United States v. Vaello-Madero
First Circuit Affirms that Unequal Federal Benefits Program in Puerto Rico Violates Fifth Amendment.
Vol. 134 No. 3
Fourteenth Amendment
Judicial Takings, Judicial Federalism, and Jurisprudence: An Erie Problem
Vol. 134 No. 2
The Takings Clause protects against governmental takings of property without just compensation. Traditionally, takings claims have not expanded beyond actions performed by the political...
Implicit Bias in the Age of Trump
Vol. 133 No. 7
Introduction I am watching a video of Donald Trump, the forty-fifth President of the United States. He stands before a sea of white people,...
Fowler v. Benson
Sixth Circuit Upholds Michigan’s Driver’s License Suspension Law for Indigent Drivers Under Fourteenth Amendment.
Vol. 133 No. 7
Semple v. Griswold
Tenth Circuit Holds that Stricter Ballot Initiative Signature Requirements Do Not Violate the Equal Protection Clause.
Vol. 133 No. 6
Timbs v. Indiana
Vol. 133 No. 1
The Eighth Amendment guarantees the right to be free from excessively harsh punishment at the hands of the government. Yet in spite of the...
Female Breasts, Gender Equality, and Originalism
All across the country cities and towns seem hell bent on preventing women from showing their breasts in public while placing no such limitation...
S.B. 263, 154th Gen. Assemb., Reg. Sess. (Ga. 2018)
Georgia Authorizes the Creation of the City of Eagle’s Landing.
Vol. 132 No. 8
Recent Case: St. Joan Antida High School Inc. v. Milwaukee Public School District
“[E]very generation or so a case comes along when this Court needs to say enough is enough,” Chief Justice Roberts wrote in 2012, “if...
Segregation by Citizenship
Vol. 132 No. 5
For centuries, prisoners in the United States were housed together regardless of their citizenship status. That changed in 1999 when the federal government began...