All Essays

Bringing Diversity to Californian Boardrooms

Bringing Diversity to Californian Boardrooms

Two recent state laws seek to place more members of underrepresented groups on public company boards.

Land Reform Is America’s Long Lost Regulatory Frontier

Land Reform Is America’s Long Lost Regulatory Frontier

A history of regulatory exclusion continues to encourage unequal access to land ownership.

To End Science Denial, Admit That Policymaking Is Not All Science

To End Science Denial, Admit That Policymaking Is Not All Science

Failing to recognize the importance of value judgments in policymaking encourages anti-science attitudes.

Week in Review

Week in Review

FDA approves a new drug to treat Alzheimer’s disease, OSHA issues a rule to protect health care employees from COVID-19, and more…

Barriers to Maternal Health in Rural Areas

Barriers to Maternal Health in Rural Areas

State policies create and exacerbate barriers to access rural health care.

Can Conservation by Consensus Save the Sage Grouse?

Can Conservation by Consensus Save the Sage Grouse?

A federal compromise with industry and conservationists aims to preserve a disappearing species and ecosystem.

Making Drugs Safe to Kill?

Making Drugs Safe to Kill?

Lawyer proposes a new legal framework for reviewing FDA’s refusal to regulate lethal injection drugs.

Basic Foundations of the Administrative State

Basic Foundations of the Administrative State

Administrative law makes the modern state compatible with principles of the rule of law.

Individual Liberty, Public Health, and the Battle for the Nation’s Soul

Individual Liberty, Public Health, and the Battle for the Nation’s Soul

Contrary to longstanding precedent, individualism reigns supreme in recent legal decisions over COVID-19.

Week in Review

Week in Review

The Supreme Court rules tribal police can stop non-Indian persons in certain contexts, DHS ends a program against asylum seekers, and more…

Californians Debate Controversial Ethnic Studies Curriculum

Californians Debate Controversial Ethnic Studies Curriculum

A state-level debate over model lesson plans echoes a national battle over teaching racial justice.

Regulatory Control of Potentially Addictive Drugs

Regulatory Control of Potentially Addictive Drugs

Scholar explains why the DEA—not FDA—has power over the classification of potentially addictive substances.