Volume 98
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ArticleVol. 98 · Iss. 1
Constraining the Statutory President
When agencies make decisions that are binding on the public, they must provide public notice, accept and consider public comments, and provide explanations for…
Kathryn E. Kovacs -
ArticleVol. 98 · Iss. 1
Payday
Legislation lags behind technology all too often. While trillions of dollars are exchanged in online transactions—safely, cheaply, and instantaneously—workers still must wait two weeks…
Yonathan A. Arbel -
ArticleVol. 98 · Iss. 1
Compassionate Homicide
Ample psychological studies demonstrate that emotions provide reasons for action and are powerful drivers of a host of behaviors, including criminal acts. Studies further…
Michal Buchhandler-Raphael -
CommentaryVol. 98 · Iss. 1
Acknowledgments as a Window Into Legal Academia
Legal scholarship in the United States is an oddity—an institution built on student editorship, a lack of peer review, and a dramatically high proportion…
Jonathan I. Tietz & W. Nicholson Price II -
NoteVol. 98 · Iss. 1
Lies Behind Bars: An Analysis of the Problematic Reliance on Jailhouse Informant Testimony in the Criminal Justice System and a Texas-Sized Attempt to Address the Issue
The advent of DNA technology in the late 1980s led to a wave of exonerations in the United States, shedding light on major problems…
Luke G. Allen -
NoteVol. 98 · Iss. 1
Justice by Luck: How Unclear Records Force Some Unlucky Prisoners to Serve Unconstitutional Sentences in the Wake of Johnson v. United States
The Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) imposes mandatory minimum sentences on individuals convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm who have…
Nicholas C. Coyle -
Online2021
Zoom Wills
Abstract This brief essay suggests that suddenly popular online meeting platforms like Zoom can be used to execute wills while people are subject to…
Alberto B. Lopez -
Online2021
The Unconstitutionality of Espinoza’s Blue Sky Scholarship Program
In Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue,1 the Supreme Court ruled that providing state funds to private secular schools but not private religious schools amounted…
Caroline Mala Corbin -
Online2021
A Matter of “Principal”: A Critique of the Federal Circuit’s Decision in Arthrex v. Smith & Nephew, Inc.
Abstract The Supreme Court recently granted certiorari in United States v. Arthrex. In that case, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that administrative…
Patrick J. Sobkowski -
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