Recent Developments

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Recent Articles

First Amendment Challenges to State Vaccine Mandates: Why the U.S. Supreme Court Should Hold that the Free Exercise Clause Does Not Require Religious Exemptions

71 Am. U. L. Rev. 2243 (2022).

By Donna M. Gitter*
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Survival Voting and Minority Political Rights

71 Am. U. L. Rev. 2319 (2022).

By Douglas M. Spencer,* Lisa Grow Sun,** Brigham Daniels,† Chantel Sloan,‡ Natalie Blades§
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Defining “Habitat” Post-Weyerhaeuser: Critical Habitat Regulations Under the Endangered Species Act Must Promote Species Recovery

71 Am. U. L. Rev. 2465 (2022).

By Nate McCabe*
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Florida Court Fees Cost the Vote

71 Am. U. L. Rev. F. 215 (2022).

By Annemarie Gregoire
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The Racial Justice Imperative to Reimagine Immigrant Children’s Rights: Special Immigrant Juveniles as a Case Study*

71 Am. U. L. Rev. 1779 (2022).

By Dalia Castillo-Granados,** Rachel Leya Davidson,*** Laila L. Hlass,**** & Rebecca Scholtz*****
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A Critical Race Theory Approach to Children’s Rights

71 Am. U. L. Rev. 1855 (2022).

By Jessica Dixon Weaver*
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Presumed Unfit: The Dual Bind Faced by Pregnant and Parenting Youth in Foster Care

71 Am. U. L. Rev. 1899 (2022).

By Kara R. Finck*
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A Health Justice Response to School Discipline and Policing

71 Am. U. L. Rev. 1927 (2022).

By Thalia Gonzalez,* Alexis Etow,** & Cesar De La Vega***
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Why Does the Federal Government Get a Pass? Applying Best Practices in Child Protection to the Circumstances of Migrant Children and Families

71 Am. U. L. Rev. 1977 (2022)

By Randi Mandelbaum*
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“Youth Matters”: Why Demanding the Same Heightened Level of Mitigation in Juvenile Life Without Parole Sentencing Proceedings as Is Required in Capital Sentencing Proceedings Is the Only Constitutional Option

71 Am. U. L. Rev. 2061 (2022).

By Margaret Helein*
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