Recent Developments

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Recent Articles

Letter from the Forum Editor

Announcing the collection and publication of all American University Law Review archival content and reflecting on what the Forum accomplished this year.

By Lars Emerson
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Expertise, Ideology, and Dissent

74 Am. U. L. Rev. 877 (2025).

By Paul R. Gugliuzza,* Jonathan Remy Nash** & Jason Rantanen***
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Scientific Educations Among U.S. Judges

74 Am. U. L. Rev. 953 (2025).

By Christa Laser*
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Fixing Double Patenting

74 Am. U. L. Rev. 1013 (2025).

By Mark A. Lemley* & Lisa Larrimore Ouellette**
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Denied by Dysfunctional Design: How the DD-293 Application Form Thwarts Pro Se Veteran-Applicants’ Discharge Upgrade Requests

74 Am. U. L. Rev. 1057 (2025).

By Jessica Lynn Wherry*
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Military Service Academies: The Final Battleground for Affirmative Action

74 Am. U. L. Rev. 1111 (2025).

By Krista Trefren*
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Bringing Cases Back to Life: The Voluntary Cessation Doctrine and Public Prison Defendants

74 Am. U. L. Rev. F. 203 (2025).

By Caitlen Moser*
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The Warrant Exception That Isn’t: FISA Section 702, “Defensive” Searches, and the Fourth Amendment

74 Am. U. L. Rev. 563 (2025).

By Noah C. Chauvin*
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No-Hire Rulings Forget Competition

74 Am. U. L. Rev. 629 (2025).

By Val Ricks*
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Judging Judiciaries: How Sticky Defaults, Status Quo Bias, and the Sovereign Prerogative Influence the Perceived Legitimacy of the New International Commercial Courts

74 Am. U. L. Rev. 691 (2025).

By S.I. Strong*
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