Lange, Caniglia, and the Myth of Home Exceptionalism

Ric Simmons For over a hundred years, the Supreme Court has employed rhetoric in its Fourth Amendment cases that supports the concept of “home exceptionalism”—that is, the idea that protecting the home is the “very core” of the Fourth Amendment. Two…
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Vaccine Passports as a Constitutional Right

Kevin Cope, Ilya Somin, & Alexander Stremitzer Does the U.S. Constitution guarantee a right to a vaccine passport? In the United States and elsewhere, vaccine passports have existed for over a century, but became politically divisive as applied to COVID-19. A…
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Justice as Healing: Native Nations and Reconciliation

Rebecca Tsosie  I am honored to give the Canby Lecture for 2020, and I thank Patty Ferguson-Bohnee and Kate Rosier for their leadership of the Indian Legal Program and for inviting me today. I’m delighted to return, even in a…
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An Early Affirmative End to Affirmative Action in College Admissions

By Anthony Gonnella.On Halloween morning, October 31, 2022, the Supreme Court heard two cases challenging affirmative action policies in college admissions: Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina. Petitioners are…
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Arizona’s New Voucher System

By Aidan Wright.Arizona has long suffered from poor educational performance compared to other states. As a result, reformers over the years have suggested various solutions to the problem. One such innovation is the school “voucher.” Since 2011, Arizona has offered…
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