As was true across the country, the elections held in Iowa this past November were tough on incumbents. In Iowa, however, it was not just legislative and executive candidates that fell at the hands of an angry and confused electorate—three members of the state supreme court also lost their jobs after a controversial and closely [...]
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) already afflicts a large number of veterans, and these numbers are only rising with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The daunting psychological effects of war have been acknowledged since the World War II era, albeit under the names of shell shock, traumatic war neurosis, and combat exhaustion. With the Global [...]
21 U.S.C. § 841(c)(2) (the “pseudoephedrine statute”) imposes a prison term of up to twenty years for any person who “distributes a listed chemical knowing, or having reasonable cause to believe, that the listed chemical will be used to manufacture a controlled substance.” Federal courts of appeals have spent the last decade deciphering how to [...]
It is well recognized that America is facing a crisis in public education. Nationwide, black and Latino students suffer from an achievement gap compared with white and Asian students: black and Latino students perform worse on standardized tests, have lower high school graduation rates, and have lower college attendance and graduation rates than white and [...]
International investment and related disputes are on the rise. With national courts generally unavailable and difficulties resolving disputes through diplomacy, investment treaties give investors a right to seek redress and arbitrate directly with states. The costs of these investment treaty arbitrations—including the costs of lawyers for both sides, as well as administrative and tribunal expenses—are [...]
