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Why All States Need to Adopt the Reproductive Justice Act: A Reproductive Justice White Paper

Utilizing a reproductive justice framework, which approaches reproductive rights in an intersectional and holistic way,...

Unlawful Orders and Unaccountable Wars: Reforming Military Justice in the Shadow of Atrocity

The United States’ earliest codification of military discipline, the Articles of War of 1775, reflected...

Unequal Parenthood: How U.S. Parentage Law Fails LGBTQ+ Families in the Age of Assisted Reproduction – How to Fix It

This paper argues that the current U.S. parentage regime systemically disadvantages LGBTQ+ families by prioritizing...

The Legal Erasure of Indigenous Americans: U.S. Courts, Land Theft & the Need for Reparations

This paper explores the U.S legal system and its theft of Native land. Land acknowledgments...

Reparations for Black People that Restore and Promote Equity

For many years, reparations have been on the tongues of presidential candidates, legislators, and politicians,...

Reclaiming What Is Theirs: A Legislative Rewrite on Osage Nation Headright Ownership and Transferability

Unbeknownst to the Federal Government, lying beneath the surface of much of Osage grazing land...

Passport Privilege & the Barriers It Creates

Passport privilege is a series of benefits or restrictions placed on a person’s ability to...

Kentucky Constitution Amendment 1, November 2024: Restrictive Citizenship Voting Requirements

Kentucky’s Amendment 1 proposed excluding those from voting who are not citizens. Although federal law...

Jim Crow Takes Costco: The Food Apartheid examined through the lenses of oppressive systems

Oppressive systems, reinforced by legislation, have created a Food Apartheid, previously known as a food...

I’m Not Lovin’ It: Modern Day Slavery in the U.S. Prison System

Modern day slavery operates through the prison system, where incarcerated individuals are forced to work...

Deconstructing Equality: An Analysis of Trump’s Executive Orders

People of the United States have the right to be racially inclusive, gender inclusive, and...

Continuity of Control: How Dobbs and Skrmetti Extend a Long History of State Power Over Marginalized Bodies

This white paper argues that the rationales used to justify abortion bans and restrictions on...

Burying the Black Body and Mind: How Mass Incarceration Kills the Black Community

This white paper highlights the issues with current prison policies and practices in the United...

Beyond Bail: The Necessity for Cash Bail Abolition and Humane Reforms

Cash bail invites discrimination based on income in pretrial detention, is counterintuitive, and costs states...

Autonomía Prestada, Soberanía Negada: The Puerto Rico Federal Relations Act of 1950 and the Legal Fiction of Commonwealth Status

This white paper examines the constitutional and democratic foundations of Puerto Rico’s political status, focusing...

A Legislative Rewrite to the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act

Because of its expansive scope and regulation power, The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act...
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