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Are “Evan’s Law” and the Textalyzer Immediate Solutions to Today’s Rapid Changes in Technology or Encroachments on Drivers’ Privacy Rights?, 33 J. Marshall J. Info. Tech. & Privacy L. 143 (2018)
Evader, Avoider, or None of the Above? Shedding Light on the Implications of the Illinois Employee Classification Act on Small Construction Contractors, and Considerations for their Exemption, 51 J. Marshall L. Rev. 341 (2018)
Fifty Years Since Passage of the Fair Housing Act: Rent-To-Income Ratios In the Persistence of Residential Racial Segregation In Chicago, 51 J. Marshall L. Rev. 551 (2018)
Is the Party Over? You Don’t Have to Go Home, But You Can’t Stay Here: Political Party Affiliations, Trends, and Requirements After Patton v. Illinois State Board of Elections, 51 J. Marshall L. Rev. 749 (2018)
Masterpiece Cakeshop: “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?”, 52 UIC J. Marshall L. Rev. 83 (2018)
The purpose of this article is to highlight the less controversial part of the Court’s opinion. This article is intended for counsel representing parties before federal, state, municipal and local administrative agencies, counsel representing administrative agencies and people serving on administrative agencies. The article discusses how the Masterpiece Cakeshop opinion was the culmination of discussing the role of procedural due process in the administrative agency process. The Court’s opinion has “real time” application in a current case before the Intermediate Court of Appeals, State of Hawai`i. This article also highlights the difference in appointment of boards and commissioners in three states: Colorado, Hawai`i and Illinois. The article concludes with practical suggestions for all participants involved in administrative agency hearings. The pop song and culture references in this article are a reflection of the author’s generation and the author apologizes for not downloading the “update.
Money in Politics: Campaign Finance and Its Influence Over the Political Process and Public Policy, 52 UIC J. Marshall L. Rev. 185 (2018)
Money in politics has risen to the forefront of the public political consciousness in the decade since Citizens United v. FEC. At the root of the issue are deeply flawed Supreme Court rulings on the constitutional protection afforded to political spending and the definition of regulable corruption, which have exacerbated issues in the American campaign finance system and effectively legalized political bribery. The purpose of this comment is to highlight the impact of campaign finance on public policy and ultimately propose that we, the American people, must amend our Constitution to restore a representative democracy