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When Total Doesn't Mean Complete: Why Courts Should Adopt the State Created Need Theory

By: Dylan Schepers, Volume 107 Staff Member Introduction It was the black of midnight in mid-March 2020. Four police officers approached the front door of...

State Constitutional A(MN)dments: Now Is the Time for the Minnesota Legislature to Amend the Minnesota Constitution with the Equal Rights Amendment

By: Evan Dale, Volume 107 Staff Member As the U.S. Supreme Court has retreated on its protection of individual rights, [1] state constitutions have taken...

MIFPA Without ICWA: Assessing the Fate of the Minnesota Indian Family Preservation Act if the Indian Child Welfare Act Is Overturned in Brackeen v. Haaland

By: Ryan Liston, Volume 107 Staff Member The United States and the colonies that predated it have a sordid past when it comes to the...

A Test of Precedent, Policy & Humanity: An Analysis of Florida’s Proposed Expansions to State Capital Punishment Law

By: Adam Kolb, Volume 107 Staff Member The death penalty is primitive. [1] The death penalty is ineffective and garners increasing disapproval. [2] The death...

The Confederate Stakes of American Law: the Partisan Risk to the Full Faith and Credit Clause and a Constitutional Crisis in the Making

By: Jordan Boudreaux, Volume 107 Staff Member Article IV, Section 1 of the Constitution requires that “Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each...

Free Speech on Campus Sidewalks: Supreme Court May Take Aim at First Amendment Forum Balancing Test in Keister

By: John M. Stack, Volume 107 Staff Member Keister v. Bell is the latest major case petitioned to the Supreme Court to confront classifying the...

I (Don’t) Know It when I See It: the Dangers of Deepfakes

By: Ryken Kreps, Vol. 107 Staff Member [1] Deepfakes are images, videos, or audio clips created by artificial intelligence that show people doing whatever the...

Habitability Defense on the Fritz: Rent Posting Requirements and Challenges in Minnesota

Lucy Dougherty, Volume 107 Staff Member When tenants face an eviction for non-payment of rent in Hennepin County, they may have an affirmative defense to...