Harvard Law Review
Immunity doctrines have received increased scrutiny in recent years, both in academic scholarshipSee, e.g., William Baude, Is Qualified Immunity Unlawful?, 106 Calif. L. Rev. 45 (2018); Joanna C. Schwartz, Qualified…
Organizations may bring claims in federal court in two primary ways. First, an organization, like an individual plaintiff, may bring a claim when it has itself experienced an injury as…
Natural law “still spooks many constitutional lawyers.” Justice Scalia, for example, was once asked: “Does natural…
Introduction City of Boston residents who wish to carry a handgun for self-defense must apply for a License to Carry Firearms (LTC) with the Boston Police Department.Owning a Firearm in…
Introduction When prosecutors approached a first-time drug offender who had sold a little over half a kilogram of marijuana, they offered him a deal: plead guilty to fifteen years, or…
The connection between policy and law in the United States rests heavily on the concept and rhetoric of rights.See The Declaration of Independence para. 2 (U.S. 1776) (“[T]o secure these…
Introduction Oakland had a problem. Predatory lenders were aggressively targeting its residents, extracting exorbitant interest fees and imposing surprise balloon payments.John A. Russo, City of Oakland Off. of the City…
Introduction In 2021, the Satanic Temple filed suit in federal court challenging Texas’s abortion bans on grounds of religious liberty.Complaint Seeking Declaratory & Injunctive Relief at 1, Satanic Temple, Inc.…
Introduction: Abolition’s Second Premise The movement for police abolition seeks to eliminate, or massively downsize, American policing. Mariame Kaba’s Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish the PoliceMariame Kaba, Opinion, Yes, We…
Two millennia ago, on a crisp winter evening, thousands flocked to Chang’an’s luminous streets, jostling between carriages and merchant stands to glimpse the annual lantern festival.See Yang Meng, The Legendary…