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Undersea Cables: The Ultimate Geopolitical Chokepoint, Bert Chapman

FORCES Initiative: Strategy, Security, and Social Systems

This work provides historical and contemporary overviews of this critical geopolitical problem, describes the policy actors addressing this in the U.S. and selected other countries, and provides maps and information on many undersea cable work routes. These cables are chokepoints with one dictionary defining chokepoints as “a strategic narrow route providing passage through or to another region."

Textual Gerrymandering: The Eclipse Of Republican Government In An Era Of Statutory Populism, William N. Eskridge, Victoria Frances Nourse

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

We have entered the era dominated by a dogmatic textualism—albeit one that is fracturing, as illustrated by the three warring original public meaning opinions in the blockbuster sexual orientation case, Bostock v. Clayton County. This Article provides conceptual tools that allow lawyers and students to understand the deep analytical problems faced and created by the new textualism advanced by Justice Scalia and his heirs. The key is to think about choice of text—why one piece of text rather than another—and choice of context—what materials are relevant to confirm or clarify textual meaning. Professors Eskridge and Nourse apply these concepts …

Title 42, Asylum, And Politicising Public Health, Michael Ulrich, Sondra S. Crosby

Faculty Scholarship

President Biden has continued the controversial immigration policy of the Trump era known as Title 42, which has caused harm and suffering to scores of asylum seekers under the guise of public health.1 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ordered the policy in March 2020 with the stated purpose of limiting the spread of the coronavirus into the U.S.; though, CDC and public health officials have admitted this policy has no scientific basis and there is no evidence it has protected the public.2,3 Instead, the impetus behind the policy appears to be a desire to keep out or …

Letter To Washington State Bar Association, Legislation/Civil Rights Clinic

Menstrual Policies and the Bar

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Letter To Vermont Board Of Bar Examiners, Legislation/Civil Rights Clinic

Menstrual Policies and the Bar

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Letter To Utah State Bar, Legislation/Civil Rights Clinic

Menstrual Policies and the Bar

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Letter To Virginia Board Of Bar Examiners, Legislation/Civil Rights Clinic

Menstrual Policies and the Bar

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Letter To Committee Of Bar Examiners, Supreme Court Of The Virgin Islands, Legislation/Civil Rights Clinic

Menstrual Policies and the Bar

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Letter To South Dakota Board Of Bar Examiners, Legislation/Civil Rights Clinic

Menstrual Policies and the Bar

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Letter To Wisconsin Board Of Bar Examiners, Legislation/Civil Rights Clinic

Menstrual Policies and the Bar

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Letter To Supreme Court Of South Carolina Board Of Law Examiners, Legislation/Civil Rights Clinic

Menstrual Policies and the Bar

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Letter To Tennessee Board Of Law Examiners, Legislation/Civil Rights Clinic

Menstrual Policies and the Bar

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Letter To Texas Board Of Law Examiners, Legislation/Civil Rights Clinic

Menstrual Policies and the Bar

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Letter To West Virginia Board Of Law Examiners, Legislation/Civil Rights Clinic

Menstrual Policies and the Bar

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Letter To Wyoming Board Of Law Examiners, Legislation/Civil Rights Clinic

Menstrual Policies and the Bar

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Letter To Alabama Board Of Bar Commissioners, Legislation/Civil Rights Clinic

Menstrual Policies and the Bar

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Chevron Flip-Flops Of A Different Sort - Understanding The Shifting Politics Of Deference, Michael E. Herz

Online Publications

Like vaccinations, voter fraud, guns, taking a knee, and, well, everything, views on Chevron deference have become not just ideologically tinged but ideologically determined. Progressives are Chevron enthusiasts; conservatives are Chevron skeptics. Chevron is under siege, and the battle lines are familiar. Yet, on its face, Chevron is politically neutral. It increases agency power at the expense of judicial power; whether that is politically helpful depends on whether your team controls the White House or if it controls the courts. Furthermore, the current ideological array has not always been the case. When Chevron was decided, the enthusiasts were …

Who Defends: Judge Sutton's Vision And The Challenge Of A Plural Executive, Katherine A. Shaw

Online Publications

It’s no secret that this is a perilous moment for American democracy. We’re nine months out from a deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol, launched with the explicit goal of disrupting the peaceful transfer of power following the 2020 presidential election. Congress appears gridlocked on basic questions of debt and spending, and the possibility of a default before the end of the year remains a live one, with the covid pandemic still ongoing. The U.S. Supreme Court is facing an unprecedented legitimacy deficit in the eyes of the public. Election experts warn that future American elections, including the 2024 election, …

F21rs Sgr No. 5 (Memorial Day), Evan Antie, Alex Foreman, William Franques, Miles Mclendon, Julius Pallotta, Colin Raby, Jarreth Wheeler

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Resolution

To Urge and Request LSU Faculty to not hold University classes on Memorial Day

F21rs Sgr No. 3 (Dean's List), Samantha Staggs, Jamie Bridges, Jace Canafax, Miles Mclendon, Clint Parr

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Resolution

To Urge and Request LSU to lower the Dean's list requirements from 15 credit hours to 12 credit hours

F21rs Sgr No. 4 (Grad Report), Adam Dohrenwend, Jyoti Aryal, Salman Abusalman, Saachi Chugh, Aderonke Folorunso, Rachel Lautigar, Irene Marti Gil, Subbah Mir, Shashank Muley, Silvia Murillo-Miguez, Jessie Fay Parrot, Ovini Kankanamge

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Resolution

To adopt the Final Report of the Committee for Graduate Relief

F21rs Sgr No. 6 (Tiger Stadium), Olivia Devall, Nicole Nguyen

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Resolution

To urge and request LSU Board of Supervisors and LSU Athletics to verify the vaccine status of Tiger Stadium guests entering the stadium or verify a negative covid test as per their own policy

F21rs Sgr No. 1 (Roll Tide), Isaiah Badua, Samuel Daigle, Julius Pallotta, Trinity Saltaformaggio, Colin Raby

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Resolution

To Urge and Request Facility Services to power-wash a slab of concrete outside of Taylor Hall in the Pentagon that has the words "Roll Tide" power-washed into it.

F21rs Sgb No. 3 (Constitutional Amendment), Taylor Perrodin, Matthew Mcclure, Colin Raby, Harris Quadir, Miles Mclendon

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Bill

To amend the Constitution of the Student Government of Louisiana State University

F21rs Sgb No. 4 (Water Bottle Refill), Harris Quadir, Matthew Mcclure

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Bill

To Appropriate a maximum of $8,000.00 from the Surplus account to fund 6 water bottle refill stations.

F21rs Sgb No. 5 (Skateboard & Scooter Racks), Taylor Perrodin

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Bill to Appropriate a maximum of $11,000 from the SG Initiatives account to facility services for the purchase and installation of 4 single-sided 12 slot skateboard and scooter racks

F21rs Sgb No. 2 (Welcome Week), Julius Pallotta

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Bill

To make appropriations for the withdrawal of five thousand, three hundred and nine dollars and thirty-one cents ($5,309.31) from the Student Government Senate Surplus account to be deposited in the Executive Contingency

F21rs Sgb No. 6 (Sg Budget), Harris Quadir

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Bill

To establish the 2021-2022 Fiscal year Student Government Budget

(Mislabeled SGB #, correct number SGB 6)

F21rs Sgb No. 7 (Appropriation Bill Threshold), Everett Craddock, Adam Dohrenwend, John Griswold, Miles Mclendon

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Bill

To amend the Student Government Code

F21rs Sgb No. 9 (Harmful Behavior Policy), Angel Puder

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Bill

To Create and Provide for the Implementation of a Student Government Policy on Harmful Behavior