abstract. For most of American history, the jury was considered an elite institution, composed of “honest and intelligent men,” esteemed in their communities for their “integrity,” “reputation,” or ...
abstract. Each day, the news brings stories of military attacks on schools, hospitals, apartment buildings, electrical facilities, and other critical civilian infrastructure. The militaries attacking ...
abstract. For generations, scholars have called on Congress to counter the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel, which offers legal advice that bolsters presidential power. They argue that ...
abstract. This Essay explores perceived biases within recent Supreme Court decisions affecting voting access and their implications for American democracy. The Supreme Court plays a pivotal role in ...
abstract. Family separation has long served as a mechanism of social control and punishment in the United States, disproportionately targeting Black, Indigenous, and other marginalized families under ...
abstract. The United States has criminalized the manufacture, distribution, use, and possession of cannabis and its psychoactive components at the federal level since 1970. The states began to push ...
abstract. Access to justice in American civil courts won’t come through free or pro bono lawyers. To drive down costs, we need to loosen bar regulation and streamline procedures. And we should embrace ...
abstract. With the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the antiabortion movement has focused on a new strategy: transforming the Comstock Act, a postal obscenity statute enacted in 1873, into a categorical ...
abstract. This Essay explores the rich history of flexible employment models from union hiring halls to alternative compensation structures. It explains how gig companies are responsible for ...
abstract. Over the past generation, conflicting trends have reshaped the ownership of corporate equity on the one hand and corporate debt on the other. In equity, the two great trends have been the ...
abstract. In its recent decision in Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith, the Supreme Court held that a defendant’s use of a plaintiff’s copyrighted work would be judged ...
abstract. The dominant paradigm of statutory-interpretation scholarship is an “internalist” one. It treats statutory interpretation as a self-contained set of tools primarily deployed by lawyers and ...