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Change the System, Not the Woman: Addressing Workplace Inequities Stemming from the American Economy

By: Alyssa Shaw, Volume 109 Staff Member If the progress towards closing the gender wage gap continues on the trends of the last few years...

How RFK's Recent Court Battles to Get on (and off) the Ballot Exemplify Why a Third-Party Candidate Will Never Win the Presidency

By: Sophia Antonio, Volume 109 Staff Member Former presidential candidate, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK), dominated the summer news cycle with bizarre controversies. [1] RFK...

Supreme Speculation: What Oral Arguments Hint About How Justices Are Leaning in Campos-Chaves v. Garland

By Hans Frank-Holzner, Volume 108 Staff Member On January 8, 2024, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Campos-Chaves v. Garland, [1] a consolidation of...

Ready, Aim, Fire? Evaluating the Future of Liability for the Firearms Industry During New-Wave PLCAA Litigation

By: Will Roberts, Volume 108 Staff Member I. MECHANISMS FOR FIREARMS INDUSTRY LIABILITY In 2005, Congress enacted the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act...

Convenient or Confrontational?: Samia Widens Constitutional Loophole

By: Mark Hager, Volume 108 Staff Member On June 23, 2023, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Samia v. United States, the latest in...

A New Take on Takings: Big Pharma’s Constitutional Challenges to Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act

By: Marie Lundgren, Volume 108 Staff Member I. BACKGROUND In 2003, Congress passed the Medicare Modernization Act, marking the largest expansion of benefits in the...

The Fight for Privacy: Calling for Broad Online Privacy Reform in the Age of Being Chronically Online

By Lea Chapoton, Volume 108 Staff Member In the wake of 2022’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization [1] decision and the ensuing barrage of...

Betting on the Future: Discussing Paths Forward for Minnesota to Legalize Sports Betting

By Benjamin Albert Halevy, Volume 108 Staff Member From pull-tab vending machines at bars to tribe-owned casinos sporting slot machines and blackjack tables, Minnesota is...

De-Trumping the 2024 Election? Reviewing Minnesota’s Role in the Movement to Ban Donald Trump from the Ballot

By Callan Showers, Volume 108 Staff Member On November 2, 2023, the Minnesota Supreme Court heard oral arguments on whether Donald Trump can lawfully appear...

No Place Like Home . . . Unless You Can’t Get in: the Lack of Non-Delivery Protections for Minnesota Tenants

By Cheyenna González Pilsner, Volume 108 Staff Member On August 2, 2023, Identity, a new housing complex near the University of Minnesota, notified its tenants...