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Weaponized Bureaucracy at the Criminal Immigration Divide

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Abstract: Despite deportation being entrenched as a civil consequence rather than a punishment over 100 years ago, today’s immigration enforcement and deportation scheme relies heavily on state-level criminal arrests, convictions,…

Beyond Equality to Belonging: The Missing Value in Equal Protection Law Involving Education

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Abstract: Belonging is a fundamental need without which people cannot function optimally. Accordingly, school belonging—students’ perceptions of mattering or feeling cared about, accepted, respected and valued by faculty, staff, and…

Still a Picture, Not a Life: Scrutinizing Media in Federal Court

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Abstract: Before COVID-19, federal judges largely resisted cameras in their courtrooms; during it, they used webcams to hold court. The American legal system is designed for in-person interaction, yet cases…

Comparative Judicial Enforcement

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Abstract: Almost immediately upon his second inauguration, President Trump took several actions that subvert longstanding norms, contravene long-settled Supreme Court precedent, and disrespect the authority of the coordinate branches to…
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From the Crag to the Capital: How the PARC Act Shapes Climbing Access

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Shot on 35mm film by Margaret Szeles in Fall 2025 at a sport climbing area in the Pacific Northwest. Roots of American Rock Climbing From “the original dirtbag” Fred Beckey…
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Time as a Constitutional Constraint: Resolving the Circuit Split on Prolonged Fourth Amendment

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Abstract: The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution states, “he right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall…
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