The Right of Indigenous Peoples to Meaningful Consent in Extractive Industry Projects: Symposium Introduction

For the over half-million people currently homeless in the United States, the U.S. Constitution has historically provided little help: it is strongly...

The Environmental Law and Community Engagement Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law filed this amicus brief on behalf of San Bernardino...

During times of crisis, governments often consider policies that may promote safety, but that would require overstepping constitutionally protected...

In an era defined by partisan rifts and government gridlock, many celebrate the rare issues that prompt bipartisan consensus. But extreme consensus...

Working hand-in-hand with the private sector, largely in a regulatory vacuum, policing agencies at the federal, state, and local level are acquiring...

The decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard [SFFA], invalidating the use of race in college admissions, reignites...

On Aug. 14, a Montana district court released a groundbreaking decision for climate change activists. In Held v. Montana, the court announced that...

This article discusses the links between climate and debt sustainability by focusing on how climate mitigation and adaptation are paid for, and who...

Environmentalists are frustrated that President Joe Biden agreed to greenlight the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline, or MVP, as part of the...

Coercive policing is conducted mostly by means of commands, and officers usually cannot use force unless they have first issued an order. Yet, despite...

In 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court decided PennEast Pipeline Co. v. New Jersey. The case is often associated with a theory of private delegation--that is...

California’s legislature has passed several laws that intervene in local land-use regulation in order to increase desperately needed housing...

This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez that our Constitution...

On May 25, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court dropped an absolute bombshell with its ruling in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency. Early assessments...

The Supreme Court’s new term begins on the first Monday of October. But before delving into the most important environmental case yet to be heard, it...

Environmental justice is rooted in an understanding that people of color and low-income communities are more likely than the population at large to...

Public nuisance has lived many lives. A centuries-old doctrine defined as an unreasonable interference with a right common to the public, it is...

Both statutory and constitutional law prohibiting discrimination forbid actions taken on the basis of certain traits. But rarely are those traits...