Category: Spring 2022
The Evolution of Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings
Serena Barish is a freshman in the College who serves as an assistant editor forthe Law Review. On January 27, 2022, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer made the announcement that he would be retiring from the United States Supreme Court. President Joe Biden has since nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to fill his place.[1] Now, as … Continue reading The Evolution of Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings
When Children Stop Being Children: Reevaluating the Transfer of Juvenile Cases to Adult Courts
Paneez Oliai is a third-year student in the College, where she majors inHistory and Psychology with a minor in Government. She is currently a managingeditor for the Georgetown University Undergraduate Law Review. With the recent push in Maryland to end mandatory direct file, the charging of juveniles as adults is as relevant of a debate … Continue reading When Children Stop Being Children: Reevaluating the Transfer of Juvenile Cases to Adult Courts
Climate Refugees: The Case of Ioane Teitiota and Gaps in International Law
Angela Tan is a third-year undergraduate student in the School of Foreign Service,majoring in International Politics. She serves as a Blog Editor on the GUULR staff. Although climate change is often described as a slow-onset process with effects in the distant future, the Pacific island nation of Kiribati has already started to see its consequences … Continue reading Climate Refugees: The Case of Ioane Teitiota and Gaps in International Law
๏ฟผAt the Intersection of the Law and International Monetary Policy: Federal Reserve Swap Lines
Leo Rassieur is a Senior in the College double-majoring in Government and Economics with a minor in French and serves as a Managing Editor at GUULR. โThroughout the 2008 crisis, the Fed came under much scrutiny for its extension of credit to large non-bank financial institutions like American International Group and Bear Stearns. Meanwhile, ordinary … Continue reading ๏ฟผAt the Intersection of the Law and International Monetary Policy: Federal Reserve Swap Lines
Making the War Powers Resolution a Justiciable Issue
Jack Little is a senior in the School of Foreign Service majoring in international politics and minoring in Spanish and philosophy and an Assistant Editor for GUULR In 1973, Congress passed the War Powers Resolution (WPR), providing itself with new statutory powers to oversee the presidentโs use of the military.[1] The WPR requires the president … Continue reading Making the War Powers Resolution a Justiciable Issue
An Examination of Occupation Law in Present-Day Palestine๏ฟผ
Keerat Singh is a junior in the School of Foreign Service studying Business and Global Affairs and serves as Senior Blog Editor for GUULR. Occupation law, under Article 42 of the 1907 Hague Regulations, defines an occupied territory as one that is โplaced under the authority of the hostile army,โ where that authority โhas been … Continue reading An Examination of Occupation Law in Present-Day Palestine๏ฟผ