Uncoupling

Naomi Cahn & June Carbone*Full Article.AbstractA series of Supreme Court decisions recognize the end of the federal–state–corporate partnership that once provided a foundation for employment security and family stability. That partnership, which reached its pinnacle during the industrial era, established…
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Now Showing: Hollywood’s Legal Struggles Amid COVID-19

By Hanna Reinke. Introduction COVID-19 has upended seemingly every aspect of life as we previously knew it. With all fifty states issuing independent emergency declarations and the federal government invoking emergency measures of its own, a large portion of life…
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Capital Punishment: We Should Aim For Progress Where We Can Get It

By Eric Wilkins. Arizona officials recently announced that they have acquired a supply of pentobarbital, a difficult-to-obtain lethal injection drug. Plans to resume executions will end the current period of nearly seven years without state-administered capital punishment. The ending of…
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Goodbye Rule 5.4: Legal Ethics Change in Arizona

By Joel TruettAt the beginning of this year Arizona Ethics Rule 5.4 formally ended. The Arizona Supreme Court announced the elimination of the rule last year, and has since gone into effect on January 1, 2021. The rule prohibited partnerships…
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Water? I Hardly Know Her!

By Alexandra Nathe.Fresh water is the Earth’s most precious commodity, and its scarcity has been asserted to be the root of every major social challenge. Drought conditions are consistently prevalent in the deserts of the Southwest and are becoming worse with…
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What Can States Do About Immigration?

By Lindsay Ficklin. In recent weeks, United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has begun releasing asylum-seekers into Yuma, Arizona, a small town on the United States–Mexico border. The releases follow a surge in border apprehensions coupled with detention centers…
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