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Abstract As the twenty-first century progresses, the influence of race, ethnicity, gender, and class in crime and punishment continues to be a pressing and polemic issue. With various antisocial control movements taking place, particularly in response to the Trump administration, the nature of crime and punishment is once again being redefined nationally and abroad. As in the past, this new...

Abstract How does having a loved one threatened by detention and deportation impact political participation? Drawing on extant research demonstrating the mobilizing power of a threatening immigration environment, we develop a dynamic theory of what scholars elsewhere refer to as proximal contact. We argue that individuals with proximal connections to punitive immigration policy may be politically...

Abstract The Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act (FAAAA)—which prohibits state and local regulation “related to a price, route, or service” of interstate trucking firms—is a statute with enormous legal and economic significance that operates largely in the dark. This Article seeks to bring the FAAAA to light, explain what is at stake in its interpretation, and argue against its...

Abstract The last several decades of health law and policy have been built on a foundation of economic theory. This theory supported the proliferation of market-based policies that promised maximum efficiency and minimal bureaucracy. Neither of these promises has been realized. A mounting body of empirical research discussed in this Article makes clear that leading market-based health care...

Abstract Elections are the linchpin of a representative democracy’s legitimacy and power. In the absence ofelectoral participation by a critical mass of the population, a society cannot meaningfully claim to be democratically governed. Persistently low voter turnout decreases the quality and equality of political representation in the United States and jeopardizes the integrity of our system of...

This Article looks closely at the good moral character clause and its potential to enable individual and institutional bias through a subsection that allows United States Citizen and Immigration Service (USCIS) to deny a naturalization petition when USCIS finds that the applicant offers “false testimony” and thus lacks requisite “good moral character.”

This Article argues that mixed- income housing is implemented as a surreptitious form of racial and economic integration that accommodates and replicates prevailing race and class assumptions detrimental to the needs and interests of low to moderate-income individuals in need of housing.

This Article explains some of the challenges presented by the opinion of Star Athletica and argues that clearer attention to the differences between design patent and copyright could have helped—and might still be useful going forward.

The current cybersecurity landscape is unsustainable. Companies are increasingly relying on third parties for conducting services, yet these third-parties continue to be targets of attack due to their weak cybersecurity measures. However, blockchain technology should be implemented as part of a large company’s comprehensive cybersecurity plan. The trust that the blockchain offers, along with the...

This Comment explores ways in which environmental law and policy perpetuate injustice for socially vulnerable communities, particularly communities of color or low-income communities, often through biased environmental decisionmaking.