The interpretation of statutes is so often decisive in cases of national importance, which touch all our lives. Specifically, I want to talk with you about how courts are relinquishing the power to ...

Pereira v. Sessions is not the immigration case that everyone will be watching this month, but it is definitely worth a glance. At first blush, this case looks like a hyper-technical and relatively ...

On June 28, 2024, in a maximalist decision that went further than even the most ardent opponents of Chevron deference thought possible, the Supreme Court finally and emphatically overruled Chevron ...

Eight justices sided with Wescley Fonseca Pereira in his argument that a government-issued document notifying him of the government’s intention to initiate removal proceedings against him did not stop ...

On June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision in the cases Loper Bright Enterprises, et al. v. Raimondo, et al. and Relentless Inc. et al. v. Department of Commerce, et ...

Unlike the relatively straightforward de novo standard of review of the legal determinations of a court, judicial review of an administrative agency's legal determinations is more complex, especially ...

"There is no statute of limitations barring originality in statutory construction, and it may be possible that the plain meaning of § 7-433c has been hiding in plain sight for the past seventy years," ...

The constitutional guarantee of liberty serves as both a moral compass and a guiding principle for any functioning democracy.

The Modern Law Review is a general, peer-refereed journal that publishes original articles relating to common law jurisdictions and, increasingly, to the law of the European Union. In addition to ...