De Novo
Articles
A Hazy Five Hours: Minnesota Should Not Reinvent the Wheel in Addressing Thc Beverages in Restaurants
November 22, 2023
By Shannon Schooley, Volume 108 Staff Member In 2023, Minnesota legalized recreational cannabis. [1] Although Minnesota followed twenty-two states and the District of Columbia in...
Grisham Flexes Her Guns: How to Fire Back at State Executive Action
November 14, 2023
By: Sam Black, Volume 108 Staff Member On Friday, September 8th, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham issued an emergency order suspending the right to...
Michigan’s New Point of No Return: Evolving Age Restrictions on Mandatory Life Without Parole
November 14, 2023
By Chad Berryman, Volume 108 Staff Member In July 2022, the Michigan Supreme Court decided People v. Parks, in which it held that mandatory life...
When Total Doesn't Mean Complete: Why Courts Should Adopt the State Created Need Theory
April 19, 2023
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
April 18, 2023
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
April 14, 2023
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
April 10, 2023
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
April 7, 2023
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
April 6, 2023
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
April 5, 2023
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...