Columbia Law Review

Consent is an indispensable standard and organizing principle in any liberal legal order that prizes self-directed autonomy, self-identified preferences, and collective agreement. Yet consent’s capacity to advance those values has become increasingly uncertain in a society beset by power imbalances, information asymmetries, and multiple forms of polarization. In this Article, we document how the rise of neoliberalism has led to greater reliance[...]

Medicare Advantage insurers hold vast power over access to care for Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in their plans. Among other things, these insurers make the all-important determination as to whether care is “medically necessary” and thus warrants coverage under Medicare. Recently, these insurers have turned to artificial intelligence to help with these determinations. This trend has yielded concerning results, exacerbating both inaccuracy[...]

In 1901, the Supreme Court held that the United States could control territorial land possessions indefinitely, without plans to eventually grant statehood. Over the next twenty-one years, the Court handed down what are infamously known as the Insular Cases: a series of decisions that reaffirmed the distinctions between “incorporated territories”—those destined for statehood—and “unincorporated territories,” the fates of which[...]

Climate change is one of the greatest threats facing the United States. The majority of Americans believe that the federal government should be doing more to confront the climate challenge and prioritize the buildout of infrastructure supporting the energy transition. In spite of this, U.S. climate policy is moving in the opposite direction. In his new book, Climate of Contempt: How to Rescue the U.S. Energy Transition From Voter Partisanship,[...]