American courts, facing a crush of cases from high-volume dockets, have steadily replaced classical, case-by-case adjudication with centralized, ...

This Note proposes reconceptualizing patents for essential medicines as a government-granted franchise right, in line with their historical status.

This Essay explores the aftermath of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Section 2 has served as an imperfect side constraint on majoritarian power. As Section 2 lies on its deathbed, this Essay ...

This Essay explores the aftermath of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Section 2 has served as an imperfect side constraint on majoritarian power. As Section 2 lies on its deathbed, this Essay ...

abstract. For most of American history, the jury was considered an elite institution, composed of “honest and intelligent men,” esteemed in their communities for their “integrity,” “reputation,” or ...

author. District Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York; Law Clerk for Justice David H. Souter, 2002-03. I had the distinct privilege of clerking for Associate ...

abstract. For generations, scholars have called on Congress to counter the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel, which offers legal advice that bolsters presidential power. They argue that ...

abstract. This Essay explores perceived biases within recent Supreme Court decisions affecting voting access and their implications for American democracy. The Supreme Court plays a pivotal role in ...

abstract. The United States has criminalized the manufacture, distribution, use, and possession of cannabis and its psychoactive components at the federal level since 1970. The states began to push ...

abstract. Family separation has long served as a mechanism of social control and punishment in the United States, disproportionately targeting Black, Indigenous, and other marginalized families under ...

abstract. The access-to-justice gap is growing, affecting individuals with both civil and criminal needs in the United States. Though these challenges are multifaceted, procedural barriers in the U.S.

abstract. With the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the antiabortion movement has focused on a new strategy: transforming the Comstock Act, a postal obscenity statute enacted in 1873, into a categorical ...