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THE ILLUSION OF JUSTICE: HOW CRIMINALIZING STATUS UNDERMINES THE RULE OF LAW
No full textIn May of 2025, United States Senator Cornyn introduced the Justice for American Victims of Illegal Aliens Act. The Act creates an additional aggravating factor in determining whether to impose the death sentence. The aggravating factor would only be applicable when a noncitizen is found guilty of killing a United States citizen. This Article first argues that this Act would create grave constitutional concerns and severely undermine the rule of law. Next, this Article urges that, in order to truly promote public safety, our government should focus on policies meant to empower communities
The Jurisprudence of Baseball: Private Versus Public Litigation
No full textLike every sport, baseball operates as a legal system, complete with laws that govern play and a process for resolving disputes that occur during the game. The large majority of these laws are enforced through a type of public litigation: umpires are responsible for detecting infractions and imposing the mandated penalties. However, unlike in every other sport popular in the United States, certain laws are enforced through a type of private litigation: the appeal play. Umpires do not declare those infractions unless the other team appeals to an umpire that the infraction occurred. A substantial body of legal scholarship explores the relative advantages and disadvantages of private and public litigation in conventional legal systems. This Article uses insights from that literature and applies it to the legal structure of baseball. Based on this analysis, the Article recommends changes to some of baseball’s laws. It argues that there is little justification for most appeal plays; instead, umpires should declare those infractions regardless of whether the other team appeals. However, it also argues that some infractions that currently are not appeal plays should be made appeal plays. Those are infractions that the umpire does not need to detect as they are occurring, but can instead judge after the fact when an appeal is made. Having such infractions be appeal plays would allow umpires to focus on other aspects of the game
Bidenomics: An Analysis
No full text“What’s Bidenomics? It’s about investing in—and I feel like I’m going to—I’m going to try not to repeat some of what my colleagues have already said, but it’s about investing in America—investing in America and investing in Americans—American People” – Former President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.1 “It’s about growing the economy from the middle out and bottom up instead of the top down. Because when the middle class does well, the poor have a ladder up and the wealthy still do very well.” – Former President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.2 “The West Wing may believe Bidenomics is working because the macroeconomic gurus at the Federal Reserve are telling the White House it’s working. But Bidenomics has failed to create sufficient tangible improvement in the lives of most voters in a world in which groceries still cost more than they did a year ago, average rent and mortgage rates have spiked and health and child care grow ever more unaffordable.” – Karen Petrou
THE ILLUSION OF JUSTICE: HOW CRIMINALIZING STATUS UNDERMINES THE RULE OF LAW
No full textIn May of 2025, United States Senator Cornyn introduced the Justice for American Victims of Illegal Aliens Act. The Act creates an additional aggravating factor in determining whether to impose the death sentence. The aggravating factor would only be applicable when a noncitizen is found guilty of killing a United States citizen. This Article first argues that this Act would create grave constitutional concerns and severely undermine the rule of law. Next, this Article urges that, in order to truly promote public safety, our government should focus on policies meant to empower communities
