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Converting Buildings Is Hard: Why Seattle’S Municipal Government Should Streamline Commercial-To-Residential Conversions, Tyler M. King

Seattle University Law Review

The conversion of commercial buildings into housing is a promising solution to the growing housing crisis in many urban areas. However, despite its potential benefits, the process of repurposing commercial spaces is often stymied by complex zoning codes, high conversion costs, and bureaucratic hurdles. This Article argues that the local and state governments in Seattle should adopt more streamlined policies and offer greater incentives to developers to facilitate these conversions. By reforming zoning regulations and providing targeted financial support, municipalities can reduce the barriers to conversion and unlock the potential of underutilized commercial properties. This article examines the legal and …

Who Decides The Dead? Interpreting Washington’S Disposition Of Remains Statute, Wyatt Young

Seattle University Law Review

Washington’s disposition-of-remains statute, RCW 68.50.160, is designed to honor a decedent’s expressed wishes regarding the control and disposition of their body after death. Yet recent litigation reveals a critical gap between the statute’s intent-centered design and its practical enforceability. In Larotonda v. Blackburn, a trial court acknowledged that irreparable harm would occur if a decedent’s burial wishes were ignored but nonetheless denied relief on the grounds that the individual designated to carry out those wishes lacked standing. The result was a legal paradox: a statute that recognizes decedent autonomy in theory but withholds any meaningful mechanism for its enforcement …

Appeal No.1077: Chief Capital (O&G) Ii, Llc. V. Division Of Oil & Gas Resources Management And Ascent Resources - Utica, Llc, Ohio Oil & Gas Commission

Ohio Oil & Gas Commission Decisions

Review of Chief's Order 2026-203

Appeal No.1076: Chief Capital (O7g) Ii, Llc, Et Al. V. Division Of Oil & Gas Resources Management And Ascent Resources - Utica, Llc, Ohio Oil & Gas Commission

Ohio Oil & Gas Commission Decisions

Review of Chief's Orders 2026-185, 2026-194, and 2026-200

Appeal No.1066: Lucky Land Management, Llc V. Division Of Oil & Gas Resources Management And Eog Resources, Inc., Ohio Oil & Gas Commission

Ohio Oil & Gas Commission Decisions

Review of Chief's Orders 2025-405 , and 2025-416

Appeal No.1065: Lucky Land Management, Llc V. Division Of Oil & Gas Resources Management And Eog Resources, Inc., Ohio Oil & Gas Commission

Ohio Oil & Gas Commission Decisions

Review of Chief's Orders 2025-405 , and 2025-416

Appeal No.1071: Desert Gold Oli & Gas, Llc, Et Al. V. Division Of Oil & Gas Resources Management And Ascent Resources - Utica, Llc, Ohio Oil & Gas Commission

Ohio Oil & Gas Commission Decisions

Review of Chief's Orders 2026-76 and 2026-85

Appeal No.1074: Chief Capital (O7g) Ii, Llc, Et Al. V. Division Of Oil & Gas Resources Management And Ascent Resources - Utica, Llc, Ohio Oil & Gas Commission

Ohio Oil & Gas Commission Decisions

Review of Chief's Orders 2026-185, 2026-194, and 2026-200

Appeal No.1075: Chief Capital (O7g) Ii, Llc, Et Al. V. Division Of Oil & Gas Resources Management And Ascent Resources - Utica, Llc, Ohio Oil & Gas Commission

Ohio Oil & Gas Commission Decisions

Review of Chief's Orders 2026-185, 2026-194, and 2026-200

Appeal No.1070: Desert Gold Oli & Gas, Llc, Et Al. V. Division Of Oil & Gas Resources Management And Ascent Resources - Utica, Llc, Ohio Oil & Gas Commission

Ohio Oil & Gas Commission Decisions

Review of Chief's Orders 2026-76 and 2026-85

"Because The President Said So:" Agency Reason Giving And Presidential Statements Of Will, Nina A. Mendelson

Articles

Reason giving has long been understood to legitimate administrative agency actions by assuring legal, nonarbitrary, stable, and well-considered decisions. It is core to the Administrative Procedure Act's process and judicial review provisions. But the obligation to give reasons is receiving a challenge from the political accountability side, as executive orders skyrocket and the Supreme Court moves towards unitary executive theory in decisions such as Trump v. Slaughter and Seila Law v. CFPB. In striking down independent agencies under Article II, the Court has emphasized that political accountability of agencies to the President is critical. Both the President and executive agencies …

Competition For All? The Ftc’S Ban On Non-Competes And The More Effective Route In Promoting Competition, Aniqah Nashiat

St. John's Law Review

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Employment contracts have historically included non-compete agreements, which are restrictive covenants forbidding employees from working “for competitors of their former employer for a certain period of time and over a defined geographic area.” American jurisprudence has always left enforcement of these non-competes to states. In the federal government, Congress has never successfully passed legislation on the per se illegality of non-competes. Instead, President Joe Biden signed an executive order in 2021 aimed at promoting the interests of American workers because companies requiring them to sign non-competes restricted their ability to change jobs. Biden explained that strengthening antitrust laws would …

Strings Attached: Science Regulation By Science Funders, Nicholson W. Price Ii

Reviews

Who regulates the physical and informational risks of scientific research? Who makes sure that researchers keep intensely personal data secret, or lock their dangerous chemicals away safely, or don't haphazardly create superviruses that could kill us all? You could be forgiven for assuming it was, well, a regulator—OSHA or the CDC or some similar entity that can promulgate binding rules and enforce them. But as Doni Bloomfield shows in the fascinating How Science Grantmakers Govern, you’d be (mostly) wrong. Instead, a key substantive and procedural regulator of the risky business of scientific research is, in fact, the funder of that …

The President And The Power Grid, Alexandra B. Klass, Dave Owen

Faculty Scholarship

There is a sharp discontinuity between the second Trump Administration’s electricity policies and those of previous presidential administrations. President Trump has directed the Department of Energy to use statutory authority designed for wartime conditions and sudden emergencies to prevent electric utilities from retiring aging coal plants. In doing so, he has elevated the president’s role in electric-grid governance and reduced the primacy of the expert regulatory agency—the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission—that Congress authorized to govern electricity markets and grid reliability.

This Essay places these actions in historical context. It recounts the executive branch’s role in electricity policy during the first …

The Supreme Court And The Constitution, Tom Rozinski

Open Touro Created

2026

The Supreme Court and the Constitution is a casebook for undergraduate students who want to earn about the Constitutional structure of the US government. Since the Supreme Court is responsible for interpreting the Constitution, the book begins with a history of the Court before examining the processes and methods it uses to decide cases. There is also a unit on the development of judicial review and the limitations on the scope of the Court’s actions. One major unit examines the powers of the president in both foreign and domestic affairs, and includes a section on presidential immunities. Another major …

Acts Of Sovereignty In Light Of Administrative And Constitutional Juisprudence In Palestine, Osayd Awawda, Bassam Qawasmeh

BAU Journal - Journal of Legal Studies - مجلة الدراسات القانونية

This paper examines the concept of acts of sovereignty within the Palestinian legal system by analyzing its application in administrative and constitutional adjudication, particularly in cases arising from the 2021 presidential decree postponing the general elections. The paper presents the arguments advanced by the parties before the administrative courts and the Supreme Constitutional Court, and evaluates the extent to which the judicial rulings align with constitutional principles, especially the right to litigation and the right to political participation, including voting and candidacy. The paper also discusses the theoretical and practical foundations for excluding acts of sovereignty from judicial review, and …

Teaching Old Statutes New Tricks: Towards Equitable Participation In Transportation Act Section 4(F) And Nhpa Section 106, Laura Mott

Villanova Environmental Law Journal (1991 - )

No abstract provided.

Acting Under Scrutiny: The Limits Of Federal-Officer Removal In Attorney General Of New Jersey V. Dow Chemical Company, Justin W. Berge

Villanova Environmental Law Journal (1991 - )

No abstract provided.

Pounding At The Door: The First Circuit Denies Asylum In The First Case On Climate Refugees In Cruz Galicia V. Garland, Marissa O. Wong

Villanova Environmental Law Journal (1991 - )

No abstract provided.

Dishwashers And Dicta: The Fifth Circuit's Not-So-Quiet Attack On Doe Authority In Louisiana V. United States Department Of Energy, Robert G. Torpey

Villanova Environmental Law Journal (1991 - )

No abstract provided.

La Règle « Nemo Auditur... » En Droit Français De La Responsabilité Administrative, Lara Karam

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.

Rapport De Synthèse Sur L’Efficacité De L’Arbitrage, Charles Jarrosson

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.

Portée Des Dispositions De La Convention De New York (Cny) Sur L’Accueil Des Sentences Arbitrales Étrangères Au Liban, Michel Soumrani

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.

La Convention Pour La Reconnaissance Et L’Exécution Des Sentences Arbitrales Étrangères Signée À New York Le 10 Juin 1958, Pierre Legros

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.

Le Contrôle De La Sentence : Voies De Recours, Fayez Hage-Chahine

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.

Voies De Recours : Le Système Français, Jean-Louis Delvolvé

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.

La Coopération Du Juge, Mouhib Maamari

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.

La Coopération Du Juge : Le Délai De L’Arbitrage International, Georges Fadlallah

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.

La Coopération Du Juge À L’Arbitrage, Alain Lacabarats

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.

Les Choix Dans La Procédure Arbitrale Libanaise, Ibrahim Najjar

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.