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S14rs Sgr No. 35 (Higher Education), Schwartzenburg

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

to urge and request the Louisiana Congressional Delegation to support the Higher Education Reauthorization Act

S14rs Sgr No. 37 (Crosswalks), Hilton

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To Urge and Request the office of parking and transportation to immediately implement crosswalks in proximity to alex box stadium and surrounding areas

S14rs Sgr No. 40 (Richmond), Scwartzenburg

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To commend Congressman Cedric Richmond for his commitment to Louisiana's higher education community and the students of LSU

S14rs Sgr No. 39 (Scalise), Scwartzenburg, Alex Grashoff

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To commend Congressman Steve Scalise for his commitment to Louisiana's higher education community and the students of LSU

S14rs Sgr No. 38 (Vitter), Scwartzenburg

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To commend Senator David Vitter for his commitment to Louisiana's higher education community and the students of LSU

S14rs Sgr No. 41 (Boustany), Scawrtzenburg, Alex Grashoff

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To commend Congressman Charles Boustany for his commitment to Louisiana's higher education community and the students of LSU

S14rs Sgr No. 45 (Art And Design Course Options), Baumgardner, Hurtado

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To encourage the College of Art & Design to allow students to take more cross-curricular courses as electives and provide more options within the general education.

S14rs Sgr No. 47 (Burbank-Ben Hur Light), Reeves

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To urge and request the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LaDOTD) in conjunction with the Parish of East Baton Rouge conduct a traffic study and install traffic signals at LA 42 (Burbank Drive) and Ben Hur Road, and at LA 30 (Nicholson Drive) and Ben Hur Road.

S14rs Sgr No. 46 (Parking), Hilton

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To urge and request the Office of Parking & Transportation services to lift student parking zones during spring intersession, summer term, and summer intersession

S14rs Sgr No. 42 (Fleming), Scwartzenburg, Alex Grashoff

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To commend Congressman John Fleming for his commitment to Louisiana's higher education community and the students of LSU

S14rs Sgr No. 48 (Burbank Sidewalks), Reeves

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To urge and request that the Parish of East Baton Rouge complete the sidewalks from E. Boyd Drive to Courtney Place town homes on the eastbound side of LA 42 (Burbank Drive) and from LA 30 (Nicholson Drive) to Burbank Commons on the westbound side of Burbank Drive.

S14rs Sgr No. 49 (Traffic Signals Upgrade), Reeves

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To urge and request the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development and the Parish of East Baton Rouge to increase the priority of planned enhancements to

the intersection and traffic signals at Brightside Lane/West Lee Drive and LA 30 (Nicholson Drive), as well as amend these plans to include the same enhancements at Bob Petit Boulevard/Jennifer Jean Drive and Nicholson Drive.

S14rs Sgr No. 50 (Preferred Name), Lancon, Zerkus

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To urge and request LSU Information Technology Services and the Office of the University Registrar to provide a preferred name option on Moodle rosters and profiles.

S14rs Sgr No. 51 (Gary Graham Commendation), Taylor

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To Thank Director Gary S. Graham for his service

to Louisiana State University

S14rs Sgr No. 54 (Collegiate Housing And Infrastructure Act), Deblieux

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To Support the Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act

S14rs Sgr No. 55 (Restriping On Campus Roads), Reeves

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To urge and request that the Office of Parking and Transportation at Louisiana State University make it a priority to restripe roads going through campus.

S14rs Sgr No. 53 (Gender Neutral Housing), Bryce Bourgeios, Hilton

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To urge and request the Department of Residential Life to investigate the implementation of Gender-Neutral Housing Options for On-Campus Residents.

S14rs Sgr No. 43 (Mcallister), Schwartzenburg, Alex Grashoff

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To commend Congressman Vance McAllister for his commitment to Louisiana's higher education community and the students of LSU

Calling On U.S. Courts To Adopt Canada's Unified Approach To Statutory Interpretation, Amir Pichhadze

The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process

No abstract provided.

Doctoring Discrimination In The Same-Sex Marriage Debates, Elizabeth Sepper

Indiana Law Journal

As the legalization of same-sex marriage spreads across the states, some religious believers refuse to serve same-sex married couples. In the academy, a group of law and religion scholars frames these refusals as “conscientious objection” to the act of marriage. They propose “marriage conscience protection” that would allow public employees and private individuals or businesses to refuse to “facilitate” same-sex marriages. They rely on the theoretical premise that commercial actors’ objections to marriage are equivalent to doctors’ objections to controversial medical procedures. They model their proposal on medical conscience legislation, which allows doctors to refuse to perform abortions. Such legislation, …

An Overview Of The Fannie And Freddie Conservatorship Litigation, David Reiss

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

The fate of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are subject to the vagaries of politics, regulation, public opinion, the economy, and not least of all the numerous cases that have been filed in 2013 against various government entities arising from the placement of the two companies into conservatorship. This short article will provide an overview of the last of these. The litigation surrounding Fannie and Freddie’s conservatorship raises all sorts of issues about the federal government’s involvement in housing finance. These issues are worth setting forth as the proper role of these two companies in the housing finance system is …

Unbinding Working Women In A "Binders-Full-Of-Women" Nation: How The United States Can Learn From Swedish, Norwegian And Icelandic Successes In Gender Pay Gap Legislation, Lily Hall

Cardozo Journal of International and Comparative Law

The note argues that the United States can significantly reduce its gender pay gap (GPG) by adopting policies inspired by Nordic countries, such as Sweden, Norway, and Iceland. These nations have achieved remarkable progress in gender equality through measures like generous parental leave, robust childcare systems, and boardroom quotas. The U.S., in contrast, faces persistent challenges due to limited legal protections and cultural resistance. The note advocates for legislative reforms, enhanced enforcement mechanisms, and cultural shifts to address these disparities.

The Filibuster And The Framing: Why The Cloture Rule Is Unconstitutional And What To Do About It, Dan T. Coenen

Scholarly Works

The U.S. Senate’s handling of filibusters has changed dramatically in recent decades. As a result, the current sixty-vote requirement for invoking cloture of debate does not produce protracted speechmaking on the Senate floor, as did predecessors of this rule in earlier periods of our history. Rather, the upper chamber now functions under a “stealth filibuster” system that in practical effect requires action by a supermajority to pass proposed bills. This Article demonstrates why this system offends a constitutional mandate of legislative majoritarianism in light of well-established Framing-era understandings and governing substance-over-form principles of interpretation. Having established the presence of a …

Gideon Is My Co-Pilot: The Promise Of Civil Right To Counsel Pilot Programs, Clare Pastore

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

In recent years, access to justice and civil right to counsel advocates have taken a strong interest in pilot programs to test the cost and effectiveness of increasing the availability of counsel to low-income civil litigants. An eighteen-month privately-funded housing counsel pilot in two Boston courts has recently concluded and a new housing pilot is about to begin in three different Massachusetts courts. Pilots are also ongoing or in late stages of development in several other states. The most ambitious pilot program to date is the multi-year, multi-county pilot project underway in California pursuant to the Sargent Shriver Civil Counsel …

Shelby County And The Illusion Of Minimalism, Richard L. Hasen

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.

The Failure Of Originalism In Preserving Constitutional Rights To Civil Jury Trial, Renée Lettow Lerner

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

The Federal Bill of Rights and state constitutions rely heavily on procedural protections, especially jury rights. Supporters of these rights at the founding praised the jury in extravagant terms, and many members of the legal profession continue to do so today. Yet civil and criminal jury trials are vanishing in the United States. The disappearance of the civil jury presents a puzzle because the Seventh Amendment and state constitutional rights require that civil jury trial be “preserved” or “remain inviolate.”

Scholarship on the history of constitutional rights to civil jury trial has tended to focus exclusively on the Seventh Amendment, …

Guest Blog On Skills: Professor Jan Levine's Legislative Drafting Course At Duquesne, Jan M. Levine

Law Faculty Publications

For more than two decades, at three law schools, I have been teaching an advanced legal writing course that builds upon the foundation created in the first-year writing courses and introduces students to new drafting skills, focusing on statutes and statutory drafting. The final project in the course requires students to solve a personally-identified legal or quasi-legal problem by drafting a report and a statute, ordinance, regulation, procedural rule, or a similar solution.

The Communication Decency Act Gone Wild: A Case For Renewing The Presumption Against Preemption, Ryan J.P. Dyer

Seattle University Law Review

Since its inception, the Internet has disseminated the most vital commodity known to man—information. But not all information is societally desirable. In fact, much of what the Internet serves to disseminate is demonstrably criminal. Nevertheless, in the effort to unbind the “vibrant and competitive free market” of ideas on the Internet, Congress enacted section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which essentially grants immunity to interactive computer service providers from liability for information provided by a third party. This Comment suggests that, in certain contexts, courts applying section 230 immunity should reexamine the preemptive effect Congress intended section 230 to …

An Overview Of The Fannie And Freddie Conservatorship Litigation, David J. Reiss

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Avoiding The Catch-22: Reforming The Renewable Fuel Standard To Protect Freshwater Resources And Promote Energy Independence, Leah Stiegler

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.