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A Rising Tide: Exploring the Viability of Pursuing Climate Change Accountability Through Securities Fraud Litigation
No full textGive Us Some Credit:Creating More Public Financing Programs Through Tax Credits and Democracy Vouchers
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Retribution Against Catholic Dioceses by Revival: The Evolution and Legacy of the New York Child Victims Act Claims Revival Window
No full textThis article considers the evolution of limitations relief for time-barred child sexual abuse tort claims in New York culminating with the claims revival window enacted in 2019 as part of the New York Child Victims Act (NYCVA). The story of child sexual abuse litigation against Catholic dioceses and the legal and political history of the NYCVA exposes the important but largely unexplored balance of competing policy objectives that limitations laws strike. How child sexual abuse claimants achieved retribution by revival in the NYCVA reveals the fragility of limitations laws and the importance of coherent and consistent policy for revival of other types of time-barred claims in the future
Debtor\u27s Plan of Reorganization
No full textDebtor\u27s Plan of Reorganization, filed January 18, 2022
Regional Cooperative Federalism and the US Electric Grid
No full textThe U.S. Constitution makes no direct mention of regional governing entities, yet they are an entrenched part of our federalist system. In the area of electric grid governance, the federal government enlists independent, private entities called regional transmission organizations (RTOs) to implement federal policy and achieve state energy goals. RTOs are the most prominent form of regional cooperative federalism, yet other policy spheres, such as opioid control, encompass a similar approach. This is a twist on the classic form of cooperative federalism, in which the federal government relies upon individual states to achieve federal mandates.
The regionally governed electric grid represents a critical policy area. The availability of reliable electricity directly drives economic and human health outcomes, and populating the grid with clean sources of electricity while maintaining grid reliability is an urgent endeavor. The use of regional cooperative federalism in this area therefore calls for a fresh look at federalism principles. Many RTOs are geographically massive; the largest RTO covers all or part of the territories of fifteen states. Yet RTOs better encompass some of the core federalism principles ascribed to more decentralized control, including policy experimentation and innovation, efficiency, and accountability to stakeholders. Some RTOs have been particularly innovative in formulating new policies to address changing circumstances, such as demand for more renewable energy. But in the accountability sphere, other RTOs have struggled to address stakeholder needs.
Regional cooperative federalism will be increasingly important in a world of complex policy issues that spill beyond local and state lines yet require locally tailored solutions. This Article constructs a normative framework for this under-recognized approach, using the attributes of federalism as guideposts, and suggests a path forward for productively expanding and improving this governance form
