Blog Essays

Labor Law

On Constructing a Stronger Right to Strike Through Comparative Labor Law

January 4, 2024 In one of the most cited labor law articles of all time, Professor Paul Weiler described contemporary American labor law as “an elegant tombstone...

• David J. Doorey

Housing

The Role of Courts in Addressing the Homelessness Crisis

October 23, 2023 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...

• Leena Dai

Congress

The Speaker Pro Tempore’s Powers

October 23, 2023 For the first time ever, the House of Representatives has ousted the Speaker of the House on a motion to vacate. When the Office...

• Justin Walker

Federal Courts

Reversing Remands: Procedural Uncertainty in a President’s State Criminal Trials

September 20, 2023 A couple of notable defendants are stuck in state court.  State prosecutors have charged former President Donald Trump, his Chief of Staff Mark Meadows,...

• Nikolas Paladino

Democracy

Government by the People: Iowa’s Book-Ban Law and Direct Democracy

September 15, 2023 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...

• Thomas E. Nielsen

Enslaved People

On Taboos, Morality, and Bluebook Citations

June 10, 2023 In many First Nations of what we now call Australia, people have and have had immense respect for the dead. This respect manifests linguistically...

• Alexander Walker III

Second Amendment

How States Can Limit Gun Violence

May 18, 2023 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...

• Scott A. Budow
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Presidential Power

A Convict in Chief?

April 18, 2023 Introduction The indictment, arrest, and arraignment of former President Donald Trump have given rise to a slew of opinions and questions about the wisdom...

• Brandon Johnson
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Abortion Law

Fifth Amendment Rights as Abortion Rights

April 11, 2023 A Black woman arrives at a hospital in South Carolina with a medical emergency. She is having labor pains, and the medical staff ask...

• Madalyn K. Wasilczuk
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Religion

Religious Exemptions Are Becoming the Rule

April 6, 2023 Last week, Judge Reed O’Connor of the District Court for the Northern District of Texas struck down key provisions of the Affordable Care Act...

• Jenny Samuels
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