
Supreme Court concerning enforcement of the Espionage Act of 1917 during World War I. The proposal is accompanied by an explication of the values and structures it means to fortify-among them, the separation of powers, the process of deliberation, and the institution of judicial review. 47 (1919), was a landmark decision of the U.S. The Espionage Act, passed shortly after the U.S. FROM THE SEDITION ACT OF 1798 TO THE WAR ON TERRORISM (2004). Drawing on these discoveries, Chapter 3 culminates in a proposal of the precise terms of the 28th Amendment, which constructs a constitutional quarantine for exceptional claims in US law and politics. significant concept in the area of white-collar crimes. The second chapter gathers “lessons from abroad,” evaluating the successes and failures of foreign and international emergency provisions and derogation clauses in constitutions and covenants-namely, India, South Africa, and the international human rights treaties. This discussion demonstrates the perils of precedent in normalizing the exception in the absence of a constitutional state of emergency. suspension of the writ of habeas corpus and the freedoms of speech and press) during periods of crisis, such as war or the threat of war.

The paper begins with an analysis of US Supreme Court case law dealing with limitations of constitutional rights (e.g. A study of states of exception in constitutional law, this thesis proposes an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, providing for limited derogations of constitutional rights under declarations of emergency. of speech and of the press which is guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and that the entire Espionage Act is.
