The Need to Reform the Debt Limit

Representative Brendan F. Boyle [*] I. Introduction The statutory debt limit is one of the most misunderstood and misused pieces of legislation in modern history. Proponents of the debt limit have argued it is an effective means of fiscal control because it forces Congress to periodically pause and evaluate the national balance sheet. But as it s…

340B: The Shoulder of Frankenstein’s Monster

Alicia Gilbert, JD, RDN [*] Abstract Like other components of our healthcare system, the 340B program has rapidly grown and evolved with the changing healthcare landscape, and questions not sufficiently addressed by the statute creating it have arisen. One such question, the focus of this Article, is whether hospitals participating in the program…

Overcoming the Partisan Divide to Address Long-Range Risks: A Case Study in Planning for ‘The Really Big One’

* David Frockt and ** Kenneth Fockele America has a systemic governance problem. The country that once came together to solve big challenges—through endeavors such as the New Deal, the Interstate Highway System, and the space program—now suffers a partisan and policy divide so deep that we seem incapable of meeting the moment even when inactio…

The Conservative Case for the Judiciary Accountability Act

*Aliza Shatzman I. INTRODUCTION The judiciary is an unaccountable workplace where some judges abuse their positions of power, mistreat their employees with impunity, and act as if they are answerable to no one. More judges engage in misconduct, including gender discrimination, harassment, and retaliation, than the legal community cares to admit. …

Remedying Past Unlawful Military Interventions: The Case of the Dominican Republic

Congressman Adriano Espaillat* and Francesco Arreaga** I. INTRODUCTION As the first Dominican American to serve in the United States Congress and a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, I deeply care about the United States’ relations throughout the Caribbean and commitments to e…