BY DANIELLE COUPET — In true legal fashion, let’s start with a hypothetical. Suppose we have two applicants to the University of Michigan: Tom and Tyra. Tom is a premiere football quarterback, whose father also just so happened to play football at the University of Michigan. Tyra is an African-American woman, hoping to be the […]
Congratulations to University of Miami Law Review candidates Leah Aaronson, Karla Albite, David Coulter, Erin Sales, and Sara Solano, who each earned a spot on the Charles C. Papy, Jr. Moot Court Board last week. Mr. Coulter and Ms. Sales each made it to the final round of the John T. Gaubatz competition, along with […]
BY TREY DAHL — “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” Since the Occupy Wall Street movement […]
Masthead and Table of Contents Foreword by Hon. Adalberto Jordan Articles The Non-Waivability of AEDPA Deference’s Applicability by Andrew L. Adler Teague New Rules Must Apply in Initial-Review Collateral Proceedings: The Teachings of Padilla, Chaidez and Martinez by Rebecca Sharpless & Andrew Stanton Shoot to Kill: A Critical Look at Stand Your Ground Laws by […]
BY SAMUEL W. WARDLE — State regulation of end-of-life care is about nothing more or less than the government’s relationship to its citizens’ most intimate personal choices. And while most people agree, at least superficially, that individuals should be free to refuse futile and painful medical treatment, this area of the law is nevertheless fraught […]
