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. 137 No. 1 America was founded on ideals of democracy, freedom, and political equality. It was also founded with racialized slavery, and for most of its history...
Vol. 137 No. 1 Religious practice and disability are two of the only three statuses for which federal law protects the right to workplace accommodations. For both, the...
Vol. 137 No. 1 Brands — and the names, slogans, and logos they use to promote themselves — are “ubiquitous, embedded in every aspect of our lives and relationships.” Given their omnipresence,...
Vol. 137 No. 1 Polselli v. IRS is a tax case. Fear not, keep reading. In fulfilling its duty to collect federal taxes, the IRS has historically received...
Vol. 137 No. 1 Under international law, the principle of foreign sovereign immunity is derived from the proposition that “one country cannot exercise jurisdiction over another without violating...
Vol. 137 No. 1 The Clean Water Act is the principal federal water pollution statute. It prohibits unpermitted discharges of pollution into “navigable waters,” which the statute defines...
Vol. 137 No. 1 When states receive funds from the federal government, strings are often attached. For instance, if states wish to receive Medicaid and Medicare funds, the...
Vol. 137 No. 1 Given the complexity of habeas corpus law, one can understand why “fairminded jurists” have disagreed over the circumstances under which a person in government...
Vol. 137 No. 1 Under the long-standing doctrine of primary jurisdiction, courts temporarily abstain from resolving certain issues that an agency, entrusted by Congress to decide the question...
Vol. 137 No. 1 Quantum physicists recognize that the very act of observing causes an inevitable “disturbance of the object observed.” The Supreme Court can sometimes resemble a...