Kelsey Lear* Today, a higher number of special education students are benefiting from the dedicated service of the United States education system than ever before. See Joel McFarland et al., The Condition of Education 2019, Nat’l Ctr. for Educ. Stat., 60 (May 22, 2019), https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2019/2019144.pdf. Students who qualify “are those identified by a team ofContinue reading “Plan vs. Action: How Special Education Law Is Evolving in the Wake of Endrew”
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A Republic, If You Can Tweak It: The Supreme Court Absolves Itself of Gerrymandering Duties
Andrew Will* On June 27, 2019, the Supreme Court failed to purge one of the nation’s most persistent political plagues. See Rucho v. Common Cause, 139 S. Ct. 2484 (2019). In the consolidated opinion of Rucho v. Common Cause and Lamone v. Benisek, penned by Chief Justice Roberts, the Court held that partisan gerrymandering presentsContinue reading “A Republic, If You Can Tweak It: The Supreme Court Absolves Itself of Gerrymandering Duties”
‘Just Do It’: Allyson Felix, Nike, and the Path Towards Ending Pregnancy Discrimination in Professional Athletic Contracts
Cassandra Brumback* Allyson Felix (Felix) was once one of Nike’s most marketed athletes. Allyson Felix, Allyson Felix: My Own Nike Pregnancy Story, N.Y. Times (May 22, 2019), https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/22/opinion/allyson-felix-pregnancy-nike.html. She holds nine Olympic medals and is the United States’ most decorated female runner of all time. Id. However, when Felix told Nike she was pregnant inContinue reading “‘Just Do It’: Allyson Felix, Nike, and the Path Towards Ending Pregnancy Discrimination in Professional Athletic Contracts”
Trade War Tweets: Is a Mandate by the President to Order American Companies to Find Alternatives to Chinese Companies a Valid Presidential Power Under the Emergency Economic Powers Act?
Jenna McGreevy* President Donald Trump started a Twitter storm on the morning of Friday, August 23, 2019, that continued into the late evening as a new attempt to address the ongoing trade war with China. See Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump), Twitter (Aug. 23, 2019, 10:59 AM), https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1164914960046133249. This series of tweets, a common form ofContinue reading “Trade War Tweets: Is a Mandate by the President to Order American Companies to Find Alternatives to Chinese Companies a Valid Presidential Power Under the Emergency Economic Powers Act?”
Household Name or Opioid Kingpin: Johnson & Johnson the Target of the Landmark Case in a Series of Opioid Trials
Micah Millsaps* In a landmark decision on August 26, 2019, Judge Balkman of the Cleveland County District Court ruled in favor of the State of Oklahoma in its lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson and ordered the company to pay $572 million in damages for its role in the opioid crisis in the state. Meghan Keneally,Continue reading “Household Name or Opioid Kingpin: Johnson & Johnson the Target of the Landmark Case in a Series of Opioid Trials”
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