Sep 14, 2021 | Alexander J. Lindvall, Article, Civil Rights and Discrimination Law, Constitutional Law, Law and Gender, Law and Society
By: Alexander J. Lindvall The Texas Legislature recently passed what the Supreme Court describes as an “unprecedented” statutory scheme. Texas’s new law allows private, everyday citizens to sue anyone who assists a woman in obtaining an abortion after her sixth week...
Sep 12, 2021 | Anthony J. Colangelo, Article, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights and Discrimination Law, Constitutional Law, Feature, Law and Society
By: Anthony J. Colangelo Many people are deriding (or celebrating) the exceptional—and exceptionally deceptive—device of the Texas legislature to so-called “deputize” private individuals as government enforcement agents to carry out a state anti-abortion law that, at...
Aug 5, 2021 | Article, Contract Law, Gregory S. Crespi, Legislation, West Menefee Bakke
By: West Menefee Bakke and Gregory Scott Crespi Texas recently enacted amendments that significantly expand the scope of section 38.001 of the Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code, a statute that awards attorney’s fees to successful claimants in breach of contract...
Aug 4, 2021 | Article, Civil Rights and Discrimination Law, Education Law, Emma Kaeser, Feature, Public Health, Thalia González
By Thalia González and Emma Kaeser Out of the twin pandemics currently gripping the United States—deaths of unarmed Black victims at the hands of police and racialized health inequities resulting from COVID-19—an antiracist health equity agenda has emerged that...
Aug 25, 2020 | Administrative Law, Article, Christian Talley, Law, Supreme Court of the United States
By Christian Talley Abstract In Kisor v. Wilkie, the Supreme Court recently confronted whether to overrule the doctrine under which courts defer to agencies’ interpretations of their own ambiguous regulations—so-called Auer or Seminole Rock deference. In its prior...
Aug 19, 2020 | Article, Carliss N. Chatman, Law, Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Legal Profession, President/Executive Department
By Carliss N. Chatman In her Article, Professor Chatman examines the actions of Attorney General Bill Barr and White House Counsel Pat Cipollone through the prism of the ethical rules governing attorney conduct. Download the full article (PDF) here. Hein | Lexis...
May 14, 2020 | Article, Collaboratory on Legal Education and Licensing for Practice, Constitutional Law, Law, Legal Education, Legal Profession
By the Collaboratory on Legal Education and Licensing for Practice Members: Claudia Angelos (New York University); Sara Berman (AccessLex Institute); Mary Lu Bilek (City University of New York); Carol L. Chomsky (University of Minnesota); Andrea Anne Curcio (Georgia...
Jan 27, 2020 | Alexander Schultz, Article, Eric J. Mogilnicki, Feature, Second Amendment, State and Local Government, Supreme Court of the United States
By Eric J. Mogilnicki & Alexander Schultz Abstract A Second Amendment case now pending at the Supreme Court, New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. City of New York, tests the extent to which New York City may limit the movement of guns along city...
