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Optimal Sludge? The Price Of Program Integrity, Cass R. Sunstein, Julien L. Gosset
Optimal Sludge? The Price Of Program Integrity, Cass R. Sunstein, Julien L. Gosset
Duke Law Journal Online
Public officials often impose eligibility requirements for government programs that have two effects: (1) They screen out ineligible people and (2) they screen out eligible people. Consisting of paperwork requirements, interviews, waiting periods, and administrative burdens, such requirements are sometimes characterized as “sludge,” and for some eligible people, they might prove overwhelming or prohibitive. In these circumstances, there is a pervasive normative issue: What is the optimal tradeoff between the screening out of ineligible people and the screening out of eligible people? It is plausible to think that a great deal depends on numbers. If, for example, the number of …
Sex-Based Brain Differences And Emotional Harm, Betsy J. Grey
Sex-Based Brain Differences And Emotional Harm, Betsy J. Grey
Duke Law Journal Online
Technological advances have allowed neuroscientists to identify brain differences between women and men, which may lead to explanations for sex-biased population differences in behavior and brain-based disorders. Although the research is at its early stages, this is an appropriate time to examine some of the potential legal implications of these findings. This Article examines that question in the context of tort law, especially how scientific findings may affect the use of the reasonable person standard in emotional injury claims. Specifically, studies suggest that there may be distinct sex-based mechanisms involved in reactions to extreme stress, raising the question of whether …
Religious Liberty In A Pandemic, Caroline Mala Corbin
Religious Liberty In A Pandemic, Caroline Mala Corbin
Duke Law Journal Online
The coronavirus pandemic caused an unprecedented shutdown of the United States. The stay-at-home orders issued by most states typically banned large gatherings of any kind, including religious services. Churches sued, arguing that these bans violated their religious liberty rights by treating worship services more strictly than analogous activities that were not banned, such as shopping at a liquor store or superstore. This Essay examines these claims, concluding that the constitutionality of the bans turns on the science of how the pathogen spreads, and that the best available scientific evidence supports the mass gathering bans.
The Wrong Choice To Address School Choice: Espinoza V. Montana Department Of Revenue, Brooke Reczka
The Wrong Choice To Address School Choice: Espinoza V. Montana Department Of Revenue, Brooke Reczka
Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy Sidebar
For many school-choice advocates, Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue is the chance to extend the Supreme Court’s decision in Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer in 2017. In Trinity Lutheran, the Supreme Court held that a state’s exclusion of a church from a public benefit program to resurface playgrounds discriminated against religion in violation of the Free Exercise Clause. Many school-choice proponents hope to extend the Trinity Lutheran holding from playgrounds materials to school funding and thus strike down religion-based exclusions in school voucher programs. However, Espinoza is the wrong vehicle to do so. In …
Has Revenge Become A Justification To Legitimize The Death Penalty?, Jordan Ryan
Has Revenge Become A Justification To Legitimize The Death Penalty?, Jordan Ryan
Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy Sidebar
Revenge has played a role in criminal justice systems for thousands of years. From the Code of Hammurabi, to the Bible, to modern Supreme Court jurisprudence, revenge, or “getting even,” has been a consideration in how wrongdoers are punished, especially with respect to the imposition of the death penalty. Historically, revenge has not been viewed as a legitimate justification for punishment under American legal principles. However, in the past year, both the United States Supreme Court and the Department of Justice have signaled that revenge may well have a legitimate role in justifying the death penalty.
This Note will explore …
Stand In The Place Where Data Live: Data Breaches As Article Iii Injuries, Jason Wasserman
Stand In The Place Where Data Live: Data Breaches As Article Iii Injuries, Jason Wasserman
Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy Sidebar
Every day, another hacker gains unauthorized access to information, be it credit card data from grocery stores or fingerprint records from federal databases. Bad actors who orchestrate these data breaches, if they can be found, face clear criminal liability. Still, a hacker’s conviction may not be satisfying to victims whose data was accessed, and so victims may seek proper redress through lawsuits against compromised organizations. In those lawsuits, plaintiff-victims allege promising theories, including that the compromised organization negligently caused the data breach or broke an implied contract to protect customers’ personal information.
However, many federal courts see a data breach …
Pretrial And Error: The Use Of Statements Inadmissible At Trial In Preliminary Proceedings, Erin Hughes
Pretrial And Error: The Use Of Statements Inadmissible At Trial In Preliminary Proceedings, Erin Hughes
Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy Sidebar
This Note argues that a “criminal case,” as provided by the Fifth Amendment, begins with the initiation of adversarial judicial criminal proceedings, whether that commencement occurs through a formal charge, a preliminary hearing, indictment, information, or arraignment. A broad understanding of the Fifth Amendment’s scope aligns with the Second, Seventh, Ninth and Tenth Circuits’ analysis. In particular, this Note endorses the in-depth analysis provided by the Tenth Circuit in its determination that a “criminal case” under the Fifth Amendment includes preliminary proceedings. This Note further offers an analysis of past Supreme Court precedent as well as policy rationales that support …
Campus Sexual Assault And Due Process, Ilana Frier
Campus Sexual Assault And Due Process, Ilana Frier
Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy Sidebar
College women experience rape and sexual assault at alarmingly high rates. One highly publicized statistic, famously asserted by President Obama, states that one in five women experience sexual assault while attending college. In 2011, the U.S. Department of Education radically expanded its involvement in campus sexual misconduct adjudications, encouraging vigorous enforcement. Sustained regulatory and public pressure effectuated some positive change for victims. However, a proliferation of litigation also followed. Students found responsible of campus sexual assault, most of whom were males, increasingly began suing their schools alleging due process violations in their adjudications. In 2018, the Trump administration's Department of …
Kleptocracy Buyouts?: A Response To Professors Blocher And Gulati, Matthias Goldmann
Kleptocracy Buyouts?: A Response To Professors Blocher And Gulati, Matthias Goldmann
Duke Law Journal Online
No abstract provided.
Court Culture And Criminal Law Reform, Mitali Nagrecha, Sharon Brett, Colin Doyle
Court Culture And Criminal Law Reform, Mitali Nagrecha, Sharon Brett, Colin Doyle
Duke Law Journal Online
No abstract provided.
Criminalization Of Poverty: Much More To Do, Peter B. Edelman
Criminalization Of Poverty: Much More To Do, Peter B. Edelman
Duke Law Journal Online
No abstract provided.
Dhs V. Regents Of The University Of California: Administrative Law Concerns In Repealing Daca, Charles Fendrych
Dhs V. Regents Of The University Of California: Administrative Law Concerns In Repealing Daca, Charles Fendrych
Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy Sidebar
On its surface, deferred action is simple: it is a decision by Executive Branch officials to postpone deportation proceedings against an individual or group that is otherwise eligible to be removed from the United States.Deferred action is an exercise of the Executive’s inherent authority to manage its policies, but is not expressly grounded in statute Despite this lack of statutory authority, Congress and the Supreme Court have historically recognized deferred action policies. Indeed, records of such Executive discretion date back to the early twentieth century.The Executive, grounding its justification in humanitarian concerns, has continued to institute categorical deferred action programs …
Contracting Free From Racial Animus: Comcast Corporation V. National Association Of African American-Owned Media And Entertainment Studios, Catherine Tarantino
Contracting Free From Racial Animus: Comcast Corporation V. National Association Of African American-Owned Media And Entertainment Studios, Catherine Tarantino
Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy Sidebar
The United States has come a long way in promoting racial equality since the 1866 and 1964 Civil Rights Acts, but racial animus still plays an impermissible role in many contracting and employment decisions. Comcast Corporation v. National Association of African American-Owned Media and Entertainment Studios offers the Supreme Court the opportunity to decide which causal standard applies to claims alleging racial bias in contracting under 42 U.S.C. § 1981. Specifically, the Court will decide whether § 1981 requires a plaintiff to demonstrate that racial animus was the but-for cause or simply a motivating-factor in the defendant’s refusal to contract. …
Questioning The Definition Of "Sex" In Title Vii: Bostock V. Clayton County, Ga., Katherine Carter
Questioning The Definition Of "Sex" In Title Vii: Bostock V. Clayton County, Ga., Katherine Carter
Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy Sidebar
In October of 2019, the Supreme Court heard the arguments of two cases presenting the same inquiry: whether Title VII’s prohibition on sex discrimination encompasses discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Currently, twenty-one states as well as the District of Columbia expressly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation by statute or regulation. Other states offer protection in the form of agency interpretation or court ruling. However, for the remaining states with no established protections, Title VII stands as the only potential safeguard against sexual orientation discrimination.
The following Commentary considers the case of Gerald Bostock, a gay man from …
Barricading The Immigration Courts, Jennifer Lee Koh
Barricading The Immigration Courts, Jennifer Lee Koh
Duke Law Journal Online
No abstract provided.
The Justices’ Forgotten Debuts, Andrew R. Gould
The Justices’ Forgotten Debuts, Andrew R. Gould
Duke Law Journal Online
No abstract provided.
Kahler V. Kansas: The End Of The Insanity Defense?, Eric Roytman
Kahler V. Kansas: The End Of The Insanity Defense?, Eric Roytman
Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy Sidebar
In 1995, Kansas, along with a small number of other states, passed a statute abrogating the widely recognized common law insanity defense. At common law, a defendant could raise the defense when a mental illness impaired his ability to distinguish right from wrong, allowing him to escape liability even when the elements of the crime were otherwise fulfilled. However, under Kansas’ statutory scheme, evidence of a defendant’s mental illness can only be used to negate the mens rea element of the offense. In other words, evidence of mental illness is only relevant when it shows that the defendant lacked the …
Motherhood As Misogyny, Jane H. Aiken
Carrying On 'Korematsu:' Reflections On My Father's Legacy, Karen Korematsu
Carrying On 'Korematsu:' Reflections On My Father's Legacy, Karen Korematsu
Women & Law
No abstract provided.
Inching Toward Equal Dignity, Denise Brogan-Kator
Kafka's Court: Seeking Law And Justice At Guantanamo Bay, Alka Pradhan
Kafka's Court: Seeking Law And Justice At Guantanamo Bay, Alka Pradhan
Women & Law
No abstract provided.
A Personal Essay, Nitza I. Quiñones Alejandro
The Nerve: Women Of Color In The Legal Academy, Khiara M. Bridges
The Nerve: Women Of Color In The Legal Academy, Khiara M. Bridges
Women & Law
No abstract provided.
Law School In A Different Voice, Melissa Murray
On Firsts, Feminism, And The Future Of The Legal Profession, Risa L. Goluboff
On Firsts, Feminism, And The Future Of The Legal Profession, Risa L. Goluboff
Women & Law
No abstract provided.
Reflections Of A Lady Lawyer, Lisa Blatt
The Nineteenth Amendment: The Catalyst That Opened Courthouse Doors For Women On The Federal Bench, Ann Claire Williams
The Nineteenth Amendment: The Catalyst That Opened Courthouse Doors For Women On The Federal Bench, Ann Claire Williams
Women & Law
No abstract provided.
On Power & Indian Country, Maggie Blackhawk
Family, Gender, And Leadership In The Legal Profession, Kerry Abrams
Family, Gender, And Leadership In The Legal Profession, Kerry Abrams
Women & Law
No abstract provided.