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ArticleVol. 102 · Iss. 6
Minor v. Happersett, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, And the Supreme Court’s Refusal to Reconstruct America
One hundred and fifty years ago, in the wake of the ratification of the Reconstruction Amendments, the United States Supreme Court decided Minor v.…
Henry L. Chambers, Jr. -
ArticleVol. 87 · Iss. 5
A No-Excuse Approach to Transitional Justice: Reparations As Tools of Extraordinary Justice
It is sometimes the case that a debate goes off the rails so early that riders assume the rough country around them is the…
David C. Gray -
ArticleVol. 88 · Iss. 1
The Scope of Congress’s Thirteenth Amendment Enforcement Power After City of Boerne v. Flores
Section 2 of the Thirteenth Amendment grants Congress power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. In Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co., the Supreme…
Jennifer Mason McAward -
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Edwards v. M’Connel: Hiding Behind Legal Principles
Edwards v. M’Connel[i] is cited by a Tennessee state law treatise on res judicata, the legal principle stating that a prior court’s decision is…
Kelsie Overton -
Online2021
Affirming Personhood: Extending Title VII Protections to Prisoners in State-Operated Prison Industries
Abstract This Note examines the application of Title VII protections to prisoners in the historical context of the Thirteenth Amendment. First, I outline the…
Jo Gbujama