Flowers v. Mississippi
Vol. 133 No. 1
The state’s authority to deliver justice is called into question when its officers are not or cannot be held accountable for violating the law....
Fourteenth Amendment: Equal Protection
The Etiquette of Animus
Vol. 132 No. 1
There is a difference between deciding how to talk about a problem and sorting out the principles for resolving it. In Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd....
Igartúa v. Trump
First Circuit Denies En Banc Petition's Claim of Nonapportionment to Puerto Rico.
Vol. 131 No. 4
Buck v. Davis
Vol. 131 No. 1
Issues of race often expose deep ideological divisions within the Roberts Court. Justice Ginsburg was biting in her proclamation that “[h]ubris is a fit...
Peña-Rodriguez v. Colorado
Vol. 131 No. 1
The jury is a semi-sacred institution in the American legal system. The Sixth Amendment guarantees criminal defendants the right to “trial, by an impartial...
Cooper v. Harris
Vol. 131 No. 1
Regardless of one’s position on the role that race should play in modern politics, the racial polarization of American voters is undeniable: in 2016,...
Evenwel v. Abbott
Vol. 130 No. 1
What Once Was Lost Must Now Be Found: Rediscovering an Affirmative Action Jurisprudence Informed by the Reality of Race in America
Race and Higher Education Commentary Series
Vol. 129 No. 6
Intrastate Commerce Improvement Act (Act 137)
Arkansas Passes Statute Prohibiting Local Governments from Creating New Protected Classifications.
Vol. 129 No. 2
A New Birth of Freedom?: Obergefell v. Hodges
Vol. 129 No. 1
The decision in Obergefell v. Hodges achieved canonical status even as Justice Kennedy read the result from the bench. A bare majority held that...