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The Northwestern University Law Review Online has been in operation since 2006 and is one of the longest-running online scholarly publications operated by a major law review. We feature short, lightly footnoted pieces on timely and relevant legal issues.

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Submissions from 2008

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Continuing the Debate About Presidential Debates, Alexander J. Blenkinsopp
(September 25, 2008)

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The Influence of Ex Parte Quirin and Courts-Martial on Military Commissions, Morris D. Davis
(September 22, 2008)

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Crying Havoc Over the Outsourcing of Soldiers and Democracy's Slipping Grip on the Dogs of War, Joshua S. Press
(September 8, 2008)

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No Third Class Processes for Foreigners, Benjamin G. Davis
(September 2, 2008)

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If Obscenity Were to Discriminate, Barry P. McDonald
(August 28, 2008)

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Finding a Happy and Ethical Medium Between a Prosecutor Who Believes the Defendant Didn't Do It and the Boss Who Says That He Did, Melanie D. Wilson
(August 25, 2008)

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The Case for Field Preemption of State Laws in Drug Cases, Richard A. Epstein
(August 21, 2008)

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Beyond Guantánamo, Obstacles and Options (Part II), Gregory S. McNeal
(August 14, 2008)

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Beyond Guantánamo, Obstacles and Options, Gregory S. McNeal
(August 11, 2008)

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Child Rape, Moral Outrage, and the Death Penalty, Susan A. Bandes
(August 7, 2008)

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Rediscovering the Law's Moral Roots, Morris B. Hoffman
(August 4, 2008)

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What Riegel Portends for FDA Preemption of State Law Products Liability Claims (Part II), Catherine M. Sharkey
(July 24, 2008)

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What Riegel Portends for FDA Preemption of State Law Products Liability Claims, Catherine M. Sharkey
(July 21, 2008)

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Heller's Future in the Lower Courts, Brannon P. Denning and Glenn Harlan Reynolds
(July 17, 2008)

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Ordeal By Innocence: Why There Should Be a Wrongful Incarceration/Execution Exception to Attorney-Client Confidentiality, Colin Miller
(July 14, 2008)

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The Significance of Sprint/United Management Company v. Mendelsohn: A Reply to Professors Gregory and Secunda, Mitchell H. Rubinstein
(July 10, 2008)

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Sprint/United Management Company v. Mendelsohn and Case-by-Case Adjudication of "Me Too" Evidence of Discrimination, David Gregory
(July 7, 2008)

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Competition and Privacy in Web 2.0 and the Cloud, Randal C. Picker
(June 28, 2008)

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The Many Mendelsohn “Me Too” Missteps: An Alliterative Response to Professor Rubinstein, Paul Secunda
(June 23, 2008)

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A Floor, Not a Ceiling: Federalism and Remedies for Violations of Constitutional Rights in Danforth v. Minnesota, Ilya Somin
(June 19, 2008)

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Engaging Capital Emotions, Douglas A. Berman and Stephanos Bibas
(June 16, 2008)

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Bargaining in the Shadow of the European Microsoft Decision: The Microsoft-Samba Protocol License (Part II), Seldon J. Childers and William H. Page
(June 12, 2008)

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Bargaining in the Shadow of the European Microsoft Decision: The Microsoft-Samba Protocol License, Seldon J. Childers and William H. Page
(June 9, 2008)

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Human Rights and Globalization: Putting the Race to the Top in Perspective, Holning Lau
(June 2, 2008)

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The Problematic Nature of Contractionist Statutory Interpretations, Brian G. Slocum
(May 26, 2008)

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Antitrust Issues Raised by the Emerging Global Internet Economy (Part II), David S. Evans
(May 12, 2008)

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Antitrust Issues Raised by the Emerging Global Internet Economy, David S. Evans
(May 5, 2008)

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What Twombly and Mead Have in Common, Amy J. Wildermuth
(April 21, 2008)

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Sprint/United Management Co. V. Mendelsohn: The Supreme Court Appears to Have Punted on the Admissibility of “Me Too” Evidence of Discrimination. But Did It?, Mitchell H. Rubinstein
(April 14, 2008)

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"Too Plain for Argument?" The Uncertain Congressional Power to Require Parties to Choose Presidential Nominees Through Direct and Equal Primaries, Richard L. Hasen
(April 7, 2008)

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Climate Change Legislation in Context, Hari M. Osofsky
(March 31, 2008)

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The Unavailability Requirement, Aaron R. Petty
(March 3, 2008)

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Appreciating Mandatory Rules: A Reply to Critics, Scott Dodson
(February 25, 2008)

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Jurisdiction, Merits, and Procedure: Thoughts on Dodson's Trichotomy, Howard M. Wasserman
(February 18, 2008)

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Balancing Mandate and Discretion in the Institutional Design of Federal Climate Change Policy, Robert L. Glicksman
(February 11, 2008)

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Hot Spots in the Legislative Climate Change Proposals, Carol M. Rose
(February 4, 2008)

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Congressional Polarization Due to Maximizing Political Satisfaction: Why Elhauge’s Current Enactable Preferences Default Rule Fails to Avoid the Congressional Deadlock and Polarization that Stems from Expansionist Statutory Interpretation, Timothy J. Droske
(January 28, 2008)

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Sad Time: Thoughts on Jurisdictionality, the Legal Imagination, and Bowles v. Russell, Perry Dane
(January 14, 2008)

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The Jurisdictional Time Limit for an Appeal: The Worst Kind of Deadline—Except for All Others*, E. King Poor
(January 7, 2008)

Submissions from 2007

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Taking the Legislative Temperature: Which Federal Climate Change Legislative Proposal is “Best”? (Part II), Victor B. Flatt
(December 17, 2007)

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Taking the Legislative Temperature: Which Federal Climate Change Legislative Proposal Is "Best"?, Victor B. Flatt
(December 3, 2007)

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Pleading Standards Should Not Change After Bell Atlantic v. Twombly, Keith Bradley
(November 19, 2007)

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Is Dick Cheney Unconstitutional?, Glenn Harlan Reynolds
(November 12, 2007)

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Coming Clean About "Junk DNA", Simon A. Cole
(November 5, 2007)

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"Ingenious Argument" or a Serious Constitutional Problem? A Comment on Professor Epstein's Paper, Philip Hamburger
(October 29, 2007)

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There Is Nothing Pragmatic About Originalism, David S. Law and David McGowan
(October 22, 2007)

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There Is Nothing Pragmatic About Originalism, David S. Law and David McGowan
(October 15, 2007)

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Selecting the President: A Bad Idea Out There in California, Robert W. Bennett
(October 1, 2007)

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Please, Let’s Bury the Junk: The CODIS Loci and the Revelation of Private Information, D.H. Kaye
(September 24, 2007)

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Nonjurisdictionality or Inequity, Elizabeth Chamblee Burch
(September 17, 2007)

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Is the “Junk” DNA Designation Bunk?, Simon A. Cole
(September 4, 2007)

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Memo to the President (and his opponents): Ideology Still Counts, David A. Strauss
(August 20, 2007)

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Jurisdictionality and Bowles v. Russell, Scott Dodson
(August 6, 2007)

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Massachusetts v. EPA Heats Up Climate Policy No Less Than Administrative Law: A Comment on Professors Watts and Wildermuth, Jonathan H. Adler
(July 23, 2007)

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Why The Blight Distinction in Post-Kelo Reform Does Matter, David A. Dana
(July 9, 2007)

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Originalism and Supermajoritarianism: Defending the Nexus, John O. McGinnis and Michael B. Rappaport
(June 25, 2007)

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Massachusetts v. EPA: Breaking New Ground on Issues Other Than Global Warming (Part II), Kathryn A. Watts and Amy J. Wildermuth
(June 11, 2007)

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Massachusetts v. EPA: Breaking New Ground on Issues Other Than Global Warming, Kathryn A. Watts and Amy J. Wildermuth
(June 4, 2007)

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What Tool Works Tells Us About Tailoring Patent Misuse Remedies, David McGowan
(May 21, 2007)

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Is Post-Kelo Reform Bad for the Poor?, Ilya Somin
(May 7, 2007)

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Volition and Voltaire: A Response to Professor Bagenstos, Tom Lininger
(April 23, 2007)

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Mandatory Pro Bono and Private Attorneys General, Samuel R. Bagenstos
(April 16, 2007)

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The Use and Limits of Martin-Quinn Scores to Assess Supreme Court Justices, with Special Attention to the Problem of Ideological Drift, Wade Farnswarth
(April 2, 2007)

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The Greening of Harry Blackmun, Stephen B. Burbank
(March 26, 2007)

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Ideological Drift Among Supreme Court Justices: Who, When, and How Important?, Lee Epstein, Andrew Martin, Kevin M. Quinn, and Jeffrey Segal
(March 19, 2007)

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Justices Who Change: A Reply to Epstein et al., Linda Greenhouse
(March 19, 2007)

Submissions from 2006

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Science Fiction and Shed DNA, D. H. Kaye
(December 21, 2006)