All Articles tagged COVID-19

• General
  October 21, 2024 EDT
  I DON’T WANT TO, AND YOU CAN’T MAKE ME: POLICY AND LEGAL BATTLES OVER MASK MANDATES DURING THE PANDEMIC
  Thomas O. McGarity

  This Article describes COVID-19 mask mandates as well as the reasons behind resistance before chronicling subsequent mask mandate legal battles and examining implications of such litigation on managing future pandemics.

• State Constitutional Commentary
  January 11, 2024 EDT
  GOVERNORS’ EMERGENCY POWERS IN LIGHT OF COVID-19
  Robert F. WilliamsMax Sevor

  This article examines the nature of increased emergency powers granted to governors during the COVID-19 pandemic in a state-by-state analysis.

• Justice Commentaries
  September 17, 2023 EDT
  THE RIGHT TO ASYLUM DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: A LEGAL REVIEW OF THE POWER TO EXPEL NONCITIZENS UNDER TITLE 42
  Michael Maio

  This Note delves into the legality, discriminatory use, and fabricated public health rationale of the Title 42 expulsion policy.

• General
  May 21, 2023 EDT
  “THE TIMOROUS MAY STAY AT HOME”: JUDGE CARDOZO’S PROPHECY IN CONTEMPORARY UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT JURISPRUDENCE
  Benjamin Pomerance

  This Article discusses today’s political and judicial rhetoric focusing on the question of whether the U.S. should be a place where laws command that the timorous may stay at home.

• General
  February 17, 2021 EDT
  WHY FIFTY: AN ANALYSIS OF THE SMALL BUSINESS EXEMPTION CODIFIED IN THE FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT OF 1993
  Lynn Ridgeway Zehrt

  This article examines the small business exemption codified in the Family and Medical Leave Act, which excludes from coverage all workers employed with private businesses with less than fifty employees.

• General
  December 31, 2020 EDT
  BEHIND THE MASK: ANALYZING LEGAL POWERS TO MANDATE FACE COVERINGS IN PUBLIC PLACES AMID A GLOBAL PANDEMIC
  Benjamin Pomerance

  This article examines state and federal authority to mandate mask-wearing amid a public health crisis.