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Trump’s War on “Narco-Terrorists” Upends the Rule of Law
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Bipartisan leaders are investigating allegations that the Trump administration ordered unlawful killings following U.S. strikes in the Caribbean. As military operations there expand without congressional authorization, the controversy raises serious constitutional and international law concerns and highlights Congress’s failure to restrain executive war-making.
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Pulling Offers for Aspiring Government Attorneys is a Dangerous Game
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The Trump administration’s rapid policy changes, notably the 90-day federal hiring freeze, have raised concerns about the future of the federal workforce. This freeze has rescinded job offers for promising law students and interns, jeopardizing recruitment of young talent vital to public service, while reflecting a troubling disregard for federal employees and institutions.
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Selecting an “A” Student over a “B” Student; Why the Use of Selective Criteria for Vocational Schools in Massachusetts Must End
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Massachusetts vocational schools face significant challenges due to discriminatory admissions practices, affecting 40% of applicants. While offering essential career skills, selective criteria disproportionately exclude students from low-income families and minorities. There is also a pressing need for more seats to accommodate increasing demand, emphasizing the urgency for reforms to ensure equitable admission opportunities.
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Climate Change and Taxes
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This post examines the economics of sustainability, focusing on “Green Taxes” like carbon tax that targets harmful environmental activities. While such taxes encourage eco-friendly behavior, barriers to implementation in the U.S. entail social concerns, political resistance, and economic distortions. Alternatives include deductions for green businesses and indirect taxes, although voluntary compliance limits their effectiveness.
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Presidential Election Spectators No More
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The 2020 presidential campaign predominantly focused on swing states, leaving non-swing state voters feeling excluded. Despite a majority favoring the direct election of the president, efforts to amend the Electoral College have stalled. A potential solution is the National Popular Vote compact, but reform remains challenging due to entrenched interests in swing states.
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Generating . . . Client Confidentiality Concerns in the Use of Generative AI Technology
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Since the emergence of low- to no-cost public access to more sophisticated uses of artificial intelligence (“AI”), there has been lively discussion regarding how lawyers may ethically use various artificial intelligence software and services. The discussion has primarily focused on the duties of competence, communication, confidentiality, detecting conflicts of interest, and supervising. “The potential applications…
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Response to “No, Really, Civil Procedure Matters: Look at the State and Local Climate Cases”
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It all starts with civil procedure. Professor Sean Lyness’s article No, Really, Civil Procedure Matters: Look at the State and Local Climate Cases, emphasizes the implications of civil procedure by highlighting cases involving state and local governments’ climate change lawsuits against fossil fuel companies. The cases demonstrate that procedural intricacies, such as jurisdiction and venue…
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Managing the Groundwater Governance Gap
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You have probably heard that we are running out of groundwater. Headline after headline tells us that the United States is running dry. Wells in the arid southwest are going deeper, chasing after an ever-decreasing amount of water. Cracks in the Earth are the scars of our obsession with groundwater, over-pumped and over-relied upon for…
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Response to “Posthumous Art Law: What Happens to a Dead Artist’s Art?”
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Professor Peter Karol and Doctor Sharon Hecker joined the On Remand, the New England Law Review Podcast, in 2020 to discuss their co-authored book, Posthumous Art, Law, and the Art Market: The Afterlife of Art. Professor Karol is a legal expert in intellectual property law, and Dr. Hecker is an internationally recognized art historian; yet…
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WE WERE BORN THIS WAY: THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT AND IMMUTABILITY
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A person can be many things: spouse, parent, attorney, teacher, sports fan, dog owner, bisexual, taxpayer, employee, employer. but few need any explanation in order for courts, lawyers, and lay people to understand their meanings. A dog owner owns a dog, while a taxpayer pays taxes; a teacher teaches, and a spouse is a married…
