“An Arbitrary Fraction”: How the Family and Medical Leave Act Fails Rural Workers
Vol. 137 No. 6
Abstract The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides workers twelve weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave to care for their own or a close...
Statutory Interpretation
Honoring Statutory Restraint in Conflicts Analysis
Response to Non-extraterritoriality
Vol. 137 No. 6
At a time when much conflicts scholarship is focused on unwarranted extensions of state power beyond state borders, Professor Carlos Vázquez’s Non-extraterritoriality makes a...
Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections & Public Safety
Fifth Circuit Bars Individual-Capacity Money Damages Under RLUIPA.
Vol. 137 No. 6
Non-extraterritoriality
Vol. 137 No. 5
Abstract The extraterritorial application of statutes has received a great deal of scholarly attention in recent years, but very little attention has been paid...
The Linguistic and Substantive Canons
Response to The Incompatibility of Substantive Canons and Textualism
Vol. 137 No. 2
Introduction In an important new Article, The Incompatibility of Substantive Canons and Textualism, Professors Benjamin Eidelson and Matthew Stephenson argue that substantive canons cannot...
The Incompatibility of Substantive Canons and Textualism
Vol. 137 No. 2
Abstract A majority of the Justices today are self-described textualists. Yet even as these jurists insist that “the text of the law is the...
Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Centro de Periodismo Investigativo, Inc.
Vol. 137 No. 1
Puerto Rico is in a state of crisis. The island bears a debt burden of more than seventy-two billion dollars, retains lasting damage from...
Allen v. Milligan
Vol. 137 No. 1
America was founded on ideals of democracy, freedom, and political equality. It was also founded with racialized slavery, and for most of its history...
Groff v. DeJoy
Vol. 137 No. 1
Religious practice and disability are two of the only three statuses for which federal law protects the right to workplace accommodations. For both, the...
Polselli v. IRS
Vol. 137 No. 1
Polselli v. IRS is a tax case. Fear not, keep reading. In fulfilling its duty to collect federal taxes, the IRS has historically received...