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EB-5 VISAS: SELLING CITIZENSHIP?
No full textThis article analyzes the EB-5 Investor Visa Program, specifically discussing whether this program could be considered a means of selling of United States citizenship and, conversely, how it may be beneficial to the U.S. economy. This will be done by examining the EB-5 Program requirements and the contributions it has made to the United States. On one hand, the EB-5 Program provides a direct path to citizenship if an immigrant can invest enough money in a U.S. company. On the other hand, the economic benefits that result from the EB-5 program are vast, stimulating the U.S. economy. Conversely, President Trump’s “gold card” proposal is an example of an overt selling of citizenship that only requires a monetary contribution with no job creation requirement, deepening the discourse on the “selling” of U.S. citizenship
Power in a Construction Hat: A Comment on United Ass\u27n of Journeymen & Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipe Fitting Indus. of the United States & Can. v. Gemma Power Sys.
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Sex Offender Prison Treatment Programs: Outdated Science Masquerading as a Legitimate Penological Objective
No full textDobbs v. Brown
No full textDobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization1is the most important and impactful Supreme Court decision since at least Roe v. Wade, and potentially since Brown v. Board of Education. Past survey data show that most Americans can only name two Supreme Court opinions: Roe and Brown. Dobbs will surely join that list. This Article compares the history, drafting, and opinions of Dobbs and Brown to show what a missed opportunity Dobbs represents. Regardless of whether you agree or disagree with the opinion, it should be clear that Dobbs was one of those unique times (like that of Brown) where the Court had the country’s undivided attention. In Brown, the Court took the opportunity to write a short, readable opinion (just 13 pages in the U.S. Reports) that explained its reasoning in a manner any literate American could understand. The Brown opinion can be summed up in a short 24-word quote: “We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
By contrast, Dobbs is a mess. The slip opinion in Dobbs clocks in at an unimaginable 213 pages and has 5 separate opinions, a majority, a dissent, 3 concurrences, and 3 appendices. Its appendices are three times as long as the entire Brown opinion. Nor does the case do a great job of explaining in plain terms the disagreement between the majority, Justice Roberts’s concurrence, and the dissent. It certainly does not fail due to brevity. It fails because the central argument of the role of originalism in constitutional analysis is buried amongst pages and pages of argument about the history of the reconstruction amendments, abortion, and the nature of precedent and stare decisis. Dobbs is a massive, missed opportunity for the Court and the country
Big Business as Gun Control
No full textGun control increasingly bypasses direct legislative enactments by co-opting the commercial marketplace. Financial institutions and insurers often face regulatory pressures, frequently articulated through vague notions of “reputational risk,” to terminate or restrict services for lawful firearms businesses and advocacy groups. The debanking tactic, seen in initiatives such as Operation Choke Point, can deny essential financial products to firearm owners, merchants, and organizations, curtailing the practical exercise of constitutionally protected rights. Simultaneously, government agencies sometimes pursue warrantless data collection from bank records and merchant category codes, building profiles of lawful purchasers and eroding privacy and due-process norms.
Social media platforms compound these problems by removing or limiting firearms-related content under opaque or inconsistently applied standards. Although they occasionally frame their policies as safeguards against violence, enforcement often removes instruction, historical discussion, and other legitimate forms of speech. The censorship distorts public debate about firearms, stifling conversations on safety, training, and responsible ownership.
This Article describes the significant shift toward privatized gun control, in which government entities and large corporations converge to limit access to banking, insurance, and information platforms. The outcome is a new type of regulatory regime that can subvert constitutional checks, undermine lawful enterprise, and chill lawful speech. Curbing abuses requires a combination of targeted legislation, judicial oversight, and self-restraint by private institutions to ensure that neither lawful commerce nor individual liberty are sacrificed to hidden agendas