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How Traditional And Social Media Shapes Public Perception Of United States Surpeme Court Decisions On Civil Liberties, Leila P. Martin Jan 2027

How Traditional And Social Media Shapes Public Perception Of United States Surpeme Court Decisions On Civil Liberties, Leila P. Martin

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

This study examines how traditional and social medai shape public perception of U.S. Supreme Court decisions on Civil liberties, focusing on four landmark cases: Dobbs v. Jackson, District of Columbia v. Heller, Materpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, and Obergfell v. Hodges. Using Entmans framing theory, the research analyzes how tone, language, emphasis, and ideological slant differ across media platofrms and how these frames infleunce public attitudes, insitutional trust, and civic understanding. A mixed-methods design combines archival media analysis, national polling data from Pew Rsearch Center and gallup, and an independent survery to asses how media narratives, rather than …


A Phenomenological Study Of The Experiences Of Black Students In Criminal Justice Programs And Its Implications On Social Justice, Demetrius C. Dacres Aug 2026

A Phenomenological Study Of The Experiences Of Black Students In Criminal Justice Programs And Its Implications On Social Justice, Demetrius C. Dacres

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

This study examined the experiences of Black students who graduated with degrees in criminal justice within the last five years, as well as professors serving criminal justice programs. In this study, Black students are defined as those who identify as Black or African American, and the research focused on a criminal justice higher education institution’s educational program in the Northeast. This qualitative phenomenological study drew on Lent’s Social Cognitive Career Theory and Tinto’s Student Integration Model to investigate how Black students experienced criminal justice programs and the resources and strategies they utilized to navigate and adapt. The study addressed a …


Mucho Ruido Y Pocas Nueces? Rethinking Mexico's Judicial Reform In Comparative Perspective, Oscar Serratos Jul 2026

Mucho Ruido Y Pocas Nueces? Rethinking Mexico's Judicial Reform In Comparative Perspective, Oscar Serratos

Notre Dame Journal of International & Comparative Law

Mexico's 2024 judicial reform, which made it the first country to elect all judges by popular vote, has generated widespread criticism for allegedly threatening judicial independence and democratic governance. This Article challenges the prevailing narrative by arguing that many of these concerns overstate the reform's practical effect. Through a comparative analysis of Mexico's new constitutional framework and judicial electoral systems in the United States, the Article demonstrates that the reform incorporates structural safeguards—including balanced nomination powers, nonpartisan elections, restrictions on campaign financing, and continued judicial training—that set it apart from comparable American models. While acknowledging legitimate concerns regarding implementation and …


Mapping Minority Investigative Powers In Congress, David Rapallo Jul 2026

Mapping Minority Investigative Powers In Congress, David Rapallo

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

“Shut down the Senate . . .” “Roll over and play dead . . .” In the first hundred days of President Donald Trump’s second term, these were the rallying cries of two far ends of a debate among Democrats about how to respond to the administration’s unprecedented actions. This debate, which rages on today, has been marked by a lack of specificity about the various oversight tools available to members of the minority party in Congress, particularly when they investigate whether the Executive Branch is faithfully executing the laws Congress passes. Scholarship too has focused little on the full …


Closing Time?, Aziz Z. Huq Jun 2026

Closing Time?, Aziz Z. Huq

Michigan Law Review

A review of No Democracy Lasts Forever: How the Constitution Threatens the United States. By Erwin Chemerinsky.


The Administrative Law Of Mccarthyism, Nicholas Handler Jun 2026

The Administrative Law Of Mccarthyism, Nicholas Handler

Faculty Scholarship

This Article recovers the largely overlooked legal and administrative history of the federal loyalty-security program, and argues that it played a formative role in the development of modern civil service protections and administrative law. During the McCarthy era, the United States Civil Service Commission (CSC), under pressure from Congress, implemented a sweeping loyalty program aimed at rooting out purportedly disloyal federal employees. Though often remembered as a moment of political overreach and civil liberties violations, this Article shows that the loyalty program simultaneously catalyzed a surprising expansion in procedural rights for government workers—both through internal reforms initiated by the CSC …


Hammurabi’S Laws: Ancient Traditions Of Violence, Aaron Secrist May 2026

Hammurabi’S Laws: Ancient Traditions Of Violence, Aaron Secrist

The Confluence

The tradition of enforcing private property through violence is truly ancient, and goes back thousands of years to the first civilizations. There exists a prevailing attitude that contemporary culture is more “civilized” than the first organized societies – and while it’s true in some ways, our laws are still remarkably similar to those practiced in antiquity. In the following essay, I analyze the Law Code of Hammurabi and examine its parallels to the way laws function today. First, I will provide context for the technological advances that made the first city-states possible, then give a cultural and economic overview of …


Hidden In Plain Sight: A Critical Examination Of The Sec’S Climate Disclosure Rule And Shortcomings In Addressing Multinational Instances Of Industrial Pollution, Charity Christina Williams May 2026

Hidden In Plain Sight: A Critical Examination Of The Sec’S Climate Disclosure Rule And Shortcomings In Addressing Multinational Instances Of Industrial Pollution, Charity Christina Williams

Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs (2012 - Present)

No abstract provided.


As Pillar Two Reshapes Cross-Border Investment, Canada Should Recognize U.S. Llcs As Fiscally Transparent Entities, Matthew Sciamanna May 2026

As Pillar Two Reshapes Cross-Border Investment, Canada Should Recognize U.S. Llcs As Fiscally Transparent Entities, Matthew Sciamanna

Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs (2012 - Present)

No abstract provided.


Smash And Grab: How Cultural Property Theft And Destruction Erase Civilizations, Katie-Ann Miller May 2026

Smash And Grab: How Cultural Property Theft And Destruction Erase Civilizations, Katie-Ann Miller

Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs (2012 - Present)

No abstract provided.


Ending The Stigma: Abolishing India’S Marital Rape Exception And Post Abolition Practices, Hibah Hasan May 2026

Ending The Stigma: Abolishing India’S Marital Rape Exception And Post Abolition Practices, Hibah Hasan

Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs (2012 - Present)

No abstract provided.


The Conceptual Architecture Of America First—Ideological Transactionalism And The Case Of Cuba, Larry Catá Backer May 2026

The Conceptual Architecture Of America First—Ideological Transactionalism And The Case Of Cuba, Larry Catá Backer

Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs (2012 - Present)

No abstract provided.


Are There Gender Disparities In Chinese Legal Education? – An Empirical Enquiry, Peter C.H. Chan, Haojin Duan May 2026

Are There Gender Disparities In Chinese Legal Education? – An Empirical Enquiry, Peter C.H. Chan, Haojin Duan

Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs (2012 - Present)

No abstract provided.


Foreword May 2026

Foreword

Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs (2012 - Present)

No abstract provided.


Table Of Contents May 2026

Table Of Contents

Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs (2012 - Present)

No abstract provided.


Dedication May 2026

Dedication

Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs (2012 - Present)

No abstract provided.


Ai Is Taking Over!: A New Generation Of Unemployment Fears, Amaya V. Hepburn May 2026

Ai Is Taking Over!: A New Generation Of Unemployment Fears, Amaya V. Hepburn

Student Scholar Symposium Abstracts and Posters

The growing panic surrounding AI taking over the workforce is strong in a distinct group of demographics, in contrast to the fear of computers taking over the workforce that was seen in previous generations. This suggests that AI developments have sparked a wave of fear that is unlike the fear of tech developments in the past. I have discovered that this fear is prevalent across several demographics: age, employment, and income. By cross-analyzing through the 2017 and 2025 fear surveys, I discovered that fear of AI is more prevalent in younger generations and is more threatening to students entering the …


The Political Transformation Of Corporate America, 2001–2022, Reilly S. Steel May 2026

The Political Transformation Of Corporate America, 2001–2022, Reilly S. Steel

Faculty Scholarship

This article reconciles conflicting views about the political landscape of corporate America with new data on the revealed political preferences of 97,469 corporate directors and executives at 9,005 different U.S. companies. Driven largely by turnover, I find that average observed ideology for directors and executives has shifted meaningfully to the left over time, changing from modestly conservative in 2001 to roughly centrist by 2022. This finding supports a middle-ground position between conventional wisdom casting “big business” as a conservative stronghold and revisionist views holding the opposite. Counterfactual simulations and a difference-in-differences design suggest multifaceted reasons for these changes, and hand-collected …


Dignity And The Free Press, Erin C. Carroll May 2026

Dignity And The Free Press, Erin C. Carroll

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

As American institutions wither and die, those who believe in their importance must reflect and rebuild. One institution worthy of sustained attention is the free press. Divorced from government by design, the press can benefit from efforts to reinvigorate and reinvent it in ways that institutions more directly under the federal government’s thumb cannot. To best undertake these efforts, we need a richer understanding of why a free press is vital. Articulating the values that underlie the need for this institution is necessary not only to build the most robust free press, but also to best exercise our freedoms as …


Trust In Government: How Sex, Race, And Ideology Shape Confidence In State And National Officials, Holden A. Mattison Apr 2026

Trust In Government: How Sex, Race, And Ideology Shape Confidence In State And National Officials, Holden A. Mattison

Honors Theses

This research examines how sex, race, and political ideology shape individual trust in state and national government officials, with a particular focus on Mississippi as a case study. Drawing on data from the Mississippi Poll (2010-2014) and the 2024 American National Election Study (ANES), the research analyzes both bivariate and multivariate relationships to assess how demographic and ideological factors influence political trust across institutional levels. The findings reveal that race and ideology are significant predictors of trust at the state level, while sex has little effect. Whites and conservatives are generally more likely to express trust in state officials, whereas …


What Bombs Cannot Occupy: Memory, Heritage, And War In Ukraine, Dalton D. Conden Apr 2026

What Bombs Cannot Occupy: Memory, Heritage, And War In Ukraine, Dalton D. Conden

The Penguin Review

Air-raid sirens have become part of the daily soundscape in Ukrainian cities. They interrupt meals, classes, conversations, and sleep. When they blare, people gather what they can and move quickly sometimes to shelters, sometimes to basements, sometimes nowhere at all. Families lock their doors without knowing whether they will ever turn the key again. Children carry backpacks filled with whatever seemed important in the moment: a photograph, a stuffed animal, a book pulled hastily from a shelf. Around them, buildings that once anchored everyday life—churches, museums, historic neighborhoods— have been damaged or destroyed.


The Military Officer's Oath To Disobey Lawful But Unethical Orders, Joshua Braver Apr 2026

The Military Officer's Oath To Disobey Lawful But Unethical Orders, Joshua Braver

Northwestern University Law Review

How should a military officer respond to a lawful yet unethical order, unethical in the sense that it conflicts with their professional responsibilities? Army culture, scholarship, and doctrine regard officers as professionals, akin to doctors and lawyers, with expertise in the management of violence and a shared commitment to an ethical code. This code demands obedience to lawful orders to uphold civilian control of the military. But to protect against civilian misuse of the military, the code requires disobedience to unethical orders. Faced with a lawful but unethical order, the military officer is mired in a contradiction in which their …


Law School News: Rwu Day Of Law And Justice Showcases Powerful Combinations At The Statehouse 4-9-2026, Jordan J. Phelan Apr 2026

Law School News: Rwu Day Of Law And Justice Showcases Powerful Combinations At The Statehouse 4-9-2026, Jordan J. Phelan

Life of the Law School (1993- )

No abstract provided.


Silencing Liberty: Why Curtailing Noncitizens' Speech Is Un-American, Erin Gray Apr 2026

Silencing Liberty: Why Curtailing Noncitizens' Speech Is Un-American, Erin Gray

Immigration and Human Rights Law Review

Since the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel thousands of students across the world protested Israel’s involvement in the war on Gaza. Many of these protests occurred at American universities. When President Trump returned to the White House in 2025, he publicly threatened to and deport noncitizen students who participated in these protests. Following through with his promise, President Trump revoked multiple students’ visas after they participated in some form of Pro-Palestine advocacy. This Article explores whether President Trump’s actions are constitutional under the First Amendment. Ultimately, this Article concludes that President Trump violated the First Amendment by targeting noncitizen …


Why Capitalism Needs Democracy And Democracy Needs Capitalism, Luigi Zingales Apr 2026

Why Capitalism Needs Democracy And Democracy Needs Capitalism, Luigi Zingales

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


We May Need To Run A Few More Tests: Artificial Intelligence In Medicine Is Here And What Should Happen If Dr. Robot Makes A Mistake, Jenna Hidalgo Mar 2026

We May Need To Run A Few More Tests: Artificial Intelligence In Medicine Is Here And What Should Happen If Dr. Robot Makes A Mistake, Jenna Hidalgo

Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs (2012 - Present)

No abstract provided.


Steeped In Conflict: Exploring How The United States’ Ratification Of The Icescr Could Promote International Human Rights, Particularly In The Tea Industry, Phoebe Appel Mar 2026

Steeped In Conflict: Exploring How The United States’ Ratification Of The Icescr Could Promote International Human Rights, Particularly In The Tea Industry, Phoebe Appel

Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs (2012 - Present)

No abstract provided.


Breaking The Cycle Of Violence: Transitional Justice For El Salvador In The Shadow Of Authoritarianism, Marsha Pimentel Mar 2026

Breaking The Cycle Of Violence: Transitional Justice For El Salvador In The Shadow Of Authoritarianism, Marsha Pimentel

Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs (2012 - Present)

No abstract provided.


Evolution Of Indian Bilateral Investment Treaties: Pre And Post Revision Of Model Bit, S.R. Subramanian Mar 2026

Evolution Of Indian Bilateral Investment Treaties: Pre And Post Revision Of Model Bit, S.R. Subramanian

Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs (2012 - Present)

No abstract provided.


The Due Diligence Standard For Preventing Trans Boundary Cyber Harm: Expectation Or Obligation?, Dafina Bucaj Mar 2026

The Due Diligence Standard For Preventing Trans Boundary Cyber Harm: Expectation Or Obligation?, Dafina Bucaj

Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs (2012 - Present)

No abstract provided.