As Texas lawmakers take up their decennial duty to redraw new legislative districts in 2021, the state’s Legislative Redistricting Board looms largely over the process. If the Texas Legislature fails to approve new district lines, then the five-member Board becomes empowered to do it for them. This Note argues that the structure of the Legislative […] Continue Reading >
ASFA: How Policy and Prejudice Undermine Immigrants’ Rights
ASFA: How Policy and Prejudice Undermine Immigrants’ Rights
The Supreme Court has consistently held that the Constitution protects parents’ rights to make decisions regarding the raising of their children independent of state interference.[1] Because this right is protected by the Fourteenth Amendment—which applies to “any person within [a State’s] jurisdiction”[2]—it shields both citizen and noncitizen parents. Despite this inalienable right, however, the law […] Continue Reading >
Why Did So Many Do So Little? Movement Building and Climate Change Litigation in the Time of Juliana v. United States
Below Board: How Texas’s Legislative Redistricting Board Violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act
Why Did So Many Do So Little? Movement Building and Climate Change Litigation in the Time of Juliana v. United States
In this Note, I argue that advocates should not turn away from climate change litigation in their fight against climate change, even though such litigation presently has a low success rate. Climate change litigation has the potential to diminish some of the cognitive barriers that have, so far, rendered climate-related political action and movement building […] Continue Reading >
ASFA: How Policy and Prejudice Undermine Immigrants’ Rights