Abstract. Can a President issue a pardon without telling anyone but the recipient that she has issued it? Yes, the President can grant a valid pardon without telling anyone but the recipient of her grace that she has done so. While a defendant must plead a pardon for a court to take notice of it …

Abstract. Framing—the subtle use of context to suggest a conclusion—is a dubious alternative to direct argumentation. Both the brilliance and the bane of marketing, framing also creeps into supposedly objective analysis. Law offers many examples, but a lesser known one is International Shoe’s…

Abstract. A growing body of evidence has highlighted the human and economic costs associated with contractual restrictions on employee mobility. News accounts describe abusive use of non-compete clauses to prevent low wage workers from seeking better options. Economists, meanwhile, have …

Abstract. At the height of the COVID 19 pandemic, the Supreme Court resolved a decades-long debate about the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment. According to the Court, the Free Exercise Clause exempts religious activities from laws that already exempt “comparable” secular conduct …