Limiting the Pardon Power
Although our government is said to be one of checks and balances, the president’s power “to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States” appears to be unlimited.…
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Volume 63, Issue 3
State Administrative Review of Local Constraints on Housing Development: Improving the California Model
Starting in the 1970s, the West Coast states coalesced around roughly similar responses to the problem of excessive local restrictions on housing supply. Local governments were charged with making plans…
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Ashes to Ashes: A Way Home for Climate Change Survivors
“Wow! Yet another big storm heading to Puerto Rico. Will it ever end?”-Twitter post of President Donald Trump, August 27, 20191 In 2020, the United States suffered a record number…
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Animal Rights and the Victimhood Trap
Legal academics recognize that as a general rule, there is no concept so novel and original that it is not a subset of some other well-established, preexisting academic debate. The…
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The Right to Travel During the COVID-19 Pandemic
States have responded to the novel COVID-19 pandemic by restricting interstate travel through mandatory quarantines. These actions may have violated the right to travel protected by the Privileges and Immunities…
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Reconstructing Claim Construction: How the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Dismantled Functional Claiming, and How to Bring It Back
A patent’s claims are not interpreted in a vacuum. Rather, they are read in light of the specification. Claims are typically defined in terms of “structure,” i.e., what the invention…
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