Yates v. United States
Vol. 129 No. 1
After a series of catastrophic corporate and accounting frauds in the early 2000s, Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The Act included a...
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Elonis v. United States
Vol. 129 No. 1
Federal law has criminalized communicating threats in interstate commerce since 1939. Even though this prohibition is in tension with principles of free speech, the...
Johnson v. United States
Vol. 129 No. 1
The Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984 (ACCA) imposes a mandatory minimum fifteen-year prison sentence on predicate felons who have three prior convictions for...
Glossip v. Gross
Vol. 129 No. 1
In 2008, in Baze v. Rees, the Supreme Court considered an Eighth Amendment challenge to the use of a particular three-drug lethal injection protocol....
City of Los Angeles v. Patel
Vol. 129 No. 1
The distinction between “facial” and “as-applied” challenges is a notoriously confusing area of law. Judicial review of Fourth Amendment reasonableness claims, however, has generally...
Comptroller of the Treasury of Maryland v. Wynne
Vol. 129 No. 1
The states’ power to tax, the Supreme Court has long held, is restricted by the dormant commerce clause. As a part of the Commerce...
The Department of Homeland Security’s Authority to Prioritize Removal of Certain Aliens Unlawfully Present in the United States and to Defer Removal of Others
Office of Legal Counsel Issues Opinion Endorsing President Obama's Executive Order on Deferred Action for Parental Accountability.
Vol. 128 No. 8
Spencer v. United States
Eleventh Circuit Holds Misapplication of "Career Offender" Enhancement Not Cognizable Under 28 U.S.C. ยง 2255.
Vol. 128 No. 8
Causation in Environmental Law
Lessons from Toxic Torts
Vol. 128 No. 8
McCleary v. State
Washington Supreme Court Holds Legislature in Contempt for Failing to Make Adequate Progress Toward Remedying Unconstitutional Education Funding Scheme.
Vol. 128 No. 7