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2016: ‘The Spectacular Year’

Liberal triumph or anomaly? In the summer of 2016, the United States Congress adjourned for an unusual 7-week recess, leading

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The New Progressive Frontier: Tough on [Sex] Crimes

Can legislation address one of the most pervasive crimes in our society? On March 30, 2016, Judge Aaron Persky of

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Progress, or Merely Reshuffling?: The Criminal Justice Reform Movement’s Shortcomings

Try getting opposing politicians to agree on an issue, and you probably won’t have much success. Yet, criminal justice reform

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The Cost of Cost Relief: The potential impact of California’s drug price reform initiative

Government regulation is at it again. This time, it’s going after Big Pharma. California is the latest state to propose

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(R-CA): Is It Possible? A Republican’s Quest To Reclaim California’s Senate Seat

What is the cost of being a Republican – much less a conservative – in the state of California? Contrary

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Motor Voter: As California Goes, Will the Country?

The 2014 midterm election represented a new low for California politics. With a record-low 42% voter turnout, political involvement in

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Sharing Is Not Always Caring: The Other Side Of The Sharing Economy

“Just Uber there. It’s faster and cheaper.” “I Airbnb-ed the place. It was pretty cheap.” Statements of this sort are

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California Equal Pay Bill: Groundbreaking, or Hollow Hope?

Women in California have achieved a momentous victory in the workplace. This summer, the state senate passed Senate Bill 358,

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