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Volume 48, Issue 1
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JLPP: Per Curiam
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Review of Akhil Amar’s Born Equal – Gordon Wood
Born Equal: Remaking America’s Constitution, 1840-1920 is the second volume of Akhil Amar’s grand trilogy, a constitutional history of the United States. This is a bold and ambitious project.
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Tribute to Judge Sandra Ikuta – Judge Eric Tung
Few jurists have been as effective as Judge Sandra Ikuta in upholding our country’s rule of law. For two decades, she has sought to interpret our laws with fidelity to their text and history.
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Bonfire of The Vagaries: Towards a Less Imperfect Arbitrator Under Texas Medical Association v. HHS – Kimo Gandall, Jack Kieffaber, Kenny McLaren
Vagary is the reason lawyers have jobs. And they’re pretty good at sorting that vagary out—if you give them enough time and money. In Texas Medical Association v. HHS, they have neither.