Mayor of Baltimore v. BP P.L.C.
Fourth Circuit Declines to Apply Federal Common Law for Municipal Climate Change Lawsuit.
Vol. 136 No. 4
Federalism
Shakman v. Pritzker
Seventh Circuit Holds Governor Satisfied Requirements of Fifty-Year-Old Consent Decree.
Vol. 136 No. 4
Standing in the Way: The Courts’ Escalating Interference in Federal Policymaking
Vol. 136 No. 4
The connection between policy and law in the United States rests heavily on the concept and rhetoric of rights. When the government makes a...
Torres v. Texas Department of Public Safety
Vol. 136 No. 1
In the words of Justice Kagan, the Supreme Court’s state “sovereign immunity decisions have not followed a straight line.” The Court’s first foray into...
GEO Group, Inc. v. Newsom
Ninth Circuit Strikes Down as Preempted California Law Prohibiting Private Immigration Detention Within the State
Vol. 135 No. 7
Reclaim Idaho v. Denney
Idaho Supreme Court Retains Federal Framework for Assessing Standing to Sue in State Court
Vol. 135 No. 7
Introduction
Vol. 135 No. 6
The months leading up to the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow put the climate crisis in stark relief. Heatwaves blanketed...
Data Federalism
Vol. 135 No. 4
Private markets for individual data have received significant and sustained attention in recent years. But data markets are not for the private sector alone....
“As the Legislature Has Prescribed”: Removing Presidential Elections from the Anderson-Burdick Framework
Vol. 135 No. 4
In the summer of 2019, California enacted Senate Bill 27 (S.B. 27), or the Presidential Tax Transparency and Accountability Act. The law required candidates...
Privatization’s Preemptive Effects
Vol. 134 No. 6
Many states offer their citizens protections, benefits, and services that go well beyond those of federal law, ranging from consumer protection to education, environmental...