by JONATHAN T. MENITOVE
Shortly after 9:30 a.m. on January 15, 2009, Senator Patrick Leahy gaveled the Senate Judiciary Committee to order. Seated before the Committee was Eric Holder, then President-elect Barack Obama’s nominee to become …

by GEOFFREY D. KRAVITZ
One of the principal recommendations of The 9/11 Commission Report suggested that the federal government implement standards for identification cards to combat terrorism. In 2005, Congress responded by passing the REAL ID …

by MATTHEW JERZYK
This article examines gentrification in the national housing market and, more specifically, in Providence, Rhode Island and the recent development debate in Providence’s poorest neighborhood, Olneyville. While both national and local commentators have …

by FREDRIC CHARLES SCHAFFER and TOVA ANDREA WANG
Since the passage of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) in 2002, requiring people to present identification to vote has become one of the most controversial and divisive …

by JUDGE NANCY GERTNER
At first glance, advisory sentencing guidelines may seem wholly unrelated to the problem with which this Issue is concerned—the unprecedented and failed experiment in mass incarceration. But the link is stronger than …

by TIMOTHY A. CANOVA
Against the background of a close presidential election campaign, the U.S. government responded to the great financial crisis of 2008 with a great financial bailout, a massive federal effort to prop up …

by ALLEN ROSTRON
In the months leading up to Election Day in 2008, Americans faced a steady stream of gloomy economic news. Around the world, stock markets tumbled. Leading companies in the financial sector collapsed or …

by JAMAL GREENE
Has originalism won? It’s easy to think so, judging from some of the reaction to the Supreme Court’s recent decision in District of Columbia v. Heller. The Heller Court held that the District …

by TODD R. CLEAR and JAMES AUSTIN
Beginning in the 1970s, the United States embarked on a three-decade long shift in its penal policies. In these years, state and federal governments tripled the percentage of convicted …

by NKECHI TAIFA and CATHERINE BEANE
Over two million people are currently incarcerated in U.S. prisons and jails. This number is not only staggering but unprecedented—both in the United States and among industrialized nations across the …