Ancillary Rights
Many constitutional rights would be useless if certain conduct ancillary to those rights was not also protected. The Second Amendment… Continue reading →
2025
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Philadelphia’s Prolonged Youth-Detention Problem: A Survey of Potential Legal Challenges
Introduction Philadelphia’s youth detention facilities have been inadequate for decades. Ideally, these facilities house youth for short periods as their… Continue reading →
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The Instant Runoff Voting Patchwork: Handling Voter Errors and Ballot Length
As states and cities across the United States adopt instant runoff voting (IRV) in their constitutions and charters, they enact… Continue reading →
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Two’s Company, Three’s a Crowd: A New System to Protect Plural Wives in International Migration
Every year, around the world, millions of people migrate from one country to another. Recognizing the importance of family unity—a… Continue reading →
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Debt Tokens
The worlds of crypto and bankruptcy have collided. Once-prominent, fast-growing, and even politically influential platforms for trading cryptocurrencies have imploded… Continue reading →
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Prosecuting Families
Hundreds of thousands of parents are prosecuted in the family regulation system each year. Their cases are investigated by family… Continue reading →
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Spirit
The Founders were not textualists. The letter of the law mattered quite a bit. But, as William Blackstone noted, interpretation… Continue reading →
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A Catalyst for Reform: Charting a Future for Orphan Drug Exclusivity
Forty years after the passage of the Orphan Drug Act, the Catalyst Pharmaceuticals v. Becerra decision has ignited debate over… Continue reading →
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You Should See “The Other Person”: Redacted Codefendant Confessions in Light of Samia v. United States
Introduction The Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment guarantees that “[i]n all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right… Continue reading →
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Some Realism About Criminal Justice Localism
The American criminal justice system is, by any conceivable measure, highly decentralized—with thousands of local police departments, local prosecutors’ offices,… Continue reading →