Most Recent Print Issue

Volume 76, Issue 2


Article

Abortion Pills

by  David S. Cohen, Greer Donley & Rachel Rebouché

Abortion is now illegal in roughly a third of the country, but abortion pills are more widely available than ever before. Clinics, websites, and informal networks facilitate the distribution of abortion pills, legally and illegally, across the United States, while anti-abortion advocates and legislators are adopting all manner of strategies to attack pills. This Article…

Article

Conspiracy Jurisdiction

by  Naomi Price & Jason Jarvis

Conspiracy jurisdiction is the theory that a defendant may be subject to personal jurisdiction in the forum state based on actions taken in furtherance of a conspiracy. What makes conspiracy jurisdiction unique is that as long as the acts of a co-conspirator were directed at the forum state, other members of the conspiracy may be…

Note

(Extra)ordinary Tort Law: Evaluating the Federal Tort Claims Act as a Constitutional Remedy

by  Olivia Goldberg

Shortly after the Bivens remedy was born, the Federal Tort Claims Act nearly killed it. In Carlson v. Green, the United States argued that an implied constitutional remedy was no longer necessary because Congress had amended the FTCA to cover intentional torts. The Supreme Court disagreed, and Bivens survived. Today, Bivens is alive but showing…

View Current & Past Print Volumes

Recent Online Essays

The Criminally Complicated Copyright Questions about Trump’s Mugshot

The mugshot taken of Donald Trump in connection with his Georgia criminal prosecution has become one of the defining political images of the time. In this Essay, Cathay Y. N. Smith discusses who owns the copyright to this iconic photo.

Read Article

Too Late: Why Most Abortion Pill Administrative Procedure Challenges Are Untimely

In this response piece to the Abortion Pills piece in the Stanford Law Review, Prof. Susan Morse and Leah Butterfield of the University of Texas explain why most administrative challenges to abortion pill regulations are untimely.

Read Article

Abortion, Blocking Laws, and the Full Faith and Credit Clause

In recent months, California and Washington have enacted statutes forbidding private corporations in their states from cooperating with other states’ efforts to enforce abortion bans. In this Essay, Haley Amster argues that such “blocking laws” do not violate the Full Faith and Credit Clause, and are constitutionally permissible.

Read Article

Interpreting Obstruction: The Capitol Riot & Donald Trump

The statute governing obstruction of an official proceeding—one of the charges brought against January 6 defendants and then-President Trump—faces a moment of reckoning. This Essay by Stanford J.D. candidate Jennifer L. Portis identifies a novel interpretation: § 1512(c)(2) reaches only direct obstruction, not those individuals who obstruct the official proceeding through another person's conduct.

Read Article

Long-Term Immunity: Protecting Drug Developers from Liability for Late–Occurring Serious Reactions to Emergency Vaccines

In this Essay, Aliya Sternstein of Georgetown University Law Center argues that an international body must set a standard, five-year window, after an emergency vaccine is administered and when the recipient can seek compensation for an injury. Sternstein further argues that emergency vaccine developers should receive immunity against liabilities except for willful misconduct.

Read Article