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A Bitter Policy Shoved down Our Throats: How a Once Admirable and Necessary Agricultural Program Has Resulted in Major Profits for Big Business and Major Frustration for Others (Comment)
No full textThis Comment will focus on the failure of the United States' agriculture subsidies to conform to rapidly changing economic and societal factors. Next, this Comment will examine the factors and agents driving agriculture policy. Finally, this Comment will analyze political obstacles and legitimate possibilities of lasting reform
Perils and Pontifications: Reflections on the Failures and Joys of a Law Teacher
No full textNext to fatherhood and my faith, teaching is what matters most to me, and yet it has been filled with failures as well as undeniable fulfillment and joy. The purpose of this article is, on a selfish level, to self-explicate the bimodal nature of my professional path, but I also hope it will serve as both an inspiration and a warning to new professors and those contemplating life in academics. “When it’s good, it’s good,” would be an apt summary of my career, but by delineating my errors and omissions I hope to enrich the lives of teachers who will replace me behind the podium. As Epictetus might put it, “they call knowledge good, and error evil; so that even in regard to what is false there arises a good, that is, the knowledge that the false is false.” So let us begin
The Legal Minute Fall 2013
No full textThe Red Mass: A Celebration of Law and Faith, Study Abroad: China Offers Hands on Experience, Rio Grande Valley Spring Break and Internship, Getting Out of the Law School Bubble at the Fitness Center Zumba!, VITA at the Center for Legal and Social Justi
Second Circuit's Decision Provides Unique Window Into Enemy Combatant Decisions
No full textJURIST Guest Columnist Jeffrey Addicott of St. Mary's University School of Law says that the Second Circuit's opinion upholding the conviction of alien enemy combatant Ghailani offers a unique view into how a federal appeals court grapples with the legal complexities existing between law of war concerns and domestic criminal processes ..
The Barriers and Route to Texas School Finance Equity
No full textIn this essay, I argue that the “same” standard is the best for Texas’s future. I will describe the significant barriers to reaching this standard; but the barriers are not insurmountable, even within the realities of Texas budget constraints. The primary barriers are history, demography, politics, economy, and the judicial system. These are certainly not all the barriers, and there is significant overlap and causal connection among them. Yet, unpacking these barriers should help us understand the barriers and possible ways over, around, or through them. Texas also has opportunities that will allow us to reach a truly equitable school finance system. I conclude this essay on this positive note
2013: CLE: Preserving Online Evidence
No full textCommunication, business and day-to-day life takes place increasingly online. With these activities, evidence has moved online, too. Social networking, corporate press releases, and photographs are often sent out only in electronic form. Here today does n
Border Wars & the New Texas Navy: International Treaties, Waterways, and State Sovereignty after Arizona v. United States
No full textIntroduction; Bullets Across the Border; Historical Perspective; Republic to State; U.S.-Mexico Border Treaties; The U.S.-Texas Border with Mexico Today; Texas Armed Forces; Texas Military Forces; Texas Department of Public Safety; The New Texas Navy; Law on the Border; Authority for the Rio Grande; Treaty Limitations; What is a Federal Water?; The International Lakes?; In Light of Arizona v. United States, Is the Texas Navy Acting Under Texas Police Power or Usurpation?; Conclusio
The Right to Court-Appointed Counsel in Removal Proceedings: An End to Wrongful Detention and Deportation of U.S. Citizens (Note)
No full textThis Note analyzes the constitutional implications of detaining and deporting U.S. citizens within the complex conjunction of "immigration control and criminal enforcement."" Part I identifies the growing problem and its severe consequences. Part II discusses how detention policies and lack of safeguards contribute to the wrongful detention and deportation of U.S. citizens. Part III analyzes the constitutional violations, including denial of due process under the Fifth Amendment and the denial of citizenship rights under the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, implicated in detaining and removing U.S. citizens. Part IV recommends recognizing a right to counsel for individuals in removal proceedings as a safeguard to ensuring that U.S. citizens receive the full constitutional protections they are entitled to
