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2019

Social and Behavioral Sciences

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law and Public Affairs

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Masthead Jan 2019

Masthead

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Health Justice For Immigrants, Medha D. Makhlouf Jan 2019

Health Justice For Immigrants, Medha D. Makhlouf

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No abstract provided.


The Shallow State: The Federal Communications Commission And The New Deal, Daniel R. Ernst Jan 2019

The Shallow State: The Federal Communications Commission And The New Deal, Daniel R. Ernst

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American lawyers and law professors commonly turn to the New Deal for insights into the law and politics of today’s administrative state. Usually, they have looked to agencies created in the 1930s that became the foundation of the postwar political order. Some have celebrated these agencies; others have deplored them as the core of an elitist, antidemocratic Deep State. This Article takes a different tack by studying the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and its predecessor the Federal Radio Commission (FRC), an agency created before the New Deal. For most of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first two presidential terms, the FCC languished …


Subordination Discourse: A Critique Of Trump's Diversity Model, Roy L. Brooks Jan 2019

Subordination Discourse: A Critique Of Trump's Diversity Model, Roy L. Brooks

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Providing Optimal Value To Energy Consumers Through Microgrids, Gregory T. Bischoping Jan 2019

Providing Optimal Value To Energy Consumers Through Microgrids, Gregory T. Bischoping

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Microgrids are an increasingly popular means of making a smaller, smarter, cleaner, and more resilient energy grid. When Superstorm Sandy hit the northeast states, a few microgrids continued to provide their constituents with energy for weeks while the rest of the grid was down. Microgrids typically involve small-scale energy generation coupled with nearby storage and distribution, and are connected to, but capable of disconnecting from, the macrogrid during a power outage.

This Comment will analyze the economics of microgrids, focusing on the necessity of effective cost-benefit analyses. In order to allow for the development of microgrids, regulators should create appropriate …


Intensive Care For Pain As An Overdose Prevention Tool: Legal Considerations And Policy Imperatives, Evan D. Anderson, Jason Sloan, Leo Beletsky Jan 2019

Intensive Care For Pain As An Overdose Prevention Tool: Legal Considerations And Policy Imperatives, Evan D. Anderson, Jason Sloan, Leo Beletsky

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No abstract provided.


American Gun Violence: An Information Asymmetry Problem, Amanda L. Lesavage Jan 2019

American Gun Violence: An Information Asymmetry Problem, Amanda L. Lesavage

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Marijuana Legalization In The United States: A Social Injustice, Kevin Sabet, Will Jones Jan 2019

Marijuana Legalization In The United States: A Social Injustice, Kevin Sabet, Will Jones

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Addiction As Capabilities Failure, Jennifer Prah Ruger, Kara Zhang Jan 2019

Addiction As Capabilities Failure, Jennifer Prah Ruger, Kara Zhang

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The Wolf Act Amendments To The U.S. International Religious Freedom Act: Breakthrough Or Breakdown?, Robert C. Blitt Jan 2019

The Wolf Act Amendments To The U.S. International Religious Freedom Act: Breakthrough Or Breakdown?, Robert C. Blitt

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Cra Resolutions Against Agency Guidance, Keith Bradley, Larisa Vaysman Jan 2019

Cra Resolutions Against Agency Guidance, Keith Bradley, Larisa Vaysman

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After years of dormancy, the Congressional Review Act (“CRA”) suddenly plays a prominent role in agency policymaking. Under the CRA, Congress has overturned multiple major regulations adopted by the Obama Administration, and the campaign continues. The next stage in this rollback appears to be a program of invalidating agency guidance documents, policy statements, and interpretations. That possibility has frightened many observers because it appears to expose an enormous additional amount of policymaking to CRA attack. We argue that, to the contrary, using the CRA in an attempt to overrule agency policy statements and interpretations will be fruitless, and the effort …


The Protection Is In The Process: The Legislative Reapportionment Commission, Communities Of Interest, And Why Our Modern Founding Fathers Got It Right, Mike Turzai, Rodney A. Corey, James G. Mann Jan 2019

The Protection Is In The Process: The Legislative Reapportionment Commission, Communities Of Interest, And Why Our Modern Founding Fathers Got It Right, Mike Turzai, Rodney A. Corey, James G. Mann

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No abstract provided.


Addicted To The War On Drugs, Brendan Walden Jan 2019

Addicted To The War On Drugs, Brendan Walden

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No abstract provided.