Vol. 137 No. 5 Abstract The extraterritorial application of statutes has received a great deal of scholarly attention in recent years, but very little attention has been paid...
Response to The Incompatibility of Substantive Canons and Textualism
Vol. 137 No. 2 Introduction In an important new Article, The Incompatibility of Substantive Canons and Textualism, Professors Benjamin Eidelson and Matthew Stephenson argue that substantive canons cannot...
Vol. 137 No. 2 Abstract A majority of the Justices today are self-described textualists. Yet even as these jurists insist that “the text of the law is the...
Vol. 137 No. 1 Puerto Rico is in a state of crisis. The island bears a debt burden of more than seventy-two billion dollars, retains lasting damage from...
Vol. 137 No. 1 America was founded on ideals of democracy, freedom, and political equality. It was also founded with racialized slavery, and for most of its history...
Vol. 137 No. 1 Religious practice and disability are two of the only three statuses for which federal law protects the right to workplace accommodations. For both, the...
Vol. 137 No. 1 Polselli v. IRS is a tax case. Fear not, keep reading. In fulfilling its duty to collect federal taxes, the IRS has historically received...
Vol. 137 No. 1 Under international law, the principle of foreign sovereign immunity is derived from the proposition that “one country cannot exercise jurisdiction over another without violating...
Vol. 137 No. 1 The Clean Water Act is the principal federal water pollution statute. It prohibits unpermitted discharges of pollution into “navigable waters,” which the statute defines...
Vol. 137 No. 1 When states receive funds from the federal government, strings are often attached. For instance, if states wish to receive Medicaid and Medicare funds, the...