEROIC LAWYER<\/a>\n\n
\nFindLaw columnist, attorney and author Edward Lazarus reflects on the \n\nimportant and unusual life of the recently-deceased attorney and scholar \n\nCharles Black. Lazarus explains, among other things, how Black foresaw that \n\nan impeachment over a sex scandal could damage the nation, and how Louis \n\nArmstrong shaped Black’s views on law.
\n<\/span>\nTuesday, May. 15, 2001<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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