The title of this post is the title of this new article authored by Jonah Horwitz which is now available on SSRN (and is forthcoming in the Federal Sentencing Reporter). Here
is its abstract: During his first term, President Trump executed thirteen federal prisoners. At the end of his own presidency, Joe Biden commuted the death sentences [...]
Exec. Order Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy (April 23, 2025) Section 1. Purpose. A bedrock principle of the United States is that all citizens are treated
equally under the law. This principle guarantees equality of opportunity, not equal outcomes.... [...]
Tiffany C. Li, State Constitutional Rights to Privacy This article examines state constitutional rights to privacy, presenting a comprehensive survey of all states that have
explicit rights to privacy enumerated in their constitutions. Understanding state constitutional rights to privacy is... [...]
Maxine Eichner, Mara Buchbinder, Abby Schultz, Cambray Smith & Amy Bryant, The Inevitable Vagueness of Medical Exceptions to Abortion Bans, UC Irvine L. Review (forthcoming)
Since the U.S. Supreme Court issued Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health in June 2022, almost... [...]
Symposium, Law School 101: An Exploration Of Legal Pedagogy, 101 U. Det. L. Rev. 257-374 (2024): Katya S. Cronin (George Washington), Value-Centered Lawyering: Reshaping the
Law School Curriculum to Promote Well-Being, Quality Client Representation, and a Thriving Legal Field, 101 U. [...]
Erick Sam (Utah), Distribution Through Taxation Versus Legal Rules, and the Epistemic Limits of Law-and-Economics, 2024 Utah L. Rev. 1047 : This Article develops an epistemic
critique of the view, widely held in law-and-economics, that legal rules should always be chosen for efficiency and that redistribution to produce a fair... [...]
The current challenge to deportations under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 (AEA) operates on two levels: it presents an important test of due process guarantees in the United
States and a barometer for assessing the Supreme Court’s approach to the Trump administration’s sweeping claims of executive power. [...]
The current practice of enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR) impacts the environment in many ways. The disposal and destruction of IPR infringing goods are an
everyday occurrence throughout the EU, causing waste, pollution of the air and soil (depending on the method of destruction), and also waste of scarce raw materials. [...]
