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Flynn, John J. | Federalism and viable state government: the history of Utah's Constitution | The decade of the 1960's has witnessed, thus far, a sharp upswing of interest in the state of the states. Financial crisis, political paralysis, reapportionment, and the continued trend of federal intervention in heretofore "local" affairs have forced believers in the federal idea to reexamine the s... | Constitution, Law; History | 1966 |
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Firmage, Edwin B. | Free exercise of religion in nineteenth century America: the Mormon cases | The Mormon cases present a fascinating study of diversity and conformity in the United States in the nineteenth century. From their beginning the Mormons were a gathered people. Almost immedi- ately, from their origins in New York, the Mormons challenged the legal systems in the nation and the state... | Law; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; Nineteenth century; Polygamy; Theocracy | 1989 |
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Firmage, Edwin B. | Judicial campaign against polygamy and the enduring legal questions | For lay people the chief virtue of our Constitution is not in its distribution of power or in its guarantees of participation in governmental processes but in the protections it affords individual liberties, not least of which is freedom of conscience. Yet ratification of the Bill of Rights did not... | Polygamists; Edmunds Act; Cohabitation | 1987 |
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Firmage, Edwin B. | Religion & the law: the Mormon experience in the nineteenth century | The Mormon cases present a fascinating study of diversity and conformity in the nineteenth century United States. From their beginning the Mormons were a gathered people. Almost immediately, from the time of the origin in New York, the Mormons challenged national and state legal systems to protect... | Law; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; Nineteenth century; Polygamy; Theocracy | 1990 |