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Christopher W. Schmidt
Researcher at Chicago-Kent College of Law
Publications - 46
Citations - 181
Christopher W. Schmidt is an academic researcher from Chicago-Kent College of Law. The author has contributed to research in topics: Supreme court & Social movement. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 46 publications receiving 177 citations. Previous affiliations of Christopher W. Schmidt include Illinois Institute of Technology & American Bar Foundation.
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The Sit-Ins and the State Action Doctrine
TL;DR: The state action doctrine of the Fourteenth Amendment has been studied extensively since the sit-ins of the 1960s as mentioned in this paper, when African American students took their seats at "whites only" lunch counters across the South.
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Beyond the Opinion: Supreme Court Justices and Extrajudicial Speech
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a taxonomy of the primary motivations behind Supreme Court Justices' extra-judicial speech, and argue that their taxonomy can serve as an invitation for a more realistic and constructive discussion about the role of Justices in our constitutional democracy.
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Oral Dissenting on the Supreme Court
TL;DR: The first comprehensive evaluation of oral dissenting on the Supreme Court is given in this paper, where the authors examine the practice in both historical and contemporary perspective, take stock of the emerging academic literature on the subject, and suggest a new framework for analysis of oral dissents.