University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law 3L Ellen Ray argues for First Amendment protection for public employees who testify in child custody hearings. She explains that the Supreme Court has the opportunity to enact this protection by taking on an appeal for the Tenth Circuit case Butler and should in light of Lane and the best for the child standard.
Read MoreIn this edition of KLJ Online, Vol. 108, Alicia Gilbert’s Note discusses the difficulties with defining who is and is not an “employee” under employment law classifications, and advocates for university and college professors to be labeled as employees under worker classification labels because this label provides them with the most statutory protections.
Read MoreIn this edition of KLJ Online, Vol. 108, Rachele Yohe’s Note advocates for abolishing the capacity-based structure of EMTALA’s penalty to provide relief to disproportionately burdened facilities—specifically those inner-city hospitals who treat the majority of America’s uninsured population.
Read MoreIn this edition of KLJ Online, Vol. 108, Lesley Nash’s Note discusses International Law’s potential role in regulating Artificial Intelligence. She proposes that International governance offers an answer to the looming promises and pitfalls of advancing AI.
Read MoreIn this edition of KLJ Online, Vol. 108, Summer Bablitz’s Note advocates for an originalist approach to resolving the circuit split on legislator-led prayer.
Read MoreIn this edition of KLJ Online, Vol. 108, Dan Ziebarth—Department of Political Science, George Washington University—discusses the implications of the recent Supreme Court case Flowers v. Mississippi on jury selection jurisprudence.
Read MoreIn this edition of KLJ Online, Vol. 107, UK Law professor Jennifer Bird-Pollan, responds to Tessa Davis’s Article on elective egg freezing published in print in Volume 107 by stating that when the government and courts address these new questions, they should follow Davis’s lead.
Read MoreIn this edition of KLJ Online, Vol. 108, Clark L. Hildabrand—graduate of Yale Law School and former Law Clerk for Judge Sutton on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals— examines Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals assignments. Further, he analyzes potential weaknesses in the nonrandomness of the judicial assignment system. The Essay relies on data from the Sixth Circuit from 2012-2016.
Read MoreIn this edition of KLJ Online, Vol. 107, Kelsey Bryant’s Note discusses concessions at National Parks (lodging, restaurants, and entertainment services) and how they are detrimental to park preservation and the original vision for the parks.
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