Melanie Kalmanson

Independent

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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“  Works in progress include research related to the constitutionality of capital sentencing, with emphasis on the effects of and fallout from the U.S. Supreme Court's 2016 opinion in Hurst v. Florida. Other research interests include judicial independence.  ”

Scholarly Papers (17)

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The Eighth Amendment's Time to Shine; Previewing Florida's Imminent Constitutional Crisis in Capital Punishment

Florida Law Review Forum, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 07 May 2023 Last Revised: 08 May 2023
Melanie Kalmanson
Independent
Downloads 233 (255,844)

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capital punishment, death penalty, capital sentencing, Eighth Amendment, Sixth Amendment

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Death After Dobbs: Addressing the Viability of Capital Punishment for Abortion

William & Mary Journal of Women and the Law, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 25 Jul 2022 Last Revised: 21 Jun 2023
Melanie Kalmanson
Independent
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capital punishment, death penalty, capital sentencing, Eighth Amendment, Sixth Amendment, abortion, Dobbs

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Innocent Until Born: Why Prisons Should Stop Shackling Pregnant Inmates to Protect the Child

44 Fla. St. U.L. Rev. 851
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 10 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 04 Sep 2019
Melanie Kalmanson
Independent
Downloads 137 (407,480)

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eighth amendment, abortion, prison, inmate, incarceration

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Steps Toward Abolishing Capital Punishment: Incrementalism in the American Death Penalty

28 William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal 587 (2020)
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 20 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 01 Jun 2020
Melanie Kalmanson
Independent
Downloads 135 (412,339)
Citation 1

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capital sentencing, death penalty, Eighth Amendment

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Somewhere Between Death Row and Death Watch: The Procedural Trap Capital Defendants Face in Raising Execution-Related Claims

5 U. Pa. J.L. & Pub. Affairs (2020)
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 15 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 19 Jun 2020
Melanie Kalmanson
Independent
Downloads 123 (445,654)
Citation 1

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capital punishment, death penalty, criminal procedure, postconviction review, execution, death warrant, Eighth Amendment

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Giving the Pawns a Voice: A Call for Mandatory Representation of Children in High-Conflict Custody Battles

Thurgood Marshall School of Law Journal on Gender Race and Justice, Vol 5. Iss 1, pg 54, 2015, FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Student Paper No. 794
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 19 Nov 2015
Melanie Kalmanson
Independent
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family law, child custody, best interests

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The Second Amendment Burden: Arming Courts with a Workable Standard for Reviewing Gun Safety Legislation

44 Fla. St. U.L. Rev. 347 (2018)
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 01 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 19 Jul 2018
Melanie Kalmanson
Independent
Downloads 99 (518,749)

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gun control, abortion, undue burden, constitutional law, second amendment, fourteenth amendment

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Filling the Gap of Domestic Violence Protection: Returning Human Rights to U.S. Victims

Florida State University Law Review, Vol. 43, No. 4, 2016
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 24 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 05 Jul 2018
Melanie Kalmanson
Independent
Downloads 90 (551,298)

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domestic violence, American Declaration, federal domestic violence protection, Morrison v. United States, DeShaney v. Winnebago, Castle Rock v. Gonzales

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Repairing the "Sea of Disorganized" Procedures for Determining Competency for Execution

Law and Psychology Review
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 01 Feb 2024 Last Revised: 24 Feb 2024
Melanie Kalmanson and Bridget Maloney
Independent and Pace University - School of Law
Downloads 74 (617,940)

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capital punishment, death penalty, capital sentencing, Eighth Amendment, Sixth Amendment, execution

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Ring and Hurst Retroactivity: Deconstructing Divergent Doctrines

22 Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 19 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2023
Melanie Kalmanson and Nathan Molina
Independent and University of Chicago, Law School
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Ring, Hurst, death penalty, capital sentencing, retroactivity, Sixth Amendment, Eighth Amendment

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The Difference of One Vote or One Day: Reviewing the Demographics of Florida's Death Row After Hurst v. Florida

University of Miami Law Review, Vol. 74, No. 4, 2020
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 19 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 15 Jan 2020
Melanie Kalmanson
Independent
Downloads 70 (636,502)

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death penalty, capital sentencing, criminal law, constitutional law, death row, Sixth Amendment

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The Federal Advantage: Why Today's Polarized Politics Pose the Greatest Threat to State Courts

12 Elon L. Rev. (Symposium 2019)
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 07 May 2019 Last Revised: 12 Jun 2020
Melanie Kalmanson
Independent
Downloads 64 (666,285)

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Judicial Independence, Fair Courts, Article III

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Storm of the Decade: The Aftermath of Hurst v. Florida & Why the Storm Is Likely to Continue

University of Miami Law Review, 2019
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 14 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 14 Jan 2020
Melanie Kalmanson
Independent
Downloads 60 (687,221)

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death penalty, capital sentencing, constitution, constitutional law, Sixth Amendment, Eighth Amendment

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The Viability of Change: Finding Abortion in Equality After Obergefell

23 New York University Journal of Legislation and Public Policy, 2020
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 09 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 12 Oct 2020
Melanie Kalmanson and Riley Fredrick
Independent and Independent
Downloads 39 (821,609)

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abortion, Fourteenth Amendment, due process, equal protection, Obergefell v. Hodges, Roe v. Wade

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[A] History [Of Discrimination] Only Goes So Far [in Equal Protection Litigation]

45 Fla. St. U.L. Rev. (2018) (Online)
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 24 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 18 Jul 2018
Melanie Kalmanson
Independent
Downloads 37 (837,053)
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Fourteenth Amendment, Equal Protection, Carolene Products Footnote Four

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Neither the Problem Nor the Solution Lies with the Judiciary: Response to Robertson's Judicial Impartiality in a Partisan Era

Florida Law Review, Vol. 70, 2019
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 10 Jun 2019
Melanie Kalmanson
Independent
Downloads 35 (853,282)

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judicial independence, fair courts

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'[R]elegated Through No Fault of Their Own to a More Difficult' System: Applying the Obergefell Opinion to Custody Principles

The Modern American: American University Washington College of Law, Vol. 10 (2016)
Posted: 10 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 07 Sep 2022
Melanie Kalmanson
Independent

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Obergefell v. Hodges, same-sex marriage, child custody