Each attempt to resolve how (or whether) college student-athletes can be compensated for playing sports has resolved some problems but created new ones. This Essay argues that treating ...

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Drawing on an original data set, this Essay documents partisan polarization by party of presidential appointee in application of the Roberts Court’s ...

Drawing on an original data set, this Essay documents partisan polarization by party of presidential appointee in application of the Roberts Court’s major campaign-finance decisions and reflects on ...

For decades, state tort law has provided a mechanism for addressing environmental damage even if the cause is transboundary in nature. This Essay argues that state common law should likewise be ...

abstract. Let’s say the “laws” are the rules that actually constrain power, organize government, and coerce people. That is, let’s define the law as the system of rules we experience, and not just the ...

abstract. In recent decades, American courts have undergone a quiet but far-reaching revolution in their function and role. Particularly in state courts facing a crush of cases in high-volume dockets ...

abstract. Farms are places where people live their lives, sustain their families, and produce food and fiber for the wider community. Today, however, farms are becoming assets swept up into global ...

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. Each day, the news brings stories of military attacks on schools, hospitals, apartment buildings, electrical facilities, and other critical civilian infrastructure. The militaries attacking ...

Textualists have yet to explain how to interpret codified positive-law text, which is revised by bureaucrats then enacted by Congress, where it differs from original text. This Note’s proposed ...