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The Role of Courts in Addressing the Homelessness Crisis
Amid the record-breaking global temperatures this summer, the heat ticked ever higher in Sacramento between the District Attorney's office and City Hall. In a...
The Speaker Pro Tempore’s Powers
For the first time ever, the House of Representatives has ousted the Speaker of the House on a motion to vacate. When the Office...
Reversing Remands: Procedural Uncertainty in a President’s State Criminal Trials
A couple of notable defendants are stuck in state court. State prosecutors have charged former President Donald Trump, his Chief of Staff Mark Meadows,...
Government by the People: Iowa’s Book-Ban Law and Direct Democracy
As the first day of classes neared, Bridgette Exman, assistant superintendent of the Mason City School District in north-central Iowa, found herself plugging a...
Data Colonialism and Data Sets
Picture this: digital pioneers galloping into a cyber frontier, arguing over erroneous maps of algorithms they don’t fully understand, sowing violence in real-life territories,...
On Taboos, Morality, and Bluebook Citations
In many First Nations of what we now call Australia, people have and have had immense respect for the dead. This respect manifests linguistically...
How States Can Limit Gun Violence
In May 2022, a teenage shooter armed with an AR-15 style semiautomatic rifle entered a Tops Supermarket in Buffalo, New York, and methodically killed...
A Convict in Chief?
Introduction The indictment, arrest, and arraignment of former President Donald Trump have given rise to a slew of opinions and questions about the wisdom...
Fifth Amendment Rights as Abortion Rights
A Black woman arrives at a hospital in South Carolina with a medical emergency. She is having labor pains, and the medical staff ask...