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Affordable Housing In Healthy Communities: Integrating Environmental Justice Into The Application Criteria For Affordable Housing Tax Credits In New Mexico, Vanessa Springer
Affordable Housing In Healthy Communities: Integrating Environmental Justice Into The Application Criteria For Affordable Housing Tax Credits In New Mexico, Vanessa Springer
New Mexico Law Review
In Bernalillo County, New Mexico, communities of color and people living below the poverty line are more likely to live in areas with high exposure to pollution and associated health risks. Similar trends are echoed throughout the country. These data trends and experiences form the basis for the environmental justice movement, or the movement for a clean and safe environment for all people regardless of race or class. As the science on disparate environmental impacts develops, so does the law, and regulations to control further disparate impacts in low-income communities and communities of color are being introduced and implemented in …
Navigating Murky Waters: Strengthening Water Protections In A Post-Sackett Landscape, Brittany Herrera
Navigating Murky Waters: Strengthening Water Protections In A Post-Sackett Landscape, Brittany Herrera
New Mexico Law Review
Nearly ninety percent of New Mexico’s rivers and streams potentially have been removed from federal protection under the Clean Water Act following the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Sackett v. EPA to substantially reduce what qualify as “waters of the United States.” Before this decision, many ephemeral streams, tributaries, and wetlands were protected by the Environmental Protection Agency. Permits are essential to protect not only the environment but landowners as well. The New Mexico Environment Department is in the process of developing its own surface water discharge permitting program, as the EPA’s jurisdiction contracted commensurately with the Supreme Court’s …
Pro Se What?! Orders Of Protection, Credible Threats To Physical Safety, And Restricting Access To Firearms, Amy J. Feagans
Pro Se What?! Orders Of Protection, Credible Threats To Physical Safety, And Restricting Access To Firearms, Amy J. Feagans
New Mexico Law Review
Orders of protection provide survivors of domestic abuse a level of security by limiting contact between the parties. In 2019, the New Mexico legislature amended the Family Violence Protection Act (FVPA) to provide additional protections through orders of protection by requiring the respondent to relinquish their firearms to law enforcement where the court finds there is a “credible threat to the physical safety” of the petitioner. In 2023, the New Mexico Supreme Court clarified the required showing for obtaining an order of protection and held that the court must find prior domestic abuse. But the “credible threat” standard required for …
Church, State, And The New Mexico Civil Rights Act: How Litigants And Courts Can Invoke The State Constitution To Protect Establishment Clause Rights, Melanie B. Stambaugh, Laura Creech
Church, State, And The New Mexico Civil Rights Act: How Litigants And Courts Can Invoke The State Constitution To Protect Establishment Clause Rights, Melanie B. Stambaugh, Laura Creech
New Mexico Law Review
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Qualified Immunity–Who Needs It? Exploring The Other Constitutional, Statutory, And Common Law Immunities Available Under The New Mexico Civil Rights Act, The Honorable Mark D. Standridge
Qualified Immunity–Who Needs It? Exploring The Other Constitutional, Statutory, And Common Law Immunities Available Under The New Mexico Civil Rights Act, The Honorable Mark D. Standridge
New Mexico Law Review
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A New Jurisprudence Of Constitutional Duty: Moving Beyond Deshaney Through The Nmcra, Levi A. Monagle, Aaron E. Whiteley
A New Jurisprudence Of Constitutional Duty: Moving Beyond Deshaney Through The Nmcra, Levi A. Monagle, Aaron E. Whiteley
New Mexico Law Review
The United States Supreme Court’s holding in the seminal case of DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services has long foreclosed the viability of a wide array of failure-to-protect claims under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The linchpin of DeShaney is a “constitutional duty” analysis that is implicated only in select circumstances and serves as a threshold inquiry and a gatekeeping device. With the New Mexico Supreme Court’s articulation of a foreseeability-free duty analysis in Rodriguez v. Del Sol Shopping Center in 2014, and the Legislature’s passage of the New Mexico …
New Mexico True: Crafting A More Inclusive And Independent Method Of State Constitutional Interpretation For Claims Under The New Mexico Civil Rights Act, Arne R. Leonard
New Mexico True: Crafting A More Inclusive And Independent Method Of State Constitutional Interpretation For Claims Under The New Mexico Civil Rights Act, Arne R. Leonard
New Mexico Law Review
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All Cases Great And Small: Fufilling The Nmcra's Promise Of Attorney Fees, Isaac M. Green, Seth E. Montgomery
All Cases Great And Small: Fufilling The Nmcra's Promise Of Attorney Fees, Isaac M. Green, Seth E. Montgomery
New Mexico Law Review
Section 5 of the New Mexico Civil Rights Act (NMCRA) permits a court to award “reasonable” attorney fees to a “prevailing plaintiff.” In this way Section 5 parallels its federal analog, 42 U.S.C. § 1988, which similarly allows a “prevailing party” to recover “reasonable” attorney fees in federal civil rights suits. But despite this language in the federal statute, a string of U.S. Supreme Court decisions have circumscribed the availability of attorney fees in suits brought under § 1983. This restriction on attorney fees has led to what Professor Joanna Schwartz calls the biggest obstacle to civil rights litigation in …
The New Mexico Civil Rights Act: Look Before You Leap, The Honorable Linda M. Vanzi, Rheba Rutkowski
The New Mexico Civil Rights Act: Look Before You Leap, The Honorable Linda M. Vanzi, Rheba Rutkowski
New Mexico Law Review
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The Promise And Perils Of State Civil Rights Legislation, Matthew R. Segal
The Promise And Perils Of State Civil Rights Legislation, Matthew R. Segal
New Mexico Law Review
No abstract provided.
Constitutional Recalibration: Lessons From New Mexico, Joanna C. Schwartz
Constitutional Recalibration: Lessons From New Mexico, Joanna C. Schwartz
New Mexico Law Review
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Introduction, Aaron Sharratt, Sophia Bunch
Introduction, Aaron Sharratt, Sophia Bunch
New Mexico Law Review
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Front Matter, New Mexico Law Review
The Myth Of Anonymity: De-Identified Data As Legal Fiction, Elodie Currier Stoffel
The Myth Of Anonymity: De-Identified Data As Legal Fiction, Elodie Currier Stoffel
New Mexico Law Review
The unregulated collection, processing, and sale of consumer data has led to a plethora of social and legal issues. As regulators attempt to catch up with the “move fast and break things” ethos of tech innovation, “de-identified” or “anonymized” data has remained broadly unprotected. However, computer science literature shows us that “de-identified” data is a legal fiction. This Article examines the source of the de-identification fiction, analyzes the definitions in new state laws which attempt to close the loophole, tracks potential harms, and proposes a legislative solution which aims to ameliorate some of the legal fictions’ negative impacts. Part I …
Environmental Justice Is A Civil Rights Issue, Secretary Deb Haaland
Environmental Justice Is A Civil Rights Issue, Secretary Deb Haaland
New Mexico Law Review
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A Primary Purpose Problem: State V. Tsosie, Lana Elledge
A Primary Purpose Problem: State V. Tsosie, Lana Elledge
New Mexico Law Review
In Crawford v. Washington, the United States Supreme Court held that if statements “were made under circumstances which would lead an objective witness reasonably to believe that the statements would be available for use at a later trial,” then a defendant has the right to confront and cross examine the witness. However, the Court’s subsequent retreat from this ruling and introduction of the primary purpose test in a later decision, created a flawed federal analysis, as seen in State v. Tsosie. In Tsosie, the New Mexico Supreme Court applied the primary purpose test to determine whether statements of the declarant, …
The Historical Development Of The Concept Of Forced Labor And The Open Boundaries Of Its Definition Today, Christopher M. Roberts
The Historical Development Of The Concept Of Forced Labor And The Open Boundaries Of Its Definition Today, Christopher M. Roberts
New Mexico Law Review
This article considers the steps taken on the international level in the 1920s and 30s to define the terms through which freedom and unfreedom in the context of labor might be understood, the manner in which understandings of forced labor have subsequently evolved, and the parameters and potentials of the concept today. The first section explores the history of the 1926 Slavery Convention; the nature of coercive labor in colonized states in the inter-war period; the drafting processes and coverage of the 1930 Forced Labour Convention; the Convention’s accompanying recommendations; and subsequent developments in the legal definition of forced labor. …
Front Matter, New Mexico Law Review
Stochastic Terrorism, Speech Incantations And Federal Tax Exemption, Darryll K. Jones
Stochastic Terrorism, Speech Incantations And Federal Tax Exemption, Darryll K. Jones
New Mexico Law Review
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Rule 11 Sanctions For Bad Discovery Advocacies, Jeffrey A. Parness, Alexandria N. Short
Rule 11 Sanctions For Bad Discovery Advocacies, Jeffrey A. Parness, Alexandria N. Short
New Mexico Law Review
For over eighty years, Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure has authorized sanctions to combat frivolous legal arguments and factual allegations in some paper presentations. Since 1993, however, the rule has not applied to discovery. This article demonstrates how Rule 11 should be used to deter advocacy based on discovery that has “gone bad” since its initial disclosure. Disciplinary actions, malpractice claims, the discovery rules, and even the inherent sanctioning authority of the court are insufficient to deter lawyers from relying on now-bad discovery papers. Rule 11 would hold lawyers to a duty of reasonable inquiry before …
The Water Under The Bridge Is Darkening—An Analysis Of Copyright Law And The Prevalence Of Copyright Trolls, Daniel Berenger-Russell
The Water Under The Bridge Is Darkening—An Analysis Of Copyright Law And The Prevalence Of Copyright Trolls, Daniel Berenger-Russell
New Mexico Law Review
In this time of modern technology and booming social media, the growth in intellectual property protection is no surprise. It logically follows that with more robust intellectual property protection there exists a greater chance of infringement. The likelihood of innocently infringing on a person’s registered copyright is at an all-time high. Due to the increased likelihood of innocent infringement, “copyright trolls” have emerged and developed unethical business tactics to prey off “innocent infringement.” Just like fairytale trolls who hide under bridges hoping to pester bystanders, copyright trolls also seek to burden peoples’ days. Not only do copyright trolls prey off …
Rethinking Rights In A Disappearing Penumbra: How To Expand Upon Reproductive Rights In Court After Dobbs, Joshua J. Schroeder
Rethinking Rights In A Disappearing Penumbra: How To Expand Upon Reproductive Rights In Court After Dobbs, Joshua J. Schroeder
New Mexico Law Review
In 2022, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Org. overruled Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. The Dobbs Court suggested that future cases should similarly overrule other judicially protected rights including the right to marry interracially, to access contraceptives, and to have sex the way you like. The novel grounds Dobbs used to overrule Roe and Casey that might spread to other pro-rights case law was an ad hoc Janus v. AFSCME cost-benefit balancing test. Prior to Dobbs, the liberal wing of the U.S. Supreme Court believed that the Court could use cost-benefit balancing tests to safeguard certain judicially …
Don't Swab Me!: Limitations Of The Genetic Information Privacy Act In The Modern Genetic Testing Landscape, Ibrahim Al-Gahmi
Don't Swab Me!: Limitations Of The Genetic Information Privacy Act In The Modern Genetic Testing Landscape, Ibrahim Al-Gahmi
New Mexico Law Review
In an age where consumers can easily obtain genetic tests by simply sending a saliva or cheek swab sample through the mail and learn more than ever about their DNA and its genetic makeup, it is imperative that measures are established to provide consumers with both control and protection to the privacy of their submitted biological sample and analyzed genetic data. Currently, the landscape of genetic testing, and the resulting genetic information, is regulated by one law in New Mexico. The Genetic Information Privacy Act (NM-GIPA or Act), enacted in 1998, provides general prohibitions on the collection of genetic information …