De Novo
Articles
Food for Thought: the Emergence of Right-to-Food Legislation in the United States
February 13, 2023
By: Randa Larsen, Volume 107 Staff Member On November 2, 2021, Maine voters did something no other state in the United States has done—they approved...
The “Major Questions” Shackles: Predicting the Outcome of Department of Education v. Brown and a Warning on the Potential Consequences of a Constrained Administrative State
February 9, 2023
By: James Carlton, Volume 107 Staff Member On February 28th, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in two cases that will decide the constitutionality of...
Objectively Reasonable Fraud?: the Supreme Court’s Upcoming Fca Decision Will Resolve Circuit Split Over Scienter Element
February 6, 2023
By: Carly Heying, Volume 107 Staff Member On January 13, 2023, after urging by the U.S. Solicitor General and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), [1] the...
Thomas on Trial: How Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Has Influenced the Current Affirmative Action Cases Before the Court
January 19, 2023
By: Dahlia Wilson, Volume 107 Staff Member In the 2022–23 term, the Supreme Court is faced with two seminal cases regarding universities’ uses of “affirmative...
Reading to Become a Different Type of “Practice-Ready” Lawyer: What No More Police Can Teach Law Students About Their Role in the Movement for Prison-Industrial-Complex Abolition
January 13, 2023
By: Lucy Chin, Volume 107 Staff Member A small minority of the 1.3 million lawyers in the country engage in work that explicitly concerns community-based...
Novel Regulations and Historical Analogues: a San José Ordinance Tests the Boundaries of the Second Amendment
January 9, 2023
By: Toph Beach, Volume 107 Staff Member On June 23, 2022, the Supreme Court decided New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, striking...
Covered by Cannabis?: Minnesota Supreme Court Rules that Workers’ Compensation Will Not Cover Medical Marijuana
December 6, 2022
By: Chelsea M. Trudgeon, Volume 107 Staff Member I. MINNESOTA SUPREME COURT RULINGS In October 2021, the Minnesota Supreme Court issued decisions in Musta v...
The Try Guys Try Responding to a Relationship at Work: the Legal Implications of Consensual Workplace Relationships
December 2, 2022
By: Mollie Clark Ahsan, Volume 107 Staff Member Over the past few months, famous YouTube creators The Try Guys have navigated a worldwide scandal surrounding...
Back for Seconds: Predicting the Outcome of United States v. Texas Based on Biden v. Texas
December 1, 2022
By: Maya Wells Hermerding, Volume 107 Staff Member In its second major immigration-related case of the term, the Supreme Court will weigh the executive branch’s...
Hollow Statement or Empty Promise: Oregon’s “Right to Healthcare” Amendment Is Not Equipped to Achieve Its Goals, Whatever They Are
November 30, 2022
By: Patrick Ebeling, Volume 107 Staff Member In the November 8, 2022, election, Oregon voters narrowly approved Senate Joint Resolution 12 (SJR 12), the Right...