Constitutional Law


United States v. Duarte

Vol. 139 No. 3 After New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. Bruen, § 922(g) challenges proliferate. Enacted as the “centerpiece” of the Gun Control Act of 1968,...
Federal Common Law


Elam v. Early

Vol. 139 No. 3 Courts often consult entrenched, preratification sources such as Blackstone’s Commentaries and The Digest of Justinian when rendering decisions in common law actions.  These authorities...
First Amendment

CompassCare v. Hochul

Vol. 138 No. 8 The fundamental right to expressive association first emerged in NAACP v. Alabama ex rel. Patterson, a case that shielded a civil rights organization from...
Administrative Law

Nebraska v. Su

Vol. 138 No. 8 Over two decades after then-Professor Elena Kagan published her seminal article Presidential Administration, presidential involvement in agency action has increased so much that it...
Reproductive Rights

Deanda v. Becerra

Vol. 138 No. 8 Revocation of the constitutional right to abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization has raised concern that other substantive due process rights may...
Statutory Interpretation

United States v. Patterson

Vol. 138 No. 7 The hate crime enhancement in the federal sentencing guidelines, U.S.S.G. § 3A1.1(a), increases a defendant’s offense level by three if they “intentionally selected any victim . . . because...
Jurisprudence

Long Lake Township v. Maxon

Vol. 138 No. 7 While technology advances, do Fourth Amendment rights keep pace to preserve privacy? Or do they get left behind? Regardless of the answer, it would...