Category: 2025

By: Brian J. Connolly. In response to the vexing U.S. housing crisis, over 100 cities have deregulated their zoning laws to allow more dwelling units, prompted in some cases by the pro-housing “Yes In My Backyard,” or YIMBY, movement. This trend…

By: Sam Heavenrich. Much has been written about the substantive canons of statutory interpretation—policy-based interpretative guidelines and legal principles—and the purportedly recent vintage of some substantive canons, such as the major questions doctrine and the First Congress canon. Virtually ignored by…

By: Elizabeth Kukura. Normalizing Maternal Ambivalence argues that law’s cramped and punitive understanding of maternal ambivalence causes harm by signaling that mothers who fail to conform to idealized notions of the good mother should face stigma, scrutiny, and even punishment. In practical…

By: Kevin T. White, Tammy W. Cowart, & Vivek Pandey. This article argues that current laws are inadequate to address the negative implications of private equity investment in healthcare. It advocates for a robust regulatory approach of strengthened corporate practice of…

By: Quinn Yeargain. In Bruen, the U.S. Supreme Court laid down a new test for evaluating the constitutionality of gun regulations under the Second Amendment, which has unleashed a wave of new lawsuits challenging federal and state regulations alike. For state courts,…

By: McKenna Hunter.  In 2023, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled on a challenge to a local ordinance via referendum. While the appeal focused on a statutory aspect of Arizona referendum law, the Court showed open-mindedness to a potential challenge to…

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By Adam Chodorow. This Article examines Arizona’s jurisprudence interpreting the state constitution’s anti-diversion provision, which requires that revenues raised from road users be spent on the roads. It argues that the courts adopted a cramped, technical interpretation that severs the provision…

By Tyler Mebane.  In 2023, the Supreme Court decided Arizona v. Navajo Nation. In a 5–4 decision, the Court ruled against the Navajo Nation, holding that while their reservation does have an implied water right under U.S. v. Winters, the…

By Michal Buchhandler-Raphael. Is police involvement always necessary in domestic incidents? Michal Buchhandler-Raphael argues for minimizing police intervention and urges jurisdictions to explore alternative responses to domestic violence. She advocates for integrating civilian responders, where safe and appropriate, either as co-responders…