Archive: May 2012
Messerschmidt and Convergence in Action: A Reply to Comments on Trawling for Herring
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By Jennifer E. Laurin
Judicial Backlash or Just Backlash? Evidence from a National Experiment
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By: David Fontana & Donald Braman
When the Supreme Court decides a controversial issue, does it generate a distinctive public backlash? Or would a similar decision by Congress generate a similar reaction? Surprisingly, although these questions pervade debates over constitutional law, ...READ MORE
Stock Unloading and Banker Incentives
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By: Robert J. Jackson, Jr.
Congress has directed federal regulators to oversee banker pay. For the first time, these regulators are now scrutinizing the incentives of risk-takers beyond the bank’s top executives. Like most public company managers, these bankers are increasingly ...READ MORE
Unions, Corporations, and Political Opt-Out Rights After Citizens United
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By: Benjamin I. Sachs
Citizens United upends much of campaign finance law, but it maintains at least one feature of that legal regime: the equal treatment of corporations and unions. Prior to Citizens United, that is, corporations and unions were equally constrained in ...READ MORE
Due Process and “the Worst of the Worst”: Mental Competence in Sexually Violent Predator Civil Commitment Proceedings
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Whose Applicable Guideline Range Is It Anyway? Examining Whether Nominal Career Offenders Can Receive Sentence Modifications Based on Retroactive Reductions in the Crack Cocaine Guidelines
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By: Evan R. Kreiner
The recent reductions in the guideline range for federal crack cocaine offenses have spurred tens of thousands of motions for sentence modifications under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) by individuals sentenced pursuant to the old, harsher crack cocaine ...READ MORE