Finding liberty's refuge : balancing the states and the individual on the O'Connor court / Title on signature form: Finding liberties refuge :|bbalancing the states and the individual on the O'Connor's court

Description

This paper examines the tension between states' rights and rights of the individual in the jurisprudence of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Through analysis of O'Connor's personal biography and a series of opinions written over her tenure on the Supreme Court, I find that O'Connor reached an incremental balance between the sometimes conflicting goals of protecting the rights of the states and individuals, resulting in a unique rights-based approach to federalism. / Constitutionalism, federalism, and expressive democracy -- Justic O'Connor and federalism -- The state and the individual -- Analysis. / Department of Political Science

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1. http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/handle/123456789/194982
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Tags

States' rights (American politics)

Civil rights--United States

O'Connor, Sandra Day, 1930

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:BSU/oai:cardinalscholar.bsu.edu:123456789/194982
Date	16 August 2011
Creators	Vandervort, Eric M.
Contributors	Vasicko, Sally J.
Source Sets	Ball State University
Detected Language	English