Essays Category
Second Amendment Immigration Exceptionalism
Feb. 8, 2024—Pratheepan Gulasekaram | 77 Vand. L. Rev. En Banc 51 (2024) Recently, a federal district court in United States v. Vazquez- Ramirez upheld the federal criminal prohibition on firearm possession by unlawfully present noncitizens codified in 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5). Vazquez-Ramirez is just the latest in a string of post-New York State Rifle & Pistol...
Fenceposts Without a Fence
May. 31, 2023—Katherine E. Di Lucido, Nicholas K. Tabor & Jeffery Y. Zhang | 76 Vand. L. Rev. 1215 Banking organizations in the United States have long been subject to two broad categories of regulatory requirements. The first is permissive: a “positive” grant of rights and privileges, typically via a charter for a corporate entity, to engage...
“Laboratories of Jurisprudence?: The Role of State Supreme Courts in a Federal System”
Aug. 17, 2021—Justice Jonathan Papik | 74 Vand. L. Rev. En Banc 271 (2021) | All of that really did make me wonder, as I was preparing to come here, what I could possibly have to offer. The one thing that gives me some solace is that, based on my recollection, the majority of your previous speakers...
Documenting Bankrupted Slaves
May. 22, 2018—Documenting-Bankrupted-Slaves AUTHOR Rafael I. Pardo Robert T. Thompson Professor of Law, Emory University.
Ambiguities and Agency Cases: Reflections After (Almost) Ten Years on the Bench
Dec. 20, 2017—Ambiguities and Agency Cases AUTHOR Honorable Raymond M. Kethledge Judge, United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Statistical Testing of Peremptory Challenge Data for Possible Discrimination: Application to Foster v. Chatman
Mar. 16, 2016—Statistical Testing of Peremptory Challenge Data for Possible Discrimination: Application to Foster v. Chatman AUTHOR Professor of Statistics and Economics, George Washington University. It is a pleasure to thank Ms. Lihui Cai, Prof. Edward Cheng, and the Editors of Vanderbilt Law Review En Banc for carefully reviewing a draft of the manuscript and making several...
A Tax Audible: Coaches and Buyouts
Apr. 8, 2015—A Tax Audible: Coaches and Buyouts AUTHOR Harry W. Walborsky Professor, Florida State University College of Law.
The Tale of the Fee Tail in Downton Abbey
Apr. 8, 2015—The Tale of the Fee Tail in Downton Abbey AUTHOR David Daniels Allen Distinguished Chair in Law, Vanderbilt University Law School.
United States v. Caronia: How True Does “Truthful” Have to Be?
Jun. 29, 2014—E-Philip-Comment
A Litte Bit of Laches Goes a Long Way: Notes on Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
Jan. 19, 2014—A Little Bit of Laches Goes a Long Way: Notes on Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. Samuel L. Bray
Tips for Capturing 2014 Federal Clerkships
Oct. 17, 2013—Tips for Capturing 2014 Federal Clerkships Carl W. Tobias
Revisiting the Meaning of Marriage: Immigration for Same-Sex Spouses in a Post-Windsor World
Oct. 17, 2013—Revisiting the Meaning of Marriage: Immigration for Same-Sex Spouses in a Post-Windsor World Scott Titshaw
Calling on Congress: Take a Page from Parliament’s Playbook and Fix Employment Discrimination Law
Oct. 9, 2013—Calling on Congress: Take a Page from Parliament’s Playbook and Fix Employment Discrimination Law William R. Corbett, Frank L. Maraist Professor of Law, LSU Law Center
Patent Prior User Rights: What’s the Fuss?
May. 7, 2013—Patent Prior User Rights: What’s the Fuss? by Jacob Neu