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Volume 80
Great Jeans Controversy: Lessons from the Sydney Sweeney AEO Campaign
PAIGE-TATUM HAWTHORNE—This past August, American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) launched a campaign featuring actress Sydney Sweeney. In the advertisement, a camera pans Sweeny’s body clothed in AEO jeans, as she suggestively whispers, “Genes are passed down from parents to offspring, often determining traits like hair color, personality, and even eye color. My jeans are blue.” A […]
Recap: “Assertions of Emergency Power” — Professor Harold Hongju Koh
JASMINE KAYPOUR—Harold Hongju Koh, Sterling Professor of International Law at Yale Law School, dissected the state of America’s “National Security Constitution” and the disturbing expansion of presidential emergency powers in his recent lecture. Drawing on history, case law, and recent events, Koh argued that the balance envisioned by the framers—shared power between the president, Congress, […]
Recap: “Constitutional Hardball” — Mark Tushnet
AVERY FRIEDMAN—Professor Mark Tushnet coined the term “Constitutional Hardball” to define a series of actions that, while legal and within the bounds of our Constitution, overthrow traditions and norms for political gain. Many unwritten customs dictate processes of our government that the Constitution is silent on. Many long-term practices, such as the size of the […]
