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Presidential Power
A trial Bench Brief on presidential immunity, separation of powers, and the line between official and unofficial conduct.
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Presidential Power
A trial Bench Brief on presidential immunity and separation of powers.
Administrative Law
A trial Bench Brief on agency power and the end of Chevron deference.
Major Questions Doctrine
A Bench Brief on climate regulation, agency power, and the major questions doctrine.
Substantive Due Process
A Bench Brief on constitutional rights, democratic authority, and the end of Roe.
Second Amendment
A Bench Brief on public carry, gun regulation, and history-based constitutional tests.
Equal Protection
A trial Bench Brief on affirmative action and equal protection.
Constitutional Law
A student-focused example exploring speech rights, campus safety, and the legal tension between open debate and institutional responsibility.
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Madison
Madison tends to ask how power affects individual liberty, representation, equality, and democratic accountability. Their instincts are shaped by the Bill of Rights, Reconstruction, civil liberties, and moments when courts protected people from majoritarian pressure.
Marshall
Marshall tends to ask who has legal authority, what the text permits, and whether courts or agencies are overstepping. Their instincts are shaped by judicial review, separation of powers, federalism, and the idea that process can matter as much as outcome.
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