This admittedly somewhat polemical essay addresses the surprisingly complex issue of how our Constitution does/should treat non-citizens (both legal and illegal) with respect to their involvement in/impact upon our political systems, both federal and state. The recent U.S. Supreme Court case of...

The Indian constitution which was drafted by the Constituent Assembly of independent India has served as the grunt norm since the past seven decades. In spite of being the most elaborative and lengthiest constitution among the existing nations, the Indian constitution has been amended more than...

In contemporary constitutional jurisprudence, capacious notions of individual liberty are ascendant. Under the First Amendment, due process, takings, nondelegation, and a range of interpretive doctrines, advocates are seeking greater respect for individual liberty, and greater constitutional...

Responding to fears of violence and liability on K-12 campuses, local school boards and superintendents have made on-site or embedded school police omnipresent in American public schools. Very little attention is paid to the many costs associated with their presence. This Article builds on...

In The Anti-Oligarchy Constitution: Reconstructing the Foundations of American Democracy (2022), Joey Fishkin and William E. Forbath seek a restoration to American politics of a coupling of political-cultural dispositions long in evidence here but recently gone out of style: for a casting of...

Advanced technology is now within reach of everyone, due to which the number of online crimes is increasing day by day. The protection of personal information is very important because it is used for terrorist activities. Eavesdropping on the phone is a big crime all over the world. Under...

The Utah Constitution states that “[i]t is the policy of the state of Utah that a free market system shall govern trade and commerce in this state to promote the dispersion of economic and political power and the general welfare of all the people.” Utah’s so-called Free Market Clause,...

This short essay argues that the congruence and proportionality test of City of Boerne v. Flores—which the U.S. Supreme Court applies to laws passed pursuant to Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment—should not apply to federal voting rights legislation. This test is inapplicable because the...