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Thinking Like A Lawyer About Legislation: Implementing Legislative Decision Theory Through Improved Citation, Hugh L. Brady

Journal of Legislation

The Texas Supreme Court in the late 1990s, in two significant cases, arguably interpreted statutes to achieve a result directly opposite to the Texas Legislature’s decision to adopt a specific text. Why do lawyers and judges struggle when reading and applying legislation, especially when using enactment history? Under Professor Victoria Nourse’s legislative decision theory, the struggle is attributable to the fact that lawyers do not consider the legislature’s institutional rules and procedures to find the proper text to interpret a statute in light of the available legislative evidence. Wider implementation of her theory is hampered by current legal citation practices …

Reforming And Clarifying Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, Brad Reynolds

Journal of Legislation

Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (“SIJS” or “SIJ status”) is a form of immigration relief for undocumented minor children who have been abused, abandoned, and/or neglected by one or both parents. Most applicants for SIJ status hail from the “Northern Triangle” countries of El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala, and have travelled thousands of miles, often alone and in dangerous conditions, to seek protection in the United States that one or both of their parents are unable or unwilling to provide them in their country of origin, typically from gangs.1 To ensure that the best interests of these children are protected, the …

Exclusionary Economic Zoning: How The United States Government Circumvented Prohibitions On Racial Zoning Through The Standard State Zoning Enabling Act, Michael Kim

Journal of Legislation

No abstract provided.

A More Reasonable Approach To Noncompete Employment Agreements In California, Lindsey Schmidt

Journal of Legislation

No abstract provided.

Legislatures Want To Unlockdown, But Courts Hold The Key: Resolution Of Executive And Legislative Disputes In Coronavirus Times, Brian Friery

Journal of Legislation

No abstract provided.

Big Pharma, Big Problems: Covid-19 Heightens Patent-Antitrust Tension Caused By Reverse Payments, Hannah M. Lasting

Seattle University Law Review

In the wake of COVID-19, pharmaceutical companies rushed to produce vaccinations and continue to work on developing treatments, while the tension caused by reverse payments intensifies between patent and antitrust law. Lawmakers must address this tension, and the current pandemic should serve as a catalyst to prompt reform at the legislative level. By amending the Hatch-Waxman Act, lawmakers can ease the increasing strain between patent and antitrust policy concerns. In 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court attempted to resolve this tension in its landmark decision, F.T.C. v. Actavis, but the tension remains as lower courts struggle to produce a uniform standard …

Foreword, Seattle University Law Review

Seattle University Law Review

Foreword.

The Deans' Roundtable, Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig, Dean Danielle Conway, Dean Tamara Lawson, Dean Mario Barnes, Dean L. Song Richardson

Seattle University Law Review

The Deans' Roundtable.

Table Of Contents, Seattle University Law Review

Seattle University Law Review

Table of Contents.

S21rs Sgcr No. 4 (Senate Vacancy, Amechi Obedechina), Alexandra Basse

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Concurrent Resolution

To Appoint Amechi Obodechina as a Senator for the College of Music & Dramatic Arts

S21rs Sgcr No. 2 (Senate Vacancy, Harrison Cunningham), Alexandra Basse

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Concurrent Resolution

To Appoint Harrison Cunningham as a Senator for the Graduate School

S21rs Sgcr No. 5 (Senate Vacancy, Evan Antie), Alexandra Basse

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Concurrent Resolution

To Appoint Evan Antie as a Senator for the University Center for Advising & Counseling

S21rs Lo No. 2 (Director Of Communication, Nicole Nguyen), Marina Cole

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

No abstract provided.

S21rs Sgcr No. 1 (Senate Vacancy, Abby Cramond), Alexandra Basse

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Concurrent Resolution

To Appoint Abby Cramond as a Senator for the College of Agriculture

S21rs Lo No. 4 (Undersecretary, John Patrick), Marina Cole

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Legislative Order

To Appoint John-Garrett Patrick as Undersecretary of the Fifty Third Student Senate of Louisiana State University

S21rs Lo No. 3 (Director Of Development, Xander Duplooy), Marina Cole

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Legislative Order

To Appoint Xander du Plooy as Director of Development of the Fifty Third Student Senate of Louisiana State University

S21rs Lo No. 1 (Committees), Marina Cole

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Legislative Order

To Appoint the Standing Committees of the Fifty Third Student Senate of Louisiana State University

S21rs Sgr No. 4 (Spirit Squad), Xander Du Plooy

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Resolution

To Urge and Request LSU to safely support and aid in the Spirit Squads being able to compete in Nationals this April.

S21rs Sgr No. 3 (Rouses), Craddock, Quadir, Taylor, Staggs, Patel, Nguyen, Pallotta, Landry, Perrodin, Dohrenwend

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Resolution

To Urge LSU Administration to request for “Rouses Markets” to address the LSU community, in light of recent controversy among the LSU community, to reassure their commitment to diversity, democracy, inclusivity, and promotion of truth.

S21rs Sgr No. 5 (Mardi Gras Break), Staggs, Bowman, Reed, Loy, Addeo, Lautigar, Cronin, Kohn, Obodechina, Parr

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Resolution

To Urge and Request LSU Faculty to provide leisure on February 15th (the Monday before Mardi Gras) by either not counting attendance, no graded in class assignments, or no class if possible.

S21rs Sgb No. 2 (Consitution), Alexandra Basse

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Bill to Amend the LSU Student Government Governing Documents

S21rs Sgb No. 3 (Budget), Olivia Taylor

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Bill

To Amend the Student Government Budget

S21rs Sgb No. 1 (Caucus), Alexandra Basse

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Bill to Amend the Student Government Bylaws Article XV to provide Updated Caucus Procedure

S21rs Lo No. 11 (Committees), Marina Cole

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Legislative Order

To Appoint the Standing Committees of the Fifty Third Student Senate of Louisiana State University

S21rs Sgr No. 9 (Ballot, Benches & Bike Racks), Taylor Perrodin, Harris Quadir

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Resolution

To urge and request the idea that more benches and bike racks be installed on campus be put on the Spring 2021 ballot

S21rs Sgr No. 8 (Ballot, Solar-Powered Umbrellas), Taylor Perrodin, Harris Quadir, Julius Pallotta

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Resolution

To urge and request the idea that solar-powered umbrellas be installed on campus be put on the Spring 2021 Ballot

S21rs Sgr No. 10 (Ballot, Greek Amphitheater Lighting), Olivia Taylor, Harris Quadir

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Resolution

To urge and request that the funding of increased lighting in the Greek Amphitheater be put on the Spring 2021 ballot

S21rs Sgr No. 11 (Ballot, Water Refill Stations), Sam Staggs, Devin Meche, Julius Pallotta

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Resolution

To urge and request that the installation of water refill stations be put on the Spring 2021 ballot

S21rs Sgr No. 17 (Ballot, Outdoor Charging Stations), Harris Quadir, Julius Pallotta

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Resolution

To urge and request that Outdoor Charging Station be put on the Spring 2021 ballot

S21rs Sgcr No. 24 (Director Of Finance), Alexandra Basse

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Concurrent Resolution

To Appoint Thomas (Brooks) Bryan as Director of Finance