The unique transparency in law journal submissions invites criticism for both letterhead bias and self-publication bias. Letterhead bias is when editors use information about an author—prior publications, reputation, prestige of affiliated institution, etc.—as a proxy for article quality,...

Imagine a setting in which someone asks two people what the temperature is outside. The first person says it is 80°, while the second person says it is 78.7°. Research regarding precise versus round cognitive anchoring suggests that the second person is more likely to be believed. This is...

The constitutionality of an all-male military draft is currently being litigated in National Coalition for Men v. Selective Service System. Unfortunately, the effect this issue will have on transgender and non-binary people is largely being ignored. This essay considers how current Selective...

Legal scholars frequently refer to Title VII protections for LGBTQ individuals. However, their examples and legal theories invariably focus on protections for lesbian, gay, and transgender individuals to the exclusion of bisexuals. The three Title VII cases heard by the Supreme Court on October...

The practice in Missouri of informing judges of incarceration costs resulted in reductions to both mass incarceration and recidivism. States that allow jury sentencing are ideal for allowing jurors to also consider incarceration costs. The need for such common-sense reform is timely. COVID-19...

Draft summary of a study conducted to measure whether NBA athletes perform better when in no-tax states compared to high-tax states due to a more positive attitude which has been shown to positively affect athletic performance

U.S. News & World Report conducts overall rankings and peer rankings of law schools. This Article reports the findings of a first-of-its-kind study designed to measure whether peer rankings are affected by a law school’s ideological reputation. The extreme disparity uncovered — combined with...

Recent increases in anti-Semitic speech and violence have led to calls for censorship of such “hate speech.” Unfortunately, discussions regarding the tradeoff between censorship and free speech often focus solely on the costs and benefits of censorship, omitting the numerous benefits of...