Common-Law Limits on Firearms Purchases by Minors: The Original Understanding
Prohibitions on the purchase and use of firearms by individuals between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one have emerged as… Continue reading →
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Memory, Invisibility, & Power
Introduction “The ultimate mark of power may be its invisibility; the ultimate challenge, the exposition of its roots.” When I… Continue reading →
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Kavanaugh, Rahimi, and the Effort to Legitimate Originalism
Introduction United States v. Rahimi provides a new sign of whether the current Supreme Court’s conservative majority can be persuaded… Continue reading →
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Appropriations Law and the Statutory Foreign Affairs Presidency
Congress’s authority over the purse is among its most potent powers.James Madison argued that it was “the most complete and… Continue reading →
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Net Asset Value Financing and Private Equity
Introduction Although not yet explored in the legal scholarship, net asset value or “NAV” financing—debt generally taken out at the… Continue reading →
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The Rise of The Sponsor-in-Possession and Implications for Sponsor (Mis)Behavior
Changes in the capital markets and developments in the law and judicial practice have shifted the balance of power in… Continue reading →
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Policing the Police
Introduction Philadelphia has a police accountability problem. Its past—and present—is replete with examples of police engaging in egregious behavior with… Continue reading →
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Clarifying Judicial Aggrandizement
Scholars argue that the Roberts Court has been engaged in a judicial “power grab.” Some scholars describe the Court as… Continue reading →
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Trans Sex Equality Rights After Dobbs
On July 8, 2023, in L.W. v. Skrmetti, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit provisionally gave Tennessee… Continue reading →