Princeton Legal Journal Forum
The Princeton Legal Journal Forum regularly publishes short-form legal scholarship from staff writers and outside contributors alike. The Forum focuses on publishing articles of contemporary relevance at a quicker pace.
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Sex Discrimination: Comparable Worth Theory in Bohm v. L. B. Hartz Wholesale Corp
By Jeannie Kim — Sex discrimination in the workplace is a highly controversial issue that has remained relevant for decades, as people hold different definitions of equality and what it should look like. Because sex discrimination cases tend to be…
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Indefinite Inaction: Clarifying Article 17 and the ICC’s Principle of Complementarity After the 2009 Guinea Massacre Trial
By Erin William — The right to publicly assemble and protest is a key element of democracies worldwide. For civilians living under democratic governments, losing these rights is inconceivable. The erasure of freedom of speech creates fertile ground for human…
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The Reverse of What Was Intended: How the Law Treats Reverse Discrimination
By Vivek Kirpalani — Roughly five years ago, Marlean Ames sued her employer for discrimination. According to her performance evaluations, she was a competent employee working to promote the Prison Rape Enforcement Act at the Ohio Department of Youth Services.…
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You’re Fired! The Rise of Unconstitutional Layoffs in the Trump Administration
Vinayak Menon — In President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office, roughly 25,000 federal workers have been terminated across 18 departments or agencies. While most of these cuts have targeted lower-level probationary employees, the Trump administration has also targeted…
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Charters, Churches, and the Court: Gauging the Future of Religion in Public Education
Tarun Iyengar — Religious public education is an uncommon phrase in the United States given current jurisprudence relating to the 1st Amendment Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses. However, this phrase has recently garnered serious attention after the Archdioceses of Oklahoma…
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The Flight Back to the Sherman Act: How Antitrust’s Shift Towards Consumer Welfare Has Overly Consolidated the U.S. Airline Industry
Tanner McNamara — The United States has long grappled with corporate concentration, from the Gilded Age monopolies of Rockefeller and Vanderbilt to today’s airline industry. However, not all monopolies surface into a market in the same manner, with law and…
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Trading Away the Constitution? Presidential Overreach and the Misuse of Emergency Powers in Economic Policy
By Sidney Singer – Since 1976, the National Emergencies Act (NEA) and the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) have provided U.S. presidents with expansive authority to respond to national crises. Intended as legislative guardrails to contain executive power, these…
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Antitrust Challenges in the CAR-T Patent Landscape: Are Patent Thickets a Barrier to Innovation and Access?
By Liam Boyle – In 2012, six-year-old Emily Whitehead failed chemotherapy treatments after relapsing in her battle against acute lymphoblastic leukemia. While doctors told her family that there was nothing left that could be done, they refused to accept this…
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Moore v United States: the Tax Debate That Missed the Mark
By Rida Mian — The famous words “no taxation without representation” echo in the minds of every student of American history; the phrase encapsulates the core American values of democratic governance and individual liberty. These values remain vital to our…
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The Right to Death: How an Examination of Washington v. Glucksberg Reveals the Future of Fundamental Rights
By Jillian Ascher — As of 2024, 8,700 terminally ill Americans since 1997 have chosen death. In January 2024, terminally
