Vol. 139 No. 8 Introduction The current Administration’s detention of individuals in foreign prisons — claiming afterward to have no power over their treatment or return — represents just one example of...
Vol. 139 No. 7 The compactness requirement has become a rule without a ruler. To curb gerrymandering, many state and local laws require electoral districts to be compact....
Vol. 138 No. 7 The American ballot initiative is a powerful tool. Initiatives can innovate: Four states can credit ballot initiatives for legislative redistricting commissions that removed redistricting...
Vol. 137 No. 1 In Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon, Justice Holmes observed that “while property may be regulated to a certain extent, if a regulation goes too...
Amid the record-breaking global temperatures this summer, the heat ticked ever higher in Sacramento between the District Attorney's office and City Hall. In a...
Vol. 136 No. 4 Introduction Oakland had a problem. Predatory lenders were aggressively targeting its residents, extracting exorbitant interest fees and imposing surprise balloon payments. Throughout the city,...
