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First Amendment Speech Notes

Reimagining the Schoolhouse Gate: Children’s Right to Receive Information in the Age of Curriculum Censorship

Vol. 139 No. 3 In recent years, various legislative and school board actions have sought to restrict or censor educational content related to race, gender, sexuality, and identity.1 One prominent example is Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Act2 — the “Don’t Say Gay” law — which prohibits classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in certain grades.
Corporate Law Notes

Dormancy and Delaware: An Emerging Threat to the Internal Affairs Doctrine

Vol. 139 No. 3 A longstanding choice-of-law rule known as the internal affairs doctrine has predominated over corporate law matters in the United States since at least the 1860s. Acknowledged by the Supreme Court and generally followed by the states, the doctrine holds that the internal affairs of a corporation are governed by the law of the state where it is incorporated, notwithstanding where it may be headquartered.
Federal Common Law Recent Case


Elam v. Early

Vol. 139 No. 3 Courts often consult entrenched, preratification sources such as Blackstone’s Commentaries and The Digest of Justinian when rendering decisions in common law actions.  These authorities...