Scott Lemieux
Biographic Data
| ID | 3846493 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Scott Lemieux |
| GIVEN NAMES | Scott |
| FAMILY NAME | Lemieux |
| SIGNATURE | LEMIEUX S |
| AFFILIATIONS | College of Saint Rose |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Counter-Majoritarian Difficulties of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health
This essay claims that overruling Roe will mean more democratic contestation rely on the obviously (in the American context) false assumption that other political institutions are “majoritarian” alternatives to “counter-majoritarian” courts. But the counter-majoritarian aspects of American constitutionalism and politics (including gerrymandering, malapportionment, and other factors that generally lead to the massive over-representation of rural w…
The Two Browns
The colorblind individualism that pervades American politics and society keeps schools segregated although Americans support integrated public education. While the 1954 US Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education has never been overruled, later cases and policies have encouraged its retrenchment. We argue in this multi-disciplinary review of published literature that there are two different versions of Brown—the iconic, pro-integration …
Judicial Discretion and Fundamental Justice
On August 22, 1991 the Supreme Court of Canada delivered its judgment in R. v. Seaboyer.1 At issue was the constitutionality of Criminal Code provisions limiting a defendant's ability to introduce evidence about a complainant's previous sexual activity or reputation in trials for sexual assault. Writing for a seven-justice majority, Justice Beverly McLachlin declared that the prohibition against the admission of sexual activity evidence infringed…
The Counter-Majoritarian Difficulties of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health
This essay claims that overruling Roe will mean more democratic contestation rely on the obviously (in the American context) false assumption that other political institutions are “majoritarian” alternatives to “counter-majoritarian” courts. But the counter-majoritarian aspects of American constitutionalism and politics (including gerrymandering, malapportionment, and other factors that generally lead to the massive over-representation of rural w…
Judicial Discretion and Fundamental Justice
On August 22, 1991 the Supreme Court of Canada delivered its judgment in R. v. Seaboyer.1 At issue was the constitutionality of Criminal Code provisions limiting a defendant's ability to introduce evidence about a complainant's previous sexual activity or reputation in trials for sexual assault. Writing for a seven-justice majority, Justice Beverly McLachlin declared that the prohibition against the admission of sexual activity evidence infringed…
Judicial Discretion and Fundamental Justice
On August 22, 1991 the Supreme Court of Canada delivered its judgment in R. v. Seaboyer.1 At issue was the constitutionality of Criminal Code provisions limiting a defendant's ability to introduce evidence about a complainant's previous sexual activity or reputation in trials for sexual assault. Writing for a seven-justice majority, Justice Beverly McLachlin declared that the prohibition against the admission of sexual activity evidence infringed…
The Two Browns
The colorblind individualism that pervades American politics and society keeps schools segregated although Americans support integrated public education. While the 1954 US Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education has never been overruled, later cases and policies have encouraged its retrenchment. We argue in this multi-disciplinary review of published literature that there are two different versions of Brown—the iconic, pro-integration …
The Counter-Majoritarian Difficulties of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health
This essay claims that overruling Roe will mean more democratic contestation rely on the obviously (in the American context) false assumption that other political institutions are “majoritarian” alternatives to “counter-majoritarian” courts. But the counter-majoritarian aspects of American constitutionalism and politics (including gerrymandering, malapportionment, and other factors that generally lead to the massive over-representation of rural w…
Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Law (2 works) · Law, Rights, and Freedoms (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Supreme court (2 works) · Abortion (1 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (1 works) · Charter (1 works)