by | Apr 1, 2020 | Amicus, Congress, Environmental Justice, Executive Branch, National Security, Poverty and Economic Justice, Voting and Elections Rights
Photo Credit: Nick Youngson – Alpha Stock Images Two days ago – in the midst of a global pandemic – George Washington University Law Professor Jonathan Turley, claiming that federal authority in disasters is newer and weaker than many believe, criticized some state...
by | Nov 5, 2019 | Amicus, Environmental Justice, Freedom of Expression, Legislation
The First Amendment provides some protection for commercial speech, or speech on behalf of a corporation with the intent to produce profit. Despite this, many state governments are entertaining and passing legislation that would prevent plant-based meat and milk...
by | Apr 25, 2019 | Amicus, Congress, Environmental Justice, Executive Branch, Guest Author, Immigration, National Security
Guest post by Victoria Ochoa. Victoria is a 1L at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Victoria is a Harry S. Truman Scholar, and was a Schedule C Presidential Appointee in the Obama Administration, where she worked as an assistant in the Secretary of Commerce’s...
by rmaguire | Apr 24, 2018 | Amicus, Environmental Justice, Guest Author, Human Rights, Immigration, National Security
Guest post by Rosa Baum, a first year student in a four-year dual degree program, pursing a JD and a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard Law School and the Harvard Kennedy School. She is originally from Boulder, Colorado. She focuses on the intersection of law and...
by JLPP | Nov 10, 2017 | Amicus, Criminal Justice, Environmental Justice, Executive Branch, Immigration, LGBTQ Rights, Racial Justice, Reproductive Rights
This week marks one year since Donald Trump won the presidential election. The next day, I wrote a reflection piece for this blog, outlining the fears many of us shared and voicing hope and determination we held onto. Now, a year later, I write about where we are...
by David G. Seibel and Julia Gegenheimer | Nov 3, 2017 | Amicus, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Environmental Justice, Executive Branch
In November 2016, the United States District Court for the District of Oregon handed down an extraordinary decision in a case called Juliana v. United States.[1] Plaintiffs––a group of children––challenged the “policies, acts, and omissions” of the President of the...
