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S22rs Sgr No. 15 (Mental Health Professionals), Saachi Chugh

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Resolution

To Urge and Request Student Health Center to recruit a higher number of diverse Mental Health professionals

S22rs Sgr No. 7 (Believing Day), Matthew Delatte, Angel Puder

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Resolution

To urge and request to declare Tuesday, March 8, 2022, as Start by Believing Day

S22rs Sgr No. 1 (Dead Week), Samantha Staggs, Jace Canafax, Hunter Holliday, Lyric Mandell, Miles Mclendon, James Moore, Nicole Nguyen, Vivian Nguyen, Taren Powell-Brown, Hamood Qureshi, Laliah Williams, Lauren Wise

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Resolution

To Urge and Request LSU to extend Concentrated Study Period, also known as "Dead Week" from five (5) days to seven (7) days to now begin on Monday instead of Wednesday

S22rs Sgr No. 3 (Sarah Temple), Harris Quadir

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Resolution

To thank LSU Sustainability Director, Sarah Temple, for her dedicated service to LSU Campus Sustainability and cooperative with LSU Student Government

S22rs Sgr No. 4 (Asynchronous), Samantha Staggs

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Resolution

To urge and request LSU to require all make Saturday Classes to be asynchronous

S22rs Sgr No. 5 (Lsu Military Museum), Cooper Ferguson, Landon Zeringue

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Resolution

To urge and request William A. Brookshire LSU Military Museum removes a placard from display that explicitly honors Confederate cadets until it is amended to strip them of this honor

S22rs Sgr No. 6 (Military Museum), Cooper Ferguson, Landon Zeringue

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Resolution

To urge and request William A. Brookshire LSU Military Museum removes a bust of Troy H. Middleton from display until an additional placard noting his military service and segregationist tenure at LSU is displayed with it.

S22rs Sgb No. 2 (Standing Committee), Taylor Perrodin, Trevor Cupit

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Bill

To amend the Student Government Code to require standing committees to be balanced by number.

S22rs Sgr No. 9 (Front Yard Bikes), Harris Quadir

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Resolution

To support the Front Yard Bikes agreement in regard to abandoned bikes and to urge and request LSU Administration to prioritize the completion of the agreement

S22rs Sgb No. 3 (New Business Deadline), Taylor Perrodin

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Bill

To amend the Student Government Code to change the deadline to submit new business preambles

S22rs Sgr No. 13 (Syllabus Database), Samantha Staggs, Jace Canafax, Hunter Holliday, Lyric Mandell, Nicole Nguyen, Hamood Qureshi

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Resolution

To urge and request LSU to remind and encourage faculty members to upload their syllabus to the syllabus database before the start of the semester to allow students better start

S22rs Sgr No. 24 (Carceral Labor), Adam Dohrenwend, Cooper Ferguson, Angel Puder, Harris Quadir, Hamood Qureshi, Colin Raby, Daniela Sestich, Michael Wilcher, Landon Zeringue

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Resolution

To urge and request Louisiana State University to issue an official public statement regarding their plans for carceral labor to not return to the A&M Campus

S22rs Sgr No. 23 (Hb 183), Colin Raby, Harris Quadir, Angel Puder

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Resolution

in support of Louisiana House Bill No. 183 introduced by the State Legislature, that prohibits "public postsecondary education institutions from withholding certain services due to defaulting on a loan; and to provide for related matters."

S22rs Sgr No. 2 (Gambling), Harris Quadir, Adam Dohrenwend

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Resolution

To urge and request LSU Administration and LSU Athletic Administration to refrain from encouraging LSU students in gambling practices

The "Divisive Concepts" Laws And Americans Of Asian Descent, Ilhyung Lee

SMU Law Review Forum

In the past year, a number of states have enacted laws that prohibit public schools from teaching certain lessons about race. The main target of these laws appears to be “critical race theory,” once a theory advanced in legal academia that has now become a “catchall term” for discussions of race and racism. The states mean business and seek to enforce their new or proposed laws by prohibiting state funding for teaching the banned content, withholding funding to local educational agencies or schools in violation, subjecting offending teachers to disciplinary action, and allowing those aggrieved to bring an action at …

California And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Statutory Employee Classification Scheme, Richard H. Gilliland Iii

Washington and Lee Law Review

The battle over worker classification between state governments, on the one hand, and gig economy companies, on the other, has raged since at least the first time someone ordered an Uber. Nowhere has this battle played out more prominently in recent years than in California. In 2019, the state legislature passed AB 5, a bill which adopted a stringent independent contractor standard and effectively classified all gig economy workers as employees of the companies whose apps they use to find work. AB 5’s ripple effects were enormous—the significant popularity of gig economy apps among consumers launched what might have been …

Rwu Law News: The Newsletter Of Roger Williams University School Of Law, Michael M. Bowden, Gregory W. Bowman, Brooklyn Crockton

Life of the Law School (1993- )

No abstract provided.

Reclaiming Equality: How Regressive Laws Can Advance Progressive Ends, Jonathan Feingold

Faculty Scholarship

Since the fall of 2020, right-wing forces have targeted Critical Race Theory ("CR T') through a sustained disinformation campaign. This offensive has deployed anti-CRT rhetoric to justify a host of "Backlash Bills" designed to chill conversations about race and racism in the classroom. Concerned stakeholders have assailed these laws as morally bankrupt and legally suspect. These responses are natural and appropriate. But challenging a bill's moral or legal mooring is insufficient to counter a primary purpose of this legislative onslaught: to further erode, within our public discourse and collective consciousness, the ability to distinguish between racism and antiracism. To meet …

Racist History And The Second Amendment: A Critical Commentary, Patrick J. Charles

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.

Foreword, Stephen Wermiel

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

It is an honor and a pleasure to help the American UniversityLegislationandPolicy Brief carry on its fine tradition of scholarly inquiry into important issues facing the nation, the legislatures and the public policy arena. AULPB is an important forum within WCL for student authors to examine cutting edge, timely issues. It is also a focal point, beyond the bounds of the WCL campus, for authors to consider a broad range of pressing issues that combine law and policy questions.

Overview Of Bicameral Legislatures’ Potential Impact On The Executive Selection Process, Kyle Kopchak

Indiana Journal of Constitutional Design

Bicameral legislature is a common constitutional design model, with bicameral legislatures making up roughly 41 percent of all legislatures worldwide. As of April 2014, 79 bicameral and 113 unicameral systems were recorded in the database of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. In general, “bicameralism is more common in federal, large, and presidential states, while unicameralism is more common in unitary, small, parliamentary ones”. Bicameral systems operate two legislative chambers, both of which play a role in drafting and passing national legislation. However, each house often fulfills a unique role in the legislative process and is usually elected by different methods. Proponents of …

National Scenic Trails, Pipelines, & Ferc: Examining Pipeline Certification After United States Forest Service V. Cowpasture River Forest Preservation Association, Caitlin M. Doak

Villanova Environmental Law Journal (1991 - )

No abstract provided.

Pulling The Trigger On Hunting Regulations For Lead Ammunition, Lydia Shields

Villanova Environmental Law Journal (1991 - )

No abstract provided.

Law School News: Two Rwu Law Lawmakers Fight To 'Let R.I. Vote' 03-24-2022, Michael M. Bowden

Life of the Law School (1993- )

No abstract provided.

The National Flood Insurance Program: Why Government-Backed Flood Insurance Is Drowning In Debt, Louis Masi

Villanova Environmental Law Journal (1991 - )

No abstract provided.

Tijuana River Valley Pollution: How The Environmental Protection Agency Expects To End A Ninety-Year Environmental And Public Health Crisis, Andrew Simmons

Villanova Environmental Law Journal (1991 - )

No abstract provided.

First In The South: Cannabis Legalization In Virginia, Jm Pedini, Cassidy Crockett-Verba

Richmond Public Interest Law Review

In 2021, Virginia made history when it became the first state in the

South to legalize cannabis for responsible use by adults. Though legalization

is now the law of the land, which today includes personal possession

and cultivation, there remains much work to be done before Virginians are

able to legally purchase cannabis outside of the medical program. Concerns

over social equity provisions, retail sales dates, and the reenactment

clauses added during the 2021 legislative session have drastically slowed

the process of expanding the regulated marketplace to adult-use consumers.

With many key components requiring reenactment by the 2022 General Assembly …

A Year Of Monumental Change: A Review Of Virginia's 2021 General Assembly Regular And Special Sessions, Andrew Mullen

Richmond Public Interest Law Review

Between the abolition of the death penalty and the continued fallout from

the COVID-19 pandemic, the Virginia General Assembly had a full plate of

legislative priorities in 2021. This Article will provide a summary of the major

bills that were introduced, passed, or that failed during the 2021 Regular

and Special Sessions. The other articles within this issue cover the following

topics in depth: reproductive justice, criminal justice legal reform, housing

policy concerns during the pandemic, cannabis legalization, and environmental

justice. This Article summarizes legislation grouped in the following

parts: I. Civil and Criminal law, II. Education, III. Labor and …

Courting Prom Night Voters, Spencer Ryan Lockwood

Texas A&M Law Review

A creature of state law, voter registration is a point of national contention and a subject that frequents partisan debate. Federal legislation—meant to unsew a patchwork quilt of discriminatory practices against voters—complicated the voter registration process. States have changed their voter registration laws in the wake of Supreme Court opinions and prolonged litigation. But an opportunity endures for states to take further accountability for their younger voting-age populations without more federal intervention. By amending their election codes to require that high school graduates choose whether to register to vote, states can act as legislative laboratories and court their prom night …

Big Little Lies: How Loopholes In The Small Business Act Allow Large Businesses To Profit, Halley Townsend

Washington and Lee Law Review Online

The Small Business Administration (SBA) was established by Congress to create and administer programs to help small businesses compete in the national economy. But far too often, large, sophisticated firms profit from SBA programs meant to assist the little guy. Currently, Congress legislates specific programs tailored towards one type of small business, and the SBA is responsible for implementing the program. This process has resulted in loopholes in the SBA’s enabling act that permit powerful businesses to qualify for SBA programs. This result is the opposite of what Congress intended.

Part II provides background and the history of the SBA. …