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Native Hawaiian Law Notes

Kānāwai From Ahi: Revitalizing The Hawai‘i Water Code in the Wake of the Maui Wildfires

Vol. 137 No. 7 May 2024 When the Maui wildfires in August 2023 forced Tereari‘i Chandler-‘Īao to flee Lahaina, she could take only the necessities: food, clothes, and a box...

Election Law Recent Legislation

Pub. Act No. 23-204, §§ 410–418, 2023 Conn. Acts 819–48 (Reg. Sess.)

Connecticut Voting Rights Act Strengthens Vote Dilution Claims.

Vol. 137 No. 6 April 2024

Election Law Recent Case

In re 2021 Redistricting Cases

Alaska Supreme Court Holds that Partisan Gerrymander Violates State Equal Protection Clause Based on Discriminatory Intent.

Vol. 137 No. 4 February 2024

Democracy Notes

Compulsory Voting’s American History

Vol. 137 No. 4 February 2024 Voter turnout was higher in the 2020 U.S. presidential election than it had been in 120 years. Nearly sixty-seven percent of citizens over eighteen...

Fifth Amendment Leading Case

Tyler v. Hennepin County

Vol. 137 No. 1 November 2023 In Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon, Justice Holmes observed that “while property may be regulated to a certain extent, if a regulation goes too...

Animal Law Leading Case

National Pork Producers Council v. Ross

Vol. 137 No. 1 November 2023 In an increasingly interconnected national economy, the myriad political leanings and morals of political actors result in equally varied — and sometimes diametrically opposed — state laws. Thus,...

State and Local Government Law Recent Legislation

A.B. 1766, 2021-2022 Leg., Reg. Sess. (Cal. 2022) (enacted)

California Makes ID Cards Available to Undocumented Residents.

Vol. 136 No. 7 May 2023

Local Government Notes

To Save a City: A Localist Canon of Construction

Vol. 136 No. 4 February 2023 Introduction Oakland had a problem. Predatory lenders were aggressively targeting its residents, extracting exorbitant interest fees and imposing surprise balloon payments. Throughout the city,...

Democracy Recent Case

Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission

Wisconsin Supreme Court Adopts New Election Maps that Change Existing Districts Least, Regardless of Partisan Bias.

Vol. 136 No. 3 January 2023

Climate Change Developments in the Law

Mandate Versus Movement: State Public Service Commissions and Their Evolving Power Over Our Energy Sources

Chapter Four

Vol. 135 No. 6 April 2022