These student-written pieces focus on one important case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court during the previous Term and form the “Leading Cases” section of the November Supreme Court issue. Comments are ten pages long and written during the summer between students’ second and third years.
Vol. 139 No. 1 It’s been another bad year for nondelegation. Although Congress cannot delegate legislative power to other branches of government, it can give executive agencies discretion...
Vol. 139 No. 1 The Supreme Court has consistently confirmed that nonobscene sexually explicit content is First Amendment–protected expression. It has treated this sexually explicit content the same...
Vol. 139 No. 1 Since it burst into American public consciousness in 2018, TikTok has amassed roughly 170 million monthly U.S. users and more than one billion worldwide...
Vol. 139 No. 1 Academic commentators agree on little when it comes to personal jurisdiction. But “the one point of consensus is that Supreme Court personal jurisdiction doctrine...
Vol. 139 No. 1 Women face distinct challenges throughout the justice system. Among many other inequities, prosecutors frequently employ sexual stereotypes against female defendants, especially in capital cases....
Vol. 139 No. 1 In the U.S. criminal justice system, a court’s discussion of mental health diagnoses can perpetuate harmful stereotypes about such conditions. Recently, in Glossip v....
Vol. 139 No. 1 Federal Statutes and Regulation The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) “provide[s] a clear and comprehensive national mandate for the elimination of discrimination...
Vol. 139 No. 1 Being poor in America is taxing. For decades, claimants seeking assistance from social support programs have navigated bureaucratic processes and endured significant delays. In...
Vol. 139 No. 1 Sixteen years ago, Justice Scalia warned of an “evil day on which the [Supreme] Court will have to confront the question: Whether, or to...
