Tagged with "Vol. 112"

 

Judicial Backlash or Just Backlash? Evidence from a National Experiment

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

Federalism as a Safeguard of the Separation of Powers

 

By: Jessica Bulman-Pozen

 

States frequently administer federal law, yet scholars have largely overlooked how the practice of cooperative federalism affects the balance of power across the branches of the federal government. This Article explains how states check the federal executive in ...READ MORE

The Indefensible Duty to Defend

 

By: Neal Devins & Saikrishna Prakash

 

Modern Justice Department opinions insist that the executive branch must enforce and defend laws. In the first article to systematically examine Department of Justice refusals to defend, we make four points. First, the duties to ...READ MORE

 

Benefit Corporations: How to Enforce a Mandate to Promote the Public Interest

 

By: Briana Cummings

 

A new trend has emerged within the past decade: corporations that seek to turn a profit while affirmatively promoting the public interest. To accommodate this trend, six states have recently enacted legislation creating the benefit corporation, a for-profit ...READ MORE

 

Recognizing Race

 

Marriage as Punishment

 

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