Harvard Law Review
Introduction Criminal justice reform advocates have long rallied against the criminalization of poverty in the United States. It’s well established that criminal justice involvement disproportionately affects communities of color and…
Absent a “clear indication” to the contrary, federal law applies “only within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States.”Morrison v. Nat’l Austl. Bank Ltd., 561 U.S. 247, 255 (2010) (quoting…
“You don’t want to be found dead after a shoot-out with unused ammunition.” That was…
The state of news media leaves much to be desired. Traditional broadcast mediums are dominated by a select few voices that overwhelmingly push partisan viewpoints. The internet grows increasingly partisan…
As the COVID-19 pandemic has spread through prisons, jails, and other detention facilities in the United States, it has brought new attention to a decades-old issue of whether challenges to…
In 2021, Texas enacted a new antiabortion law. The law,…
In the summer of 2020, the city of Somerville, Massachusetts, passed the first multiple-partner domestic partnership ordinance in the country.Jeremy C. Fox, Somerville Recognizes Polyamorous Relationships in New Domestic Partnership…
Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 98, 104 (2000) (percuriam) (“When the state legislature vests the right to vote for President in its people, the right to vote as the legislature…
The rise of zoning at the dawn of the twentieth century ushered in an era of city planning that…
In 2010, the New York Police Department arrested sixteen-year-old Kalief Browder on suspicion of stealing a backpack.Jennifer Gonnerman, Before the Law, New Yorker (Sept. 29, 2014), https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/10/06/before-the-law [https://perma.cc/K3WV-776H]. Browder maintained…