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List of paper topics:
This is the list of paper topics that people have selected. It was first put together in class on March 31. Everybody needs to post and refine their own question and it should be in final form by now. Please rewrite your own question so that it is actually, literally, a question (with a real live question mark at the end). And then please add some text concerning how you are going to go about answering the question--how are you going to do this paper?
 * 1) Obamacare 4/21
 * 2) nick: how do you explain the different judicial rulings on the constitutionality of the individual mandate?
 * 3) phil: what will kennedy do? WWKD?
 * 4) Keith: What theory of jurisprudence best explains the Florida v. United States ruling on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act?
 * Method: theoretical analysis of the judge's rationale in ruling for the Plaintiffs within framework of theories of jurisprudence
 * 1) Lauren: To what extent do the rulings reflect judicial activism?
 * 2) Cynthia: How has the theories of jurisprudence influenced judicial rulings on the Obamacare individual mandate cases?
 * 3) Citizens United 4/21
 * 4) marcie: constitutional basis of the ruling. apply the path-dependency model; corporate "citizenship"; dartmouth college on
 * 5) atticus: rosenberg constrained court model; is this a dynamic court on this issue? and if so does this confirm his cautionary note that conservatives may be able to advance their agenda in the courts by blocking social change?
 * 6) Matthew: Does Citizens' reflect a judicially active partisan court?
 * 7) Delta Smelt 4/28
 * 8) paul: are pro-smelt attorneys making the same mistake as environmentalists in rosenberg's model? irconomic analysis--what can we learn from the economics of the situation?
 * 9) nick: use constrained court view and apply to the pro-smelt attorneys' case. they cite environmental cases as precedent.should they rely more on the political process?
 * 10) brittany: law and economics analysis for both sides
 * 11) jose: legal theories: riparian rights, prior appropriation; water markets
 * 12) Birthright Citizenship 4/28
 * 13) fuad: constitutionality of HR 140
 * 14) alia: compare foreign policies with ours (Somalia) - making the child choose -- GB, Canada, France
 * 15) wyatt: why more judges don't follow Pregerson's stance on not separating child from parent: judicial restraint and economic analysis
 * 16) maritza: either constitutionality of HR 140 or of making the child choose between country and parent-- chinese exclusion cases? judge pregerson's decisions
 * 17) lizbeth: economic analysis re HR 140
 * 18) joe: compare constitutionality of HR 140 under constrained court model and dynamic court model--what would courts do with the constitutionality?
 * 19) Global Warming 4/14
 * 20) luciano: to what extent does the litigation reflect partisan or ideological divide
 * 21) danny: ME TOO!!!
 * 22) katie: how have previous environmental policy cases set the stage for this one?
 * 23) blanca: standing/implications of the decision if standing is granted to private groups (cf perry v schwarzenegger)
 * 24) tommy: how is Kennedy likely to vote?