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Current Events
This section will hold recent legal issues that benefit from careful, two-sided analysis while the facts and public debate are still fresh.
Presidential Power
Can a Former President Be Criminally Prosecuted for Official Acts?
A trial Bench Brief on presidential immunity, separation of powers, and the line between official and unofficial conduct.
Administrative Law
Who Should Interpret Ambiguous Federal Laws?
A trial Bench Brief on agency power, courts, Congress, and the end of Chevron deference.
Major Questions Doctrine
Can the EPA Force a National Shift Away From Coal?
A Bench Brief on climate regulation, agency power, and the major questions doctrine.
Substantive Due Process
Who Gets to Decide Abortion Law After Dobbs?
A Bench Brief on constitutional rights, democratic authority, and the end of Roe.
Second Amendment
How Far Does the Right to Carry a Gun in Public Go?
A Bench Brief on public carry, gun regulation, and history-based constitutional tests.
Constitutional Law
When Can a Public College Regulate Campus Speech?
A sample current-events style post using the Issue, Law, Side A, Side B, and Analysis format.