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This Note examines whether § 280E of the Internal Revenue Code—a thorny little provision that forces state-authorized marijuana businesses to pay exceptionally high taxes—is constitutionally justifiable under Congress’s power to…

Today, law firms of every size are relying on technology more than ever before. However, a firm’s investment in securing its information systems pales in comparison to that of its…

The American constitutional order embodies a tension between two irreconcilable ideas. Enumerationism holds that federal powers are limited to those expressly enumerated in the Constitution, plus whatever implied powers are…

One of the most widely recognized artifacts in American patent law iconography is also among its most peculiar: Samuel Nicolson’s cane. The cane played a leading role in the Supreme…

The Veterans Treatment Court (“VTC”) movement is sweeping the nation. In 2008, there were approximately five courts. Currently, there are over 350 VTCs and veteran-oriented tracks in the United States.…

Human activity has replaced nature as the principal force shaping our planet. As a result, we stand at the dawn of a new geological epoch: the Anthropocene. Fundamental changes in…

It is, perhaps, fitting to say that we are living in the Mass-Shooting Era. While the number of gun-related homicides has stabilized in the United States, fear of mass shootings…