The Return of the King: How the Supreme Court Distorted the Jackson Concurrence and Expanded Executive Power in Zivotofsky ex rel. Zivotofsky v. Kerry, 135 S. Ct. 2076 (2015)

Authors

Michael Blackburn, University of Nebraska College of Law

Abstract

I. Introduction

II. Background ... A. A Brief History of the Relevant Case Law ... 1. Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer ... 2. Dames & Moore v. Regan ... 3. Hamdan v. Rumsfeld ... 4. Medellín v. Texas ... B. The Procedural History of Zivotofsky

III. Analysis ... A. The Third Tier of the Jackson Concurrence Standard Gets Lowered ... B. A Flawed Functionalist Approach ... C. The Consequences of the Court’s Errors in Zivotofsky

IV. Conclusion

Recommended Citation

Michael Blackburn, The Return of the King: How the Supreme Court Distorted the Jackson Concurrence and Expanded Executive Power in Zivotofsky ex rel. Zivotofsky v. Kerry, 135 S. Ct. 2076 (2015), 96 Neb. L. Rev. 198 (2017)
Available at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nlr/vol96/iss1/6