: Lifetime sex offender registration statutes are common across the states, and several state supreme courts have reached conflicting results in analyzing the constitutionality of... The post State ex rel. D.D. appearedfirst on Harvard Law Review
: After New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. Bruen, § 922(g) challenges proliferate. Enacted as the “centerpiece” of the Gun Control Act of 1968,... The post United States v. Duarte appearedfirst on Harvard Law Review
: In response to the nationwide affordable housing crisis, several states have attempted to boost construction by liberalizing zoning. These reforms have been frequently challenged... The post Montanans Against Irresponsible Densification, LLC v. Stateappearedfirst on Harvard Law Review
: Drug detection dogs are critical tools in the fight against drug trafficking. However, law enforcement canines are imperfect: They sometimes incorrectly alert when performing... The post United States v. Johnson appearedfirst on Harvard Law Review
: The hate crime enhancement in the federal sentencing guidelines, U.S.S.G. § 3A1.1(a), increases a defendant’s offense level by three if they “intentionally selected any victim . . . because... The post United States v. Patterson appearedfirst on Harvard Law Review
: In United States v. Skrmetti, the Supreme Court upheld Tennessee Senate Bill 1 (SB 1), a state law that prohibits transgender minors from accessing gender-affirming care. The post Skrmetti Beyond Scrutiny appearedfirst on Harvard Law Review
: All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States . . . . — U.S. Const. art. I, § 1 Typically, when Congress... The post Separating the Powers in the Administrative State: Article I appearedfirst on Harvard Law Review
: Appendix: Draft Legislation A BILL To amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for congressional approval and statutory authorization of... The post The Case for a New Congressional Review Act: Draft Legislation appearedfirst on Harvard Law Review
: If a constitutional amendment were written today, one might assume an originalist would interpret it according to its meaning today. If that originalist were... The post Lara v. Commissioner Pennsylvania State Police appearedfirst on Harvard Law Review
: Federal civil rights have been in general retreat for roughly a half-century. Seeing the beginnings of this trend in the mid-1970s following the end... The post Enforcing State Constitutions Through Constitutional Torts appearedfirst on Harvard Law Review
: Lockstepping’s critics have increasingly found their voice in the courts. State constitutions are unique documents, with their own histories, texts, and procedures. But often,... The post Introduction appearedfirst on Harvard Law Review
: Absent alcohol, dormant commerce clause doctrine is mostly familiar. Courts use strict scrutiny when state laws discriminate — facially, in purpose, or in effect — against... The post Does the Twenty-First Amendment Displace Pike Balancing? appearedfirst on Harvard Law Review
: At some point, less than two decades after the United States Supreme Court found racial segregation in the public schools to be unconstitutional, the... The post Blown Chances appearedfirst on Harvard Law Review
: In SEC v. Jarkesy, the Supreme Court failed to fully clarify the “unquestionably muddy” relationship between Article III and the Seventh Amendment. Yet it... The post Sun Valley Orchards, LLCv. United States Department of Labor appearedfirst on Harvard Law Review
: “It seems a paradox, and yet it is true, that as a rule a citizen knows more of the national government, with which he... The post The Decline and Fall of the State Executive Council appearedfirst on Harvard Law Review
: State constitutions serve as important sources of individual rights. They often extend broader protections than the Federal Constitution and have, in some instances, included... The post Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute, Inc. v. Secretary, Florida Department of Stateappearedfirst on Harvard Law Review
: The Supreme Court has long declared itself “supreme in the exposition of the law of the Constitution.” But that does not leave the state... The post People v. Thompson appearedfirst on Harvard Law Review
: The American ballot initiative is a powerful tool. Initiatives can innovate: Four states can credit ballot initiatives for legislative redistricting commissions that removed redistricting... The post Putting the Initiative Back Together appearedfirst on Harvard Law Review
: “God hates you wicked baby killing whores,” “cocksucker,” “fucking cunt,” and “shut your fucking mouth, you bitch” are statements that start fights. In 1791,... The post Fighting Words at the Founding appearedfirst on Harvard Law Review
: Justice Gorsuch, writing for the majority in Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson, made two bold immunity claims: that state court judges possess sovereign immunity... The post Hunt v. Richmond Police Department appearedfirst on Harvard Law Review
: President Trump is invoking new tools to bolster American economic and national security. His recent approval of Nippon Steel Corporation’s (Nippon Steel) acquisition of... The post White House Secures Corporate Governance Interest in the United States Steel Corporation appearedfirst on Harvard Law Review
: Substantive due process occupies a curious constitutional twilight zone, teetering somewhere between good law, cautionary apologue, and “constitutional meme.” The doctrine’s critics have been... The post The “History and Tradition” of Substantive Due Process in State Constitutions appearedfirst on Harvard Law Review
: In 2021, prices in the United States and across the globe rose rapidly, reintroducing a concern that had lain mostly dormant in U.S. politics... The post The Federal Reserve’s Forgotten Credit Mandate appearedfirst on Harvard Law Review
: Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.* In a bench statement delivered when the Supreme Court convened on May 9, 2025, Chief Justice Roberts offered... The post In Memoriam: Justice David H. Souter appearedfirst on Harvard Law Review
: “Not being a State often places the District of Columbia at a disadvantage. In this case, however, it works to its benefit.” So began... The post An Equitable Approach to Suing Municipalities appearedfirst on Harvard Law Review
: The Federal Constitution has much to say about the relationship between the federal government and the states, but it is silent as to the... The post Home Rule Reinforcement: Constitutional Local Autonomy Guarantees appearedfirst on Harvard Law Review
: Abstract The United States operates the largest immigration detention system in the world. Immigrants and watchdog groups have reported poor conditions of confinement, including... The post The Law and Lawlessness of U.S. Immigration Detention appearedfirst on Harvard Law Review
: The United States makes bad choices when it comes to psychoactive drugs. Under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), U.S. drug law has simultaneously fueled mass incarceration, inhibited needed access, and enabled an opioid crisis. The post Drug Scheduling as Institutional Design appearedfirst on Harvard Law Review
: U.S. states traditionally play a minor role in establishing national security policies, which generally fall within the federal government’s remit. But the return of great power competition with China and Russia and the accompanying proliferation of threats have spurred states to act on national security concerns. The post Federalism and the New National Security appearedfirst on Harvard Law Review
: The current President of the United States has a relationship with the law that is casual at best and contemptuous at worst. Whether the... The post Introduction: To Keep Government Generally Within the Bounds of Law appearedfirst on Harvard Law Review
: By standard accounts, there are fifty-four constitutions across the federal, state, and territorial governments of the United States. But in fact, there are 230 other governmental constitutions that currently govern peoples and territories within the United States. These constitutions not only flow from a sovereignty that existed prior to the United States but also came out of a legal movement that asserted its independence from both the U.S. Constitution and state constitutions. This Article tells the story of these constitutions — the constitutions of Native nations. The post Indigenous Constitutionalism appearedfirst on Harvard Law Review
: The compactness requirement has become a rule without a ruler. To curb gerrymandering, many state and local laws require electoral districts to be compact.... The post Jersey City UnitedAgainst the New Ward Map v. Jersey City Ward Commission appearedfirst on Harvard Law Review
: A longstanding choice-of-law rule known as the internal affairs doctrine has predominated over corporate law matters in the United States since at least the 1860s. Acknowledged by the Supreme Court and generally followed by the states, the doctrine holds that the internal affairs of a corporation are governed by the law of the state where it is incorporated, notwithstanding where it may be headquartered. The post Dormancy and Delaware: An Emerging Threat to the Internal Affairs Doctrine appearedfirst on Harvard Law Review
: Every year, police perform searches governed by the Fourth Amendment on hundreds of thousands of individuals and their property throughout the United States. Many of the academy’s most decorated scholars have focused on the genesis and jurisprudential nature of the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement. Surprisingly, we know almost nothing about how the Fourth Amendment regulates searches and how searches actually work in practice.In this Article, we pull back the curtain on the search and seizure process by presenting the largest quantitative study of warrants of any kind. The post Unwarranted Warrants? An Empirical Analysis of Judicial Review in Search and Seizure appearedfirst on Harvard Law Review
: Prison law is characterized by judicial deference to penal administrators. Despite the well-documented horrors that occur behind prison walls, federal and state courts often decline to intervene, asserting, among other things, that prisoners’ rights are limited and that the judicial branch lacks the power and expertise to get involved in the inner workings of detention facilities. Moreover, jurists often assume that the nation’s first courts largely stayed out of prisons and jails, and contemporary judicial deference is therefore historically rooted. The post The Forgotten History of Prison Law: Judicial Oversight of Detention Facilities in the Nation’s Early Years appearedfirst on Harvard Law Review
: CALL member Dominique Garingan , Library Manager in the Calgary office of Parlee McLaws LLP, recently wrote an article on " The Singular They: Gender Inclusivity in Canadian Legal Writing and Style Guides " . It originally appeared on the website Notes Between Us on June 22, 2022 . It is reprinted here with permission. Language is a product of culture, and it is known that the English language lacks a singular pronoun that signifies the non-specific he or she . Although at times unintentional, this singularity versus plurality of pronouns, coupled with gendered indicators, has helped entrench the binary perceptions of gender found in writing which we are now seeking to change. The Department of Justice of Canada recently provided a series of guidelines on the use of gender-neutral language in a legislative context. These guidelines include as a recommendation the use of the singular they and its other grammatical forms ( them , themselves , and their ) to refer to indefinite pronouns and s[...]