Journal on Legislation Online
The Journal on Legislation Online is the online supplement to the print volume of the Journal. Articles are full-length and academic in style. For the Journal‘s blog, please see Quorum Call.
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Congress Must Stand Up to the Supreme Court’s Attacks on Independent Agencies
The Supreme Court seems well on its way to gutting independent agencies, undermining Congress’s commitment to the public that important rights and protections would be enforced by experts free from the front lines of politics.
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Does the President Have Power to Impose Tariffs Using Peacetime Economic Sanctions Legislation?
In a pair of consolidated Supreme Court cases, the Justices will soon decide whether the President may impose tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (IEEPA), despite the existence of a separate and vast body of detailed trade legislation on topic. This post explains why we think this answer is ‘no.’
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A Legislative Shift in Ethics Reform: Congressional Stock Trading Ban Challenges Transparency-Based Remedies
The STOCK Act, which created a new requirement for officials to publicly report their stock trades within forty-five days of the transaction, intended to increase public trust in Congress by giving Americans an inside look into the financial interests of their lawmakers. This law was an overwhelming failure in two ways.
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The Accelerating Assault on Minority Rights in Congress
When Republican Majority Leader John Thune took to the Senate floor to weaken the filibuster on September 11, 2025, it was not just another sign of partisan acrimony in Washington. It was also the latest example of what may be developing into one of the most accelerated trends in a generation to curtail the rights…
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Strengthening the Fabric of American Civil Rights: The Equality Act
Representative Mark Takano (CA-39)[*] Mieko Kuramoto[**] I. Introduction As a kid growing up in the ’70s, my first […]
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A Housed And Healthy Hawai’i: Charting A “Housing Is Healthcare” Model To Preventing And Addressing Homelessness
Governor Josh Green, M.D.[*] Abstract Hawaiʻi faces one of the highest rates of homelessness in the nation, driven by a […]