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Taming Strict Scrutiny, Gabrielle M. Girgis

Florida Law Review

Some members of the Roberts Court have signaled their willingness to reverse Employment Division v. Smith, a nearly thirty-five year old controversial but landmark free exercise ruling. Scholars and judges have debated what exactly should replace Smith’s test for religious exemptions, which applies strict scrutiny only to laws that target religion for unfair discrimination. More than one Justice on the Court has shown openness to a new strict scrutiny regime. Such a regime might apply strict scrutiny more widely to any substantial burdens on free exercise (as the Court did prior to Smith in cases such as Sherbert …

Using Delegation When Unlicensed Staff Are Part Of Your Medication Administration Process, Linda Ebner Erceg

CompassPoint

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T2b Gallbladder Adenocarcinoma Diagnosed By Frozen Section With High-Grade Dysplasia At The Cystic Duct Margin: Diagnostic And Prognostic Considerations, Christopher M. Ahmad, Rachana Tadakamalla, Rae-Anne Kastle, Salman Muqeet, Amer Abboud

Student Publications

Gallbladder adenocarcinoma is an uncommon gastrointestinal malignancy that is frequently discovered incidentally during cholecystectomy. Intraoperative frozen section is often used to guide surgical decision-making but has inherent limitations, particularly in assessing depth of invasion. We report the case of a 78-year-old female who underwent an elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy for a gallbladder mass. Intraoperative frozen section demonstrated a tubulovillous adenoma with at least carcinoma in situ. Subsequent permanent histologic evaluation revealed a moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma invading the hepatic-side perimuscular connective tissue, consistent with pT2b disease. Despite the advanced T stage, the tumor exhibited several relatively favorable histologic features, including negative margins …

Seydou Nara Sarr V. Dembele

All Decisions

The Civil Court dismissed this no-grounds holdover proceeding on service defects. Proof of service was not filed until May 7, 2026 — nearly three months after service was allegedly completed on February 11, 2026 — causing prejudice to the tenant who had to move to compel filing. Applying a prejudice-based standard from Siedlecki v Doscher and Saltzman, the court dismissed under RPAPL §§ 735(2)(b) and 733(1). The court also found the late-filed affidavit of service fatally defective for failing to describe conspicuous place service or identify which papers were served.

Academic Senate - Agenda, 05/26/2026, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Agendas

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Full Issue - 53.1

New England Classical Journal

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Acms Alternative Grading Workshop, Amanda Harsy, Sarah Klanderman, Vic Norman, Adam Schultze, Michael D. Smith

Engineering, Computing and Mathematical Sciences Faculty Conferences

Traditional grading can lead to anxiety, discourage productive struggle, and fail to reflect student learning. Alternative grading methods, such as ungrading, specifications grading, contract grading, and standards-based grading, offer more transparent, equitable, and growth-oriented ways to assess students. This pre-conference workshop will serve as a community of practice to explore alternative assessment and to provide a chance to redesign a course you plan to teach in the 2026-27 academic year. Whether you have never heard of grading for growth or have been iterating on alternative assessments for years, come for resources and support to try it yourself.

Smartdesk: Automatic Ticket Classification And Resolution Prediction Using Data Analytics, Danarir Almuhairi

Theses

Public and service-oriented organizations increasingly rely on digital ticketing systems to manage large volumes of citizen and customer requests. Despite this, many ticket management processes remain partially manual, leading to delays in case routing, inefficient resource allocation, and inconsistent resolution times. These challenges can negatively impact service quality, operational efficiency, and user satisfaction, particularly in large-scale public sector environments. This study proposes SmartDesk, a data-driven framework for automatic ticket classification and resolution time prediction using data analytics and natural language processing (NLP) techniques. The research leverages publicly available helpdesk and service ticket datasets to simulate real-world service environments where incoming …

Usa V. Paul Girard

2026 Decisions

USDC for the District Court of the Virgin Islands

Rethinking Functional Groupings In Basketball Wings Through Ecological Trait Frameworks, Dhruv Mehrotra

Theses and Dissertations

This paper starts with a review about Plant Functional Types and then goes deeper into the conceptual foundations of Plant Functional Types (PFT's) with detailed discussion of global trait spectra such as the leaf economics spectrum and the fast-slow continuum. Using concepts like response and effect traits, the review then talks about how a trait based ecological framework can provide a more robust guideline to classify plants. The review then talks about how players in basketball have been classified in the past along with some of the newer typologies. The review starts to draw some parallels between the ecological framework …

The Bloom Of Atē: Women's Lives, Pain, And Metaphor In Sophocles' Trachinian Women, Casey Dué, Mary Ebbott

New England Classical Journal

This essay explores recurring metaphors for pain in the Trachinian Women and argues that they gain their meaning from the experiences of the women Deianeira and Iole, to later express the physical pain of Herakles, which is further conceptualized as atē. These metaphors employ imagery associated with natural cycles, such as blooming flowers and ocean waves. The metaphorical connections between the women’s emotional pain and Herakles’ physical agony helps us to arrive at a fuller understanding of what is meant when Herakles concludes that he is “like a parthenos” and has been found to be female (1071 and …

Review Of Paul Roche (Ed.). 2021. Reading Lucan’S Civil War: A Critical Guide. Oklahoma Series In Classical Culture Vol. 62. Norman: University Of Oklahoma Press. Pp. Viii, 338. Paperback. (Isbn 978-0-8061-6939-2). $34.95., Timothy Joseph

New England Classical Journal

No abstract provided.

Sharon James V. Usa

2026 Decisions

USDC for the District of Delaware

Malinda Smidga V. Spirit Airlines Inc

2026 Decisions

USDC for the Western District of Pennsylvania

United States V. Jackson: Clarifying The Scope Of The Off-Label Use Privilege As Applied To The Reuse Of Single-Use Medical Devices, Marissa Lawson

Maryland Law Review Online

No abstract provided.

The Constitutional Dimension Of Ai: A Phenomenology Of Cybernetic Power, Andrea Simoncini

Maryland Law Review Online

No abstract provided.

High On Uncertainty: Ada Accommodation And Hemp-Derived Substances Afteranderson V. Diamondback Investment Group, Llc, Emma Lyles

Maryland Law Review Online

No abstract provided.

Toys As Evidence, Randall Johnson

Maryland Law Review Online

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Maryland's Second Look Act Turns A Blind Eye: An Examination Of The Act's Effectiveness As A Tool To Reduce Mass Incarceration, Sarah Moore

Maryland Law Review Online

No abstract provided.

Mother Knows Best? Mahmoud V. Mcknight And The Question Of Parental Free Speech In Public School Curriculum Selection, Natalie Wren

Maryland Law Review Online

No abstract provided.

Diabetes Case Detection Based On Neuroevolutionary Algorithm And Ganet Tool, Ivan V. Stepanyan, Safa A. Hameed, Minhai Hou

Baghdad Science Journal

This paper proposes a method utilizing an evolutionary algorithm (EA) to improve the learning process within the artificial neural network (ANN). The study utilized two models: the neuroevolutionary algorithm and the GANet tool. These algorithms were trained on two clinical diabetes datasets to discern health conditions. Each Feedforward Artificial Neural Network (FANN) layer in a neuroevolutionary algorithm is broken into multiple ANNs according to the number of neurons. The evolutionary technique later utilizes crossover and mutation operations to produce an ideal FANN. Enhanced artificial neural networks were subsequently incorporated to provide an innovative and robust functional artificial neural network for …

Sexual Touching While Sleeping: Occurrence, Context, Responses, And Perceptions Of Sexual Assault Among Undergraduates, Michelle Drouin, Tara Cornelius

Health Services and Informatics Research

Sexual consent is central to cases of sexual assault and rape. Logically, sleeping persons cannot consent; yet there has been scant research examining the experience of sexual touching while sleeping. The current research is the first known to specifically examine sexual touching with a sleeping partner, with a goal of understanding the contextual features surrounding, responses to, and perceptions of the legality and acceptability of these behaviors. Undergraduate participants from two universities (N = 724) completed several measures assessing their experience of sexual touching while sleeping, the context, sexual precedence, responses, and their perceptions of such touching. A significant proportion …

Robert Allen V. Foxway Transportation Inc

2026 Decisions

USDC for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

International Law Situations: Economic Warfare At Sea, Raul (Pete) Pedrozo

International Law Studies

This Situation examines what measures belligerents may take against enemy and neutral merchant ships at sea during an international armed conflict. Operation Epic Fury serves as the backdrop to demonstrate the applicability of economic warfare during international armed conflict at sea. Iranian-flagged and Guyanese-flagged vessels are operating in service of the Iranian economy and war effort. These ships may be captured as part of U.S. economic warfare against Iran.

Ndls Communicator: Week Of 05.26.26, Notre Dame Law School

NDLS Communicator

The Latest News

• Celebrating the Commencement of Notre Dame Law School’s Class of 2026
• Commencement 2026: Dean G. Marcus Cole’s charge to the graduating class
• Commencement 2026: Speech by Distinguished Professor of the Year Fr. Pat Reidy, C.S.C.
• Notre Dame Law School announces awards for 2026 graduating class
• Notre Dame Law Graduate Kyung Mo Kang ’26 J.S.D. Examines Accountability for Human Rights Violations in North Korea Notre
• Notre Dame Law Graduate Tyson Weeks '26 J.D. Receives 2026 Equal Justice Works Regional Public Interest Award
• Paolo Carozza provides insight on Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical Magnifica humanitas

Faculty Briefs

• Dean G. Marcus …

Dartmouth Realty L.P. V. Gray

All Decisions

In this nonpayment proceeding, the court grants respondent's motion to amend the answer and for discovery, but limits discovery to documents going back to 2011 (not 1988 as requested), on the illegal deregulation issue. Despite the court's acknowledgment of numerous strong facts establishing a colorable claim of fraud, it appears that Judge Cohen granted discovery only on the illegal deregulation issue and not on the rent overcharge claim.

Bottem Realty, Llc V. Yaa

All Decisions

The Civil Court denied the tenant's motion for discovery in a nonpayment proceeding where the tenant raised a rent overcharge defense. The tenancy commenced in 1992 and rent history included multiple unexplained increases exceeding legally permitted amounts. The court distinguished Harvey and Syllman, holding that reliance on those post-HSTPA cases was misplaced because the tenancy predated HSTPA, and declined to extend the fraud exemption to pre-HSTPA tenancies absent a fraud claim.

Ramreign Inc V. Carbon

All Decisions

In this no-grounds/nonrenewal of tenancy holdover, the court granted respondent's motion to dismiss for failure to state a cause of action because, although the landlord claimed the 'small landlord' exemption to GCEL, the GCEL notice attached to the predicate notice of termination failed to identify the properties owned by the landlord as required by RPL § 231-c. The court dismissed the petition without prejudice, relying on 3515 Eastchester Rd., LLC v Soto [Civ Ct, Bronx Co. 2025] and observing that the factual allegations in the GCEL notice, which is incorporated into the notice of termination, cannot be amended.

Expert Recommendations To Strengthen Chikungunya Outbreak Surveillance And Reporting For Traveler Health Protection, Daniel C. Payne, Karoun H. Bagamian, Jeffery Goad, Nathan D. Grubaugh, Michael A. Johansson, Moritz U. G. Kraemer, Eyal Leshem, Francesca F. Norman, Alfonso J. Rodríguez-Morales, Henrik Salje, Stephen Thomas, Scott C. Weaver, Lindsey A. Laytner, Rebecca Sturgis, Suzanne K. Scheele, Davidson H. Hamer

Pharmacy Faculty Articles and Research

Chikungunya, a debilitating mosquito-borne disease caused by chikungunya virus, has surged dramatically in the past two decades. Chikungunya outbreaks can intensify rapidly, with infections posing a significant endemic health burden in tropical/subtropical areas and for travelers. Health professionals require timely and accurate outbreak information to adequately protect travelers and assess chikungunya risk. However, detection is often insufficient in the areas most susceptible to outbreaks, leading to diagnostic and reporting delays. Consequently, travelers are often unaware of increased chikungunya infection risk at their destination. We assessed chikungunya surveillance and reporting resources, and we developed expert recommendations for traveler health protection. Because …

20260526: Office Of Personnel, 1958-2001, Human Resources

Guides to University Archives

These items include materials from the office of Human Resources at Marshall University from 1958-2001. Items were received in the early 2000s and processed in 2026. Items in this collection include Office of Placement Bulletins; Office of Placement Annual Reports; Employment Opportunities Bulletins; The Job Place Newsletter; Career Link and The Career Source; Faculty and Staff Directories; Job Opportunity Bulletins; and Staff Council Minutes. Please download inventory for full list of contents.