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State-Sanctioned Displacement: An Interstate Examination of Felon Disenfranchisement
Get PDFIn his dissent of New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann, Justice Louis Brandeis referred to the constituent states of the country as “laboratories for democracy.” He noted that, as sovereign entities within the United States, states are empowered to “try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country.” In postbellum American society, states have grappled with Reconstruction and the concomitant dismantlement of a caste system hinging on racism. In convening constitutional assemblies, the states experimented with racism and succeeded. In Southern jurisdictions, racial animus enabled the creation of constitutional frameworks and legislation that would have a disabling impact on the civil rights of convicted felons for generations to come. This article begins with an overview of the political marginalization of criminal felony offenders and how it disempowers Black communities, and it proceeds to examine the inconsistent political standing of convicted criminal felons in three American jurisdictions: Vermont, Texas, and Virginia. Because of the vastly differential outcomes for convicted felons across these jurisdictions, this article concludes with a proposal for federal legislation that enfranchises convicted felons upon completion of federal supervision
Confirm Judge Irma Carrillo Ramirez to the Fifth Circuit
Get PDFThe United States Senate must expeditiously confirm United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas Magistrate Judge Irma Carrillo Ramirez, who has definitely earned appointment to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and will become the appellate court’s initial Latina member. This regional circuit effectively resolves substantial appeals, enjoys a large judicial complement, and certainly possesses a reputation as the nation’s most conservative appellate court. Ramirez, whom President Joe Biden nominated in mid-April, decidedly provides remarkable gender, experiential, ideological, and ethnic judicial diversity and has rigorously served as a Magistrate Judge and Assistant United States Attorney in the Northern District of Texas for practically three decades. The jurist has excelled in law’s upper echelons since 1991. The post that Ramirez will occupy has now been empty for more than one year. Therefore, the Senate needs to promptly confirm the highly qualified, mainstream nominee
Parens Patriae After the Pandemic
Get PDFThe COVID-19 pandemic prompted extraordinary state action to protect American children. Acting in its longstanding role as parens patriae, the state stepped in to protect children and their families from the ravages of the pandemic as well as from the dramatic upheaval it precipitated. This Article will evaluate the state’s pandemic response vis-à-vis children and their families, mining the experience for lessons learned and possible ways forward. Specifically, this project will argue that the state’s pandemic response represented a departure from the state’s conventional approach to parens patriae. Conventional practice prior to the pandemic was characterized by a state model of parens patriae that was largely reactive and residual, and was exercised in ways that particularly disadvantaged children of color and low-income children. By contrast, the model of parens patriae actualized in response to the pandemic was proactive, preventative, and responsible. Instances of child abuse dropped or held steady, the incidence of youth offending did not increase, and child poverty levels reached historic lows. At the same time, many children and their parents managed to grow closer and spend more time together during the pandemic. Ultimately, this Article argues that this new approach to parens patriae is the best path forward to protect children and their families from harm and promote child well-being
You\u27re Out of Luck
Get PDFThis comic highlights the stark differences individuals face within the U.S. legal system. It presents a case involving both criminal and civil aspects. While individuals are entitled to legal representation in criminal proceedings, the same guarantee doesn\u27t exist to civil cases. So, if someone uses their money for a lawyer in a criminal case, they might not have any left for the civil case, even though both cases are related.https://scholarship.richmond.edu/law-comics/1006/thumbnail.jp
[Description of] Thriving in College with ADHD: A Cognitive-Behavioral Skills Workbook for Students
No full textDeveloped by four professors who also happen to be ADHD experts, this interactive and customizable workbook provides coaching to students with ADHD to make skills like managing time, motivating and organizing oneself, and adulting a workable part of everyday college life.
Other books for college students with ADHD only describe personal experiences or just give advice, but this workbook promotes learning through interactive exercises and behavioral practice. It will allow you to address issues most relevant to your needs at whatever pace feels right. Modules are designed to be engaging, digestible, and activity-oriented. With practice, you will come away with improved skills that will help you to succeed in college, and to live your best life. This workbook can be used on its own; however, an accompanying Thriving in College guide for therapists uses an approach that mirrors what you will be learning and doing. If you have this workbook and are getting support from a therapist, encourage them to use the therapist guide along with you!
Parents can also benefit from information in this workbook, to help their college students along the way and to understand ADHD and how it impacts the college years.https://scholarship.richmond.edu/bookshelf/1409/thumbnail.jp
Lee Edelman and the Queer Study of Religion
No full textThis book takes the groundbreaking work of Lee Edelman in queer theory and, for the first time, demonstrates its importance and relevance to contemporary theology, biblical studies, and religious studies. It argues that despite extensive interest in Edelman’s work, we have barely begun to understand the significance of Edelman’s ideas both in their own right and with respect to the study of religion. Therefore, it offers fresh approaches to Edelman’s work that necessarily complicate the established interpretations of his thinking. With essays by rising and established scholars, as well as a response by Edelman himself, it contends that by fully engaging Edelman, scholars of religion will have to confront negativity and its consequences in ways that will contribute to reshaping the terrain of scholarship on religion, race, sexuality, and social change. The insights provided in this book are new territory for much of the study of religion. As such, it will be of keen interest to scholars of religious studies, theology, and Biblical studies, as well as gender studies and queer, feminist, and critical race theory.https://scholarship.richmond.edu/bookshelf/1410/thumbnail.jp
Learning Legalese
Get PDFPutting the art in term of art . This illustrated guide walks non-law-trained readers through an A-to-Z of tricky legal terms, complete with recommended pronunciation and etymology. Artwork inspired by characters from Graphic Advocacy Project & Harvard A2J Lab, and many definitions constructed with the help of the online legal encyclopedia by Cornell Law School\u27s Legal Information Institute.https://scholarship.richmond.edu/law-comics/1009/thumbnail.jp
Richmond Law Magazine: Autumn 2023
Get PDFThe technology battlefield
Beacons for equal justice
An inspiring, intentional new spacehttps://scholarship.richmond.edu/law-magazine/1080/thumbnail.jp
Testing New Materials to Deliver Medicine to Sick Bones
No full textBones are the building blocks of our skeletons—they give our bodies structure and allow us to walk, dance, and pick things up. Healthy bones are strong, lightweight, hard, and even able to fix themselves when they get worn out or damaged. But if bones get sick, they can no longer repair themselves and they start to break down. One disease that makes bones sick is called osteoporosis and it can be very painful. Currently, doctors cannot cure osteoporosis. While there are medications to slow bone loss, there are no safe treatments to repair bone that is already damaged. Therefore, doctors and scientists are working together to find ways to prevent and even cure diseases like osteoporosis. One important challenge that needs to be addressed is: how can medicine be delivered to sick bones? In this article, we discuss how tiny carbon nanoparticles could help doctors deliver medicine to sick bones to repair them