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ArticleVol. 96 · Iss. 6
The Privacy Risks of Direct-To-Consumer Genetic Testing: A Case Study Of 23andMe And Ancestry
Direct-to-consumer genetic testing (DTC-GT) companies have proliferated and expanded in recent years. Using biospecimens directly submitted by consumers, these companies sequence and analyze the…
Samual A. Garner & Jiyeon Kim -
ArticleVol. 96 · Iss. 6
Why Sexual Privacy Matters for Trust
Every generation has preferred modes of self-disclosure. Not long ago, lovers revealed their thoughts, desires, and secrets over the phone and in letters. Today,…
Danielle Keats Citron -
CommentaryVol. 96 · Iss. 5
Who Wrote This?: Modern Forensic Authorship Analysis as a Model for Valid Forensic Science
Law needs forensic science in order to assist judges and juries in accurate fact-finding. But law also needs a dependable way to distinguish between…
Janet Ainsworth & Patrick Juola -
NoteVol. 96 · Iss. 5
Why the End Is Here for State Death Transfer Taxes and How States Should Respond
It is time for the remaining states with death transfer taxes to consider repeal. Some state death transfer taxes have rates that give preferential…
Jenny L. Juehring -
NoteVol. 96 · Iss. 5
Confronting Forfeiture
Phil Parhamovich was pulled over on I-80 in Wyoming. He had changed lanes improperly, and his seat belt was not fastened. Seven hundred seventy-five…
Joshua Katz -
ArticleVol. 96 · Iss. 5
Second-Best Criminal Justice
Criminal procedure reform can be understood as a “second-best” enterprise. The general theory of second best applies where an ingredient necessary for a “first-best”…
William Ortman -
ArticleVol. 96 · Iss. 5
Eviscerating a Healthy Church-State Separation
In its recent ruling in Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer, the U.S. Supreme Court took an extraordinary step in a remarkably…
Erwin Chemerinsky & Barry P. McDonald -
ArticleVol. 96 · Iss. 5
Them Too
Discussions of sexual misconduct often focus primarily or exclusively on the parties directly involved in sexual behavior. As a result, the discussion generally centers…
Nancy Leong -
CommentaryVol. 96 · Iss. 4
Presidential Powers, Immunities, and Pardons
Special Counsel Robert Mueller is conducting an investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election and the possible coordination and cooperation with the…
Alberto R. Gonzales -
NoteVol. 96 · Iss. 4
How Ziglar v. Abbasi Sheds Light on Qualified-Immunity Doctrine
In 2011, a man was involved in a road rage incident on a public highway in New Mexico. Two women called 911 to report…
Hannah Beard -
NoteVol. 96 · Iss. 4
Ban the Black Box: Criminal Background Screening and the Information-Withholding Problem
Beverly Harrison worked for the city of Dallas, Texas, for twenty-eight years before she retired to devote more time to her grandchildren and her…
Jennifer Stocker -
ArticleVol. 96 · Iss. 4
The Law of Identity Harm
Identity harm refers to the anguish experienced by consumers who learn that their efforts to consume in line with their personal values have been…
Sarah Dadush