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legitimacy could not be applied to a female spouse because “presumption of legitimacy . . . is one of a biological relationship”); In re A.E., No. 09-16
agent” of the enacting legislature and promotes democratic legitimacy. From a rule-of-law perspective, the drafting manuals can serve as devices for the
legitimacy to other public challenges to the Court. Indeed, all textbooks are open to non-Article V constitutional change through judicial nominations
command-and-control regulation than open-market opera- tions. 2. Act as a Catalyst for Congressional Action The basis for the Fed’s legitimacy is
Legitimacy and the Constitution, 118 HARV. L. REV. 1787, 1828 (2005); Barry Friedman, The History of the Countermajoritarian Difficulty, Part Four
deinstitutionalization, and suggests that similar patterns may eventually compromise the Court’s institutional legitimacy. I. the court as magisterium Several
vulnerabilities of our democratic arrangements are conspicuous. The profoundly undemocratic Electoral College threatens the legitimacy of our presidential elections
case of judicial overreach; 2. Increasing concerns about the legitimacy of the rational basis test; 3. A growing number of cases where the fundamental
This Note proposes using outlawry proceedings to bring legitimacy to the government’s targeted killing regime. Far from clearly contrary to the
representativeness—and hence the legitimacy—of capital juries will suffer. Third, if the number of death verdicts rises with the ease of