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An Unfair Cross Section: Federal Jurisdiction For Indian Country Crimes Dismantles Jury Community Conscience, Alana Paris Dec 2020

An Unfair Cross Section: Federal Jurisdiction For Indian Country Crimes Dismantles Jury Community Conscience, Alana Paris

Northwestern Journal of Law & Social Policy

Under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, federal jury pools must reflect a fair cross section of the community in which a crime is prosecuted and from which no distinct group in the community is excluded. The community in which a crime is prosecuted varies widely in Indian country based on legislative reforms enacted by Congress to strip indigenous populations of their inherent sovereignty. Under the Major Crimes Act, the federal government has the right to adjudicate all serious crimes committed by one American Indian against another American Indian or non-Indian within Indian country. American Indian defendants under …


Avoiding Judicial Discipline, Veronica Root Martinez Nov 2020

Avoiding Judicial Discipline, Veronica Root Martinez

Northwestern University Law Review

Over the past several years, several high-profile complaints have been levied against Article III judges alleging improper conduct. Many of these complaints, however, were dismissed without investigation after the judge in question removed themselves from the jurisdiction of the circuit’s judicial council—oftentimes through retirement and once through elevation to the Supreme Court. When judges—the literal arbiters of justice within American society—are able to elude oversight of their own potential misconduct, it puts the legitimacy of the judiciary and the rule of law in jeopardy.

This Essay argues that it is imperative that mechanisms are adopted that will ensure investigations into …


On Sexual Harassment In The Judiciary, Leah M. Litman, Deeva Shah Oct 2020

On Sexual Harassment In The Judiciary, Leah M. Litman, Deeva Shah

Northwestern University Law Review

This Essay examines the legal profession’s role in sexual harassment, particularly in the federal courts. It argues that individuals in the profession have both an individual and collective responsibility for the professional norms that have allowed harassment to happen with little recourse for the people subject to the harassment. It suggests that the legal profession should engage in a sustained, public reflection about how our words, actions, attitudes, and institutional arrangements allow harassment to happen, and about the many different ways that we can prevent and address harassment.


Screened Out Of Housing: The Impact Of Misleading Tenant Screening Reports And The Potential For Criminal Expungement As A Model For Effectively Sealing Evictions, Katelyn Polk Apr 2020

Screened Out Of Housing: The Impact Of Misleading Tenant Screening Reports And The Potential For Criminal Expungement As A Model For Effectively Sealing Evictions, Katelyn Polk

Northwestern Journal of Law & Social Policy

Having an eviction record “blacklists” tenants from finding future housing. Even renters with mere eviction filings—not eviction orders—on their records face the harsh collateral consequences of eviction. This Note argues that eviction records should be sealed at filing and only released into the public record if a landlord prevails in court. Juvenile record expungement mechanisms in Illinois serve as a model for one way to protect people with eviction records. Recent updates to the Illinois juvenile expungement process provided for the automatic expungement of certain records and strengthened the confidentiality protections of juvenile records. Illinois protects juvenile records because it …


Monopoly Or Monopolization––A Reply To Professor Rostow, Edward R. Johnston, John Paul Stevens Apr 2020

Monopoly Or Monopolization––A Reply To Professor Rostow, Edward R. Johnston, John Paul Stevens

Northwestern University Law Review

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A Personal History Of The Law Review, John Paul Stevens Apr 2020

A Personal History Of The Law Review, John Paul Stevens

Northwestern University Law Review

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Sixty-Five Oral Arguments Were Not Enough: A Tribute To Justice Stevens From Across The Bench, Carter G. Phillips Apr 2020

Sixty-Five Oral Arguments Were Not Enough: A Tribute To Justice Stevens From Across The Bench, Carter G. Phillips

Northwestern University Law Review

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Judging And Baseball, Merritt E. Mcalister Apr 2020

Judging And Baseball, Merritt E. Mcalister

Northwestern University Law Review

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"The Function Of The Independent Lawyer As A Guardian Of Our Freedom": The Great Stevens Dissent In Walters, Andrew Koppelman Apr 2020

"The Function Of The Independent Lawyer As A Guardian Of Our Freedom": The Great Stevens Dissent In Walters, Andrew Koppelman

Northwestern University Law Review

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In Memoriam, Hannah Mullen Apr 2020

In Memoriam, Hannah Mullen

Northwestern University Law Review

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Price-Fixing In The Motion Picture Industry, John Paul Stevens Apr 2020

Price-Fixing In The Motion Picture Industry, John Paul Stevens

Northwestern University Law Review

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The Paradox Of Justice John Paul Stevens, Sonja R. West, Dahlia Lithwick Apr 2020

The Paradox Of Justice John Paul Stevens, Sonja R. West, Dahlia Lithwick

Northwestern University Law Review

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Is Justice Irrelevant?, John Paul Stevens Apr 2020

Is Justice Irrelevant?, John Paul Stevens

Northwestern University Law Review

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Introductory Comment, Seventy-Fifth Volume, John Paul Stevens Apr 2020

Introductory Comment, Seventy-Fifth Volume, John Paul Stevens

Northwestern University Law Review

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