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Mayor Pete, Obergefell Gays, And White Male Privilege, Russell K. Robinson
Mayor Pete, Obergefell Gays, And White Male Privilege, Russell K. Robinson
Buffalo Law Review
This Article argues that Mayor Pete Buttigieg seized the national imagination and a substantial number of Democratic delegates through the combination of his gay identity and his alignment with masculinity norms generally assigned to heterosexual men, and by taking aim at more senior and qualified women candidates, namely Senators Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar. Buttigieg’s unprecedented success suggests that some White gay men now enjoy a unique pathway to reclaiming their status as men and asserting White male privilege. In short, contrary to pervasive media claims, Buttigieg’s success should be read as a breakthrough for certain White gay men, but …
The Law And Political Economy Of A Student Debt Jubilee, Luke Herrine
The Law And Political Economy Of A Student Debt Jubilee, Luke Herrine
Buffalo Law Review
The notion of a student debt jubilee has begun its march from the margin of policy debates to the center, yet scholarly debate on the value of canceling student debt is negligible. This article attempts to jump start such debate in part by presenting a novel policy proposal for implementing a jubilee. In addition to reviewing the history of student debt and the arguments for canceling much or all of it, it presents a detailed legal argument that canceling public student debt (which accounts for 95% of student debt outstanding) could be undertaken by the Executive Branch without further legislation. …
The Implications Of Inequality For Fiscal Federalism (Or Why The Federal Government Should Pay For Local Public Schools), Brian Highsmith
The Implications Of Inequality For Fiscal Federalism (Or Why The Federal Government Should Pay For Local Public Schools), Brian Highsmith
Buffalo Law Review
In designing public policy, a question of first principle is the degree to which government services—and the mechanisms of collecting revenue to finance those services—should be centralized within and across political systems. To inform their assessments of where redistribution should properly occur, public finance researchers have, to date, worked backwards from different assumptions about the mobility of residents within the political community. Scholars have disagreed about the viability of local governments’ efforts to redistribute wealth—with traditionalists arguing that these efforts are made impossible by residential mobility, and recent reformists countering that limitations on mobility indeed allow for limited redistribution at …
Inclusion Imagined: Fair Housing As Metropolitan Equity, David D. Troutt
Inclusion Imagined: Fair Housing As Metropolitan Equity, David D. Troutt
Buffalo Law Review
No abstract provided.
Pretending Without A License: Intellectual Property And Gender Implications In Online Games, Casey Fiesler
Pretending Without A License: Intellectual Property And Gender Implications In Online Games, Casey Fiesler
Buffalo Intellectual Property Law Journal
No abstract provided.
International Poverty Law: A Response To Economic Globalization, Timothy K. Kuhner
International Poverty Law: A Response To Economic Globalization, Timothy K. Kuhner
Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal
No abstract provided.
A Book Review Of An Invitation To Environmental Sociology, George Dillmann
A Book Review Of An Invitation To Environmental Sociology, George Dillmann
Buffalo Environmental Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Criminal Law—New York Adopts The Inevitable Discovery Exception—Upholds The Validity Of Warrantless Arrests And Searches—Strikes Down Death Penalty Statute., John M. Mendenhall
Criminal Law—New York Adopts The Inevitable Discovery Exception—Upholds The Validity Of Warrantless Arrests And Searches—Strikes Down Death Penalty Statute., John M. Mendenhall
Buffalo Law Review
People v. Fitzpatrick, 32 N.Y.2d 499, 300 N.E.2d 139, 346 N.Y.S.2d 793, state's petition for cert. denied, 414, U.S. 1033, 42 U.S.L.W. 3291 (U.S. Nov. 12, 1973) (No. 73-442), defendant's petition for cert. denied, 414 U.S. 1050, - U.S.L.W. - (U.S. Nov. 21, 1973) (No. 73-5370).