Plaut – Spring 2022
States Challenge the Constitutionality of the American Rescue PlanEdward Plaut The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) is a major legislative accomplishment of the Biden Administration. The $1.9 trillion...
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Microplastics: Narrow Statutory Language and Broad Scientific ProblemsAllison Goldman The term microplastics came into existence in 2004, when a research team from the University of Plymouth published...
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It’s Time for a Carbon TaxAndrew Zhang Most Americans are worried about global warming.[1] Unfortunately, our actions do not reflect that worry. In 2019, 6,558 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents...
View ArticleKlopfenstein – Spring 2022
Eminent Domain and Ethanol: Farmland Seizures and Carbon Sequestration in IowaIan Klopfenstein According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), carbon sequestration is the process of capturing and...
View ArticleHopkins – Spring 2022
Howling at the Government: The Fight to Get Wolves Back on the Endangered Species ListTaylor Hopkins Introduction In Ojibwe, an Indigenous language spoken by the Anishinaabe people, the word for “wolf”...
View ArticleRoss – Spring 2023
The Hexavalent Chromium Spill That Never Happened: Without Disasters, Where Does Environmental Litigation Come From?Kathleen Ross On July 29, 2022, Tribar Manufacturing, an auto supply manufacturer,...
View ArticleMastrian – Spring 2023
What’s Going on With Wetlands? The Supreme Court Takes Another Dive into the “Waters of the US”Sarah Mastrian Social media was once inundated with the question “is water wet?” But are wet(lands) water?...
View ArticleMcMurray – Spring 2023
Opening the Floodgates: Axon Enterprises, Inc. v. FTC and the Weakening of Public PowerKeenen McMurray In November of 2022, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on a pair of consolidated cases...
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The Supreme Court Case that Threatens to Upend U.S. Labor LawPriyanka Podugu Within the next few months, the Supreme Court will release its decision for Glacier Northwest v. Int’l Brotherhood of...
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The Impact of “Schedule F” on Environmental and Administrative GovernanceArian Rubio In The Fifth Risk, Michael Lewis notes: The United States government might be the most complicated organization on...
View ArticleShalloway – Spring 2023
The Role of Electric Vehicles in Michigan Eric A. Shalloway In the state of Michigan, gas taxes contribute funds to improve roads and infrastructure, but between 2019-2021 it is estimated that there...
View ArticleShapiro – Spring 2023
Mifepristone & the FDA Post-Dobbs: States Sue & Potential PreemptionSara Shapiro Introduction Last summer, after an unprecedented leak leading to an eruption of nationwide protests,[1] the...
View ArticleWilliams – Spring 2023
Transfer of Development Rights in Urban-Rural Settings: A Conservation and Pro-Housing Strategy for MichiganJessie Williams By “moving” development rights from preserved land parcels to provide density...
View ArticleZimbelman – Spring 2023
Extended Producer Responsibility in Ontario: A Model for the U.S.?Wyatt Zimbelman On July1, 2023, municipalities in the Canadian province of Ontario will begin the transition to full producer...
View ArticleZhang – Spring 2023
Conscious Consumerism, Class Actions, and Carbon OffsetsRina Zhang A growing segment of environmentally-minded consumers choose to spend their money on brands and products that signal their commitment...
View ArticleLyon – Fall 2023
Whales, Monkeys, and a River – the Future of Environmental Standing? Nate Lyon A Palila is a small, finch-billed Hawaiian honeycreeper that successfully obtained injunctive relief against the state of...
View ArticleLavoile – Fall 2023
The Rise of Greenwashing Litigation against Airlines and the Impact of Conscious Consumerism Giovanni Lavoile Recently, there has been a rise of conscious consumerism, a trend defined by buying...
View ArticleHoneycutt – Fall 2023
Incorporating Carbon Offsets into Agencies’ Sustainability Strategies Joseph Honeycutt In December 2021, President Biden signed Executive Order 14057, directing all federal agencies to adopt emissions...
View ArticleHill – Fall 2023
Can the FTC Help Lower Rents? Brian Hill INTRODUCTION In recent years, with every credit card tap or “buy now click,” rising prices have beleaguered consumers’ bank accounts during a time of high...
View ArticleL. Pembroke – Fall 2023
You’ve Got You Major Questions Mixed Up with My Traditional Judicial Decisionmaking! Or How the Court Learned to Prevent Loan Forgiveness and Further Handcuff the Administrative State Liam Pembroke...
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