Section 5.  The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.

Law Journals and Reviews

  The Power of the Courts to Protect Journalists' Confidential Sources of Information:  An Examination of Proposed Shield Legislation.  11 HBJ 35.

  Federalism and Federal Spending:  Why the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 is Unconstitutional.  23 UH L. Rev. 479.

  Patricia N. v. LeMahieu:  Abrogation of State Sovereign Immunity Under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act After Board of Trustees v. Garrett.  24 UH L. Rev. 347.

  RFRA II:  The Failure of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 Under Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment.  25 UH L. Rev. 131.

  RLUIPA and the Individualized Assessment:  Special Use Permits and Variances Under Strict Congressional Scrutiny.  31 UH L. Rev. 257.

Case Notes

  Congress acted within its §5 authority in enacting the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.  883 F. Supp. 510; 902 F. Supp. 1220.

  Neither the Native American Languages Act of 1990 nor 42 U.S.C. §1983 abrogated the Eleventh Amendment.  951 F. Supp. 1484.

  Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 was constitutional.  298 F. Supp. 2d 1010.

  Where the State had not waived sovereign immunity and Congress did not abrogate Eleventh Amendment immunity of state governments in passing 42 U.S.C. §§1983, 1985, and 1986, the court lacked jurisdiction over plaintiff's federal constitutional claims against the State and over plaintiff's claims for money damages against the governor and the attorney general of Hawaii.  548 F. Supp. 2d 1151.