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Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law Volume 10 | Issue 2 Article 9 2002 e Textualism Of Clarence omas: Anchoring e Supreme Court's Property Rights Jurisprudence to the Constitution Nancie G. Marzulla Follow this and additional works at: hp://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/jgspl Part of the Judges Commons is Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Washington College of Law Journals & Law Reviews at Digital Commons @ American University Washington College of Law. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ American University Washington College of Law. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Recommended Citation Marzulla, Nanice. "e Textualism Of Clarence omas: Anchoring e Supreme Court's Property Rights Jurisprudence to the Constitution." American University Journal of Gender Social Policy and Law 10, no. 2 (2002): 351-379.

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Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

Volume 10 | Issue 2 Article 9

2002

The Textualism Of Clarence Thomas: AnchoringThe Supreme Court's Property RightsJurisprudence to the ConstitutionNancie G. Marzulla

Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/jgsplPart of the Judges Commons

This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Washington College of Law Journals & Law Reviews at Digital Commons @ AmericanUniversity Washington College of Law. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law by an authorized administratorof Digital Commons @ American University Washington College of Law. For more information, please contact [email protected].

Recommended CitationMarzulla, Nanice. "The Textualism Of Clarence Thomas: Anchoring The Supreme Court's Property Rights Jurisprudence to theConstitution." American University Journal of Gender Social Policy and Law 10, no. 2 (2002): 351-379.

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I. Introduction.................................................................................................. 351II. The Textualism of Hugo Black and Clarence Thomas................................. 353III. Clarence Thomas: The Emerging Contours of His Philosophy.................... 360IV. The Implications of Textualism for Property Rights.................................... 362

A. Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council..............................................363B. Dolan v. City of Tigard..........................................................................366C. Parking Association of Georgia v. City of Atlanta ................................368D. Suitum v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency..........................................369E. Eastern Enterprises v. Apfel .................................................................. 371F. Palazzolo v. Rhode Island......................................................................375

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