Articles
The Unpropertied Internet
It has often been said that the internet lacks public property. Unlike the offline world, denizens of cyberspace cannot gather in the digital equivalent of public parks, cannot shame websites by picketing on adjacent cyber-sidewalks, and cannot loiter in online streets and alleys if they lack a cyber-place of their own. Yet scant attention has…
Proportional Possession
American eviction proceedings are governed by a fusion of property and contract law. The law’s narrow understanding of eviction ignores the importance of a dwelling place to its occupants. Property is not merely land or a structure on that land; it is a home with the power to shape communities, social relationships, and human values….
Income Taxation and the Regulation of Supreme Court Justices’ Conduct
In 2023, investigative journalists reported multiple instances where billionaires showered Supreme Court Justices with lavish gifts. Previously undisclosed luxury fishing trips, private jet travel, and yacht cruises ignited popular and scholarly debates about Congress’s role in regulating Justices’ conduct. This Article explains how income taxation can, and should, be used to regulate judicial misconduct where…
Notes
Moving Forward from Brackeen and Solutions for the Greater Efficacy of the Indian Child Welfare Act
The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) of 1978, enacted to protect Native American children from being removed from their tribes, was recently upheld in 2023 by the U.S. Supreme Court in Haaland v. Brackeen in the face of considerable challenge. Through analyzing the upholding of ICWA and its ramifications, this Note seeks to examine how…
Rethinking Plyler: Preserving the Right to Education for Undocumented Children
In the summer of 1977, several families living in Tyler, Texas received a letter informing them that their children were no longer eligible to attend public school—unless they could pay $1,000 in tuition. Nine-year-old Alfredo Lopez should have been starting second grade, but his family could not afford the fee. What set him apart from…