Volume 50, Issue 3

This lecture discusses the author's experience with discrimination.

This Essay concludes, based on a political economy analysis, that many states, cities, and other sub-national authorities (SNAs) will continue to take strong independent climate regulatory initiatives even after the…

This Article addresses the problem of how to conceptualize the federalism grid, often depicted on two dimensions, horizontal and vertical. Our interest is in the growth and significance of translocal…

Discussion of policy approaches to reducing greenhouse gas emissions currently centers on emission trading, virtually to the exclusion of all other options. While trading has a place in the policy…

This Article challenges the prevailing view that state action on climate change is misconceived because it cannot meaningfully impact greenhouse gas emissions. We argue that inducing technological change provides an…

This Article argues for a bifurcated approach to the constitutional authority of states to pursue climate change mitigation. Courts should reject regulations that violate clear statutory preemption clauses, discriminate against…

The federal government has grown very aggressive in asserting preemption of state laws. In the context of climate, this issue is playing out in the realm of mobile sources and…

Transgender and transsexual individuals, collectively known as transpeople, are routinely demoted, terminated, or denied employment simply because of their appearance. For many years, trans employees have been unable to challenge…

This Note focuses on the Bush Administration’s attempt to dismiss all cases concerning the Extraordinary Rendition program and the National Security Agency’s warrantless wiretapping program by asserting the state secrets…

In Lee v. State, the Arizona Supreme Court held that filing a notice of claim against a public entity may be accomplished through regular mail, and that proof of mailing…