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Lyndsey Reeve Disability: From 1990 to Now Marco Uustal Pap’s Court Sarah Chan Anya Howko-Johnson Andrew Zach Brown Died:AnAutopsy into the Causes of Modern Segregation Theodore Grayer

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EXECUTIVE EDITOR

2022 issue of the Columbia Undergraduate Law Review’s print journal. We familiar legal problems.

In “Failures in Baghuz and Kabul: Distortions of the Law of Armed

built by Toyota v Williams, Sutton v United Airlines

Pap’s

Young v American Mini Theatres, City of Renton v Playtime Theatres, Barnes v Glen Theatre, and City of Erie v Pap’s O’Brien and TPM tests.

Brown Died: An Autopsy into the

Brown v Board of Education. Grayer argues that it is time to look beyond Brown

LETTER FROM THE
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THE EXECUTIVE EDITOR

Columbia Undergraduate Law Review

undergraduates. We hope that you enjoy reading our print journal.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Failures in Baghuz and Kabul: Distortions of the Law ofArmed 7

Lyndsey Reeve 39 Marco Uustal

Pap’s

Protected Speech 60 Sarah Chan 87

Anya Howko-Johnson 113

Andrew Zach

Brown Died:AnAutopsy into the Causes of Modern Segregation 149 Theodore Grayer

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Failures in Baghuz and Kabul: Distortions Counterterror Operations

post bellum

1
7

was in bello engagement.

I.Violations of the LOAC Proportionality, Distinction, and Precautionary Measures in Baghuz
2 3 4 5
8

international norms who threaten large populations in pursuit of ,9,10

11 It is unlawful to operate offensively. While the 12 states to prepare for an imminent 13 Troops are always targetable and both the International

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are too. They argue, “the rest between hostilities is nothing other

14 The few ISIS members targeted in Baghuz were most likely engaging in one of these rest troops.15 in Baghuz, barely distinguishable on the drone footage and not

This tenet does not require nations to opt for the least invasive post facto

9 before the attack

New York Times, earlier

10

operation.

civilians self-defense.19 collateral damage

20 22 23 11

the proportionality test.

pursuing that pose an imminent threat.24 distinguish between lawful and unlawful targets but they made

The New York Times

25 While the general target area was a potential site of future operations, it calculated designed

12

against humanity.

Troops are responsible for

The New York Times minutes before the strike, troops in the sky noted “women, 29 30 early steps were not adequately pursued.31

they allegedly “[added] details that would legally justify a strike,

32
33 34 35 13

to uphold the rule of law before the strike.

On Terror” , 39 response.40,41,42 raise funding for armies,43 the president to “notify Congress within forty-eight hours of

14

45 for drone strikes area, Finkelstein asserts, “there will be erosion of legal norms in III.Analysis, Transparency and Accountability in the Baghuz Strike post bellum

The testimonies of

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49
15

required to disobey unlawful orders, bound by their

50 51 This 16

lawfare

53 If U.S. leaders violate the rule so explicitly, what will stop authoritarian countries from following suit? Will employed by our non-state adversaries? follow suit.

IV.Crisis in Kabul: Continued Distortions of the Law of War in U.S. Drone Strikes

52
54 17

55 In reality, Ahmadi family.

Although the humanitarian supplies for weaponry and military equipment 59 before the strike operation. For these reasons, the drone strike on Kabul passed the

18

pre-strike analysis.

needing lengthy repairs, and the anguish felt by families of the no active

This designation seems to apply to

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no immediate threat.

V.Combatants vs. Noncombatants in an Asymmetric World of and bellum in bello , ad bellum nor in bello, the strike
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and Panetta v Al Aulaqi, threat.

signed by President George W. Bush in the immediate aftermath

.
21

Signed during a period of anguish and trepidation in the ranging operations independent of global human rights law. gathering due to the low threshold of proof needed before military operation

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VII.Conclusion and Recommendations for the Biden Administration

23
24

The New York Times

3 Ibid.

4 Operation Inherent Resolve

5 Historical Illustrations

Texas International Law Journal, 222, 222

The Continued Evolution

the U.S. Military

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

PBS Frontline

1 2
9
25

Ibid.

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

The Continued Evolution

The Continued Evolution

Effect

Ibid.

Analysis in ISIS Affected Communities of Iraq

The Continued Evolution,

10 Voice of America News 11 12 13
14 15
19
20
21 22
23
24
25 26

Continued Evolution,

Continued Evolution,

Force

Pepperdine Law Review

The Continued Evolution,

Commander in Chief Clause

Powers Resolution of 1973,

Just Security

The
. The
29 30 Ibid. 31 Air
Magazine 32
33 34
35
39 War
40 41 42 ,
27

Work, NPR ,

45 Finkelstein, Fighting State and Nonstate Actors

Ibid, 5. Ibid.

49 National implementation of IHL - directive no. 2311.01E on

50

51 Ibid.

52 Claire Finkelstein and Stephen N. Xenakis, Repairing

Accountability for Torture, Interrogation and Torture: Integrating

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Lawfare: Both an Existential Threat to the International Rule of Law and an Indispensable Tool of American Foreign Policy in the Twenty-First Century, Penn threat-to-the-international-rule-of-law-and-an-indispensable-tool-

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The Washington Post

43 44
28

The New York Times

Ibid. The New York Times

The Continued Evolution

Ibid. Walzer, Walzer,

Social Philosophy and Policy, no. 2, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

Panetta v. Al Aulaqi, .

55
59
29

Just Security

Tess Bridgeman,
30

Works Cited Air Force Magazine

Voice of America News html , NPR , The Washington Post

31

Effect

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

The Continued Implications for the U.S. Military

32

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law Social Philosophy and Policy,

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

Claire Finkelstein and Stephen N. Xenakis, Repairing the Accountability for Torture, Interrogation and Torture:

The New York Times pdf.

33

The New York Times

Pepperdine Law Review

in ISIS Affected Communities of Iraq

.
en.pdf , 2 34

The New York Times

Lawfare: Both an Existential Threat to the International Rule of Law and an Indispensable Tool of American Foreign Policy in the Twenty-First Century, an-existential-threat-to-the-international-rule-of-law-and-

Commander in Chief Clause at Historical Illustrations

35

Operation Inherent Resolve

payment.html.

PBS Frontline

Texas International Law Journal, Panetta v Al Aulaqi, .
36

Tess Bridgeman, “

Just Security bidens-support-of-2002-aumf-repeal-the-start-of-a-long, Just Security War Powers Resolution of 1973, the

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Anti-Accommodation Court and the Disability: From 1990 to Now.

Abstract

took to limit the number of people who qualify as disabled under the ADA

This paper then summarizes the federal reforms to and expansion

Johnson v Wald County and

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I.Introduction 1 2

3 Yet the ADA has not been

II.What is a Disability? How the Supreme Court used its interpretive powers to limit the breadth of ADA protections

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A.Toyota v Williams

1. Raising the Standard for Substantial Limitation

Thus, Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. v Williams for substantial limitation

In Toyota, due to her Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and related impairments. substantial limitation to the

4 5
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hold that to be substantially limited in performing manual tasks, severely restricts

9 In later legislation, the 110th Congress said the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the term substantially limits as severely restricts the Toyota 10

2. of disability. The Toyota 11

12 This, along with the Supreme Court’s

In Toyota, the Supreme Court questioned under what

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. The Supreme Court’s holding that Williams did not qualify as disabled meant that employers of similar jobs.15 Toyota and substantially limits The Toyota Toyota and the myriad Toyota

activity. 13 14
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B. Sutton Rights

The Supreme Court aimed to answer the question of whether the status of disability should be made in regard to the Sutton v United Airlines, Inc., and Murphy v United Parcel Service. 19

insulin,20

In Sutton 21 The Sutton 22 With mitigating measures, the 23 ability to do the job.

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of a disability. For example, in Sutton, was the employment

If the Supreme Court examined Sutton through the lens of of a disability. mitigating measures standard in Sutton

Sutton and Toyota

24
45

many people with impairments from the legal identity of disabled

II.The Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 key phrases to be more in line with Congress’ original intent.25 This

The ADAAA laid out rules for how the by the ADAAA’s guidelines. long as the impairment “substantially limits a

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Toyota, Toyota’s 30 For 31

In regard to substantial limitations, the ADAAA held that the Court’s standard of set by Toyota 32 substantial limitation. the meaning of substantially limits ADAAA,33 holding “substantial limitation standard.34

35 The Medvic v Compass Sign Co. held that the ADAAA superseded Toyota’s and Sutton

The

29
47
1. 39 Johnson v Weld County,40 41 42 Johnson 48

2. Wrongly Applied Precedent (Keeping the Sutton and Toyota Standards)

Johnson v Weld County is an example of post-ADAAA

Johnson whether the plaintiff was “a disabled person within the meaning of the ADA 43 disabled under the ADA. Johnson does not mention the ADAAA

Sutton v United Air Lines, Inc. the standard that “an impairment is substantially limiting when it in her 44 said was too high of a standard for qualifying as disabled.45 Johnson two years after the ADAAA’s implementation. The authors of

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or did not mention the ADAAA. and animus. Two explanations are unintentional mistakes, disability employment law, to pursue.49

50 50
It is unsure whether Johnson IV.Conclusion
51

pay judges and law makers to attend forums and workshops. But Sutton and Toyota

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4 Raytheon Co. v Hernandez, disability.

5

Marquette Law Review

Sutton v United Airlines

disability

substantial limitation.

1 2 3
9 53

Toyota. v Williams

10

Finding 7

11 Toyota. v Williams

12

UNC Law Review

13 Toyota. v Williams

14 Ibid, 201.

15 Ibid,

19 Murphy held that the plaintiff did not meet when mitigating measures were taken the plaintiff’s high blood

20 Amy M. Kimmel, “Insulin: Can’t Be Disabled with It--Can’t

21 Sutton v United Airlines, Inc.

22

23 54

25 The ADAAA used the same 3 Term framework set by the ADA

Ibid, . Ibid, Ibid, 29 Ibid, 30 Ibid, Purpose 4.

31

for oneself, performing manual tasks, seeing, hearing, eating, sleeping, walking, standing, lifting, bending, speaking, breathing,

32 Ibid, Purpose 5.

24
33 34 35 55

and held that Carpal Tunnel Syndrome “substantially No. of disability: Kinney v Century Feldman v Law Enforcement, Ibid

interests in:

MacKenzie

v Avis Fryer v Coil Tubing Services,

Journal

392.

393.

Ibid, 402.

status,
, rights
39 40 41
Thomas
Opportunities 42 43 44 45 Georgetown
on Poverty Law and Policy A.1 Ibid,
Ibid,
49 50
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Works Cited

Law Review

Journal of American Chemical Society, Feldman v Law Enforcement

Fryer v Coil Tubing Services

Finding 7 UNC
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Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Johnson v Weld County

MacKenzie

Medvic v Compass Sign Co

Murphy v United Parcel Service, Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy

Raytheon Co. v Hernandez

Sutton v United Airlines

Thomas v Avis

Toyota. v Williams

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Toyota. v Williams

The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Marquette Law Review

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Nude Dancing and First Amendment Jurisprudence: How the Pap’s Court Extended the Secondary Effects Doctrine and Lowered the Evidentiary Bar for a Total Ban of a Form of Constitutionally Protected Speech

Edited by Jack Walker, David Cho, Claire French, Christopher Hudson, and Jeannette Kim

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Introduction

It prohibits Congress from making laws that would abridge an or for t is

This paper will address the Supreme Court’s alarming steps expression. In Barnes v Glen Theatre, Inc. 1 2 A as limited adult expression.

City of Erie v Pap’s A.M. a: and,

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This extension 3 4

City of Erie v Pap’s A.M. . 5 Part Pap’s Pap’s

I. Development of the Nude Dancing Doctrine

Amendment extends beyond spoken and t

For example, a person walking down the street does not demonstrate a

Barnes .
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pression.

In United States v O’Brien, 9 the Court established a two step assessment under the First Amendment.10

11 In its hanging it out of a and is therefore and impermissibly infringed upon the appellant’s 12

Although the Court has not expressly applied the O’Brien Test to determine whether to ing California v LaRue, 13 s possess the power to regulate 14 15 Three years later, in , ing

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California v. LaRue that this form of entertainment might be Six years following , the Court buttressed the Schad v Mount Ephraim. The defendants, who patronize LaRue and , writing: 19 expression in Barnes v Glen Theatre Inc. 20 earlier statements from LaRue, , and Schad 21

, judgment,

They also

25 but “a general in a state of nudity.

22
23
24
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II. Level of Scrutiny Applied to Ordinances that Infringe on First Amendment Rights : whether

A. Content-Based Restrictions are Presumptively Unconstitutional message laws that

29 65

B.Content-Neutral Restrictions are Generally Held as Constitutional if They Survive Intermediate Scrutiny their is 30 not a 31 of the TPM is three-part:

the regulation must alternative a four-part standard originated from United States v O’Brien32 to permissible: the regulation must further an important or substantial that interest.

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Young,Renton, and Barnes

TPM and O’Brien’s Following Miller v California, 33 establishments under the TPM framework.

First, in Young v American Mini Theatres,34 the Court found 35 to the City of Detroit’s argument: the statutory intent was not to

Following American Mini Theatres City of Renton v Playtime Theatres. ignored the Court of Appeals’s to distinguish [Renton] from American Mini Theatres, where there 39 To further

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Renton

Renton foreshadows the slippery slope Barnes v Glen Theatre would head down. In dealing with Barnes plurality applied the O’Brien test.40 Dissimilar from the TPM test, the O’Brien American Mini Theatres and Renton

-

Clark v Community for Creative Non-Violence42 that the TPM and O’Brien test embody many

O’Brien test in Barnes

III. Development of the Secondary Effects Doctrine

A. Young v American Mini Theatres

In American Mini Theatres

41
43 68

adult theaters.

nude

issue should is undermines the founders’

The Court’s line of reasoning abridgment B.City of Renton v Playtime Theatres the plurality in Renton

Renton

. That is, the purpose is “aimed not at the content

44 45
49
69

the s

As -

content

Renton American Mini Theatres at the bare minimum

enton, at the time of trial, did not

judgment, the Court transgressed the TPM test. The third prong of the TPM test

The plurality in Renton American Mini Theatres 59 Renton fails to satisfy the TPM test. The and

at
50 51 52
53
54
55
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C.Barnes v Glen Theatre

Renton Barnes v Glen Theatre. Aforementioned, the plurality in Barnes applied the O’Brien O’Brien test does not require

TRenton’s rationale for the TPM test by extending it further to the O’Brien test. More disturbingly, he parroted the needlessness of drawing

There is no requirement to demonstrate the opinion, if adopted, would enable Congress to pass general laws

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IV. Summary of City of Erie v Pap’s A.M. Decision

In City of Erie v Pap’s A.M. Barnes therefore i ii iii and O’Brien test.

The Court of Common ruled in Barnes

the First and Fourteenth Amendments. Barnes Barnes

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Marks v United States, it found the in Barnes too

Content-based laws must meet the narrow tailoring requirement than to require pasties and G-strings.

judgment, holding that the O’Brien test. Like Barnes, Barnes and adopted Sh and foregrounds that statutes

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only need to satisfy the “‘less-stringent’ standard from O’Brien the plurality applies the O’Brien suppression of free expression and outlined in Renton and American Mini Theatres interest prong of the O’Brien to make judgments about the harmful

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V. The Implications of Pap’s

A. a Protected Form of Speech in Pap’s Chemerinsky,

Beginning with American Mini Theatres - The the Renton, the Court applied 90 91 Despite 92

This reasoning further transmutes the standard

93
75

of passing the Barnes

94 By applying the less stringent O’Brien us Erie

Barnes suggested that the preamble to the

95 In addition, the footnote in Pap’s stipulates that to the same prohibitions.

p

how the plurality, in appraising 99 and whether

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then a legal standard should be established to assess whether p 101 with the 102 thorough examination of Erie’s 103 suppressing .

O’Brien Test

The plurality in Pap’s 104

‘de minimis

First Amendment 105

In other words, Erie’s

100
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109

prohibition 110

O’Brien Pap’s, the 111 The plurality in American Mini Theaters 112 Ten years later, the Court in Renton defended a 113,114 Pap’s Renton that the First Amendment requires “...a reasonable opportunity open to operate an adult theater within the 115 is essentially the entirely ,

119 78

In other words, the Pap

The

Proof on the Relationship between an Expressive Conduct and Government Regulations

O’Brien

Barnes,

In appraising whether a harmful

that

Pap’s .
120 121
122
123
124
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The Pap’s

125 she does not lay out what reasonably of the Seattle study is not established. The Court’s refusal to entails that , despite it bearing little in Barnes reasonable

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the First, it shifts the burden of proof to adult establishments. Adult 130 has little to Pap’s

VI.Conclusion Pap’s own biases towards sexual expression, has extended an untenable,

129
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1 Barnes v Glen Theatre, Inc.

2 Barnes v Glen Theatre.

3 City of Erie v Pap’s A.M.

4 City of Erie v Pap’s A.M.

5 Barnes v Glen Theatre, Inc.) Barnes Barnes v Glen Theatre.

United States v O’Brien

Spence

Spence

California v LaRue

LaRue

LaRue Salem Inn, Inc. Schad v Mount Ephraim

Schad

Barnes v Glen Theatre

Thomas Leahy, “The First Amendment Gone Awry:

9
10 11
12
13
14
15
19
20
21 Barnes 22 Barnes 23 Barnes 24 Barnes 25 Barnes Barnes Christopher
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Thomas Leahy,

First Amendment Gone Awry:

PA Law Rev. 1033

v California

Young v Am. Mini Theatres

Young Renton v Playtime Theatres

v Playtime Theatres

Renton

Barnes v Glen Theatre

Barnes

Clark v Community for Creative Non-Violence

v Am. Mini Theatres

v Am. Mini Theatres

Mini Theatres

Mini Theatres

Mini Theatres

Mini Theatres

Renton v Playtime Theatres

added.

Renton

Renton v Playtime Theatres

Renton

29 Strict Scrutiny 30 Christopher
“The
Univ
31 32 33 Miller
34
35
Renton
Renton 39
40
41
42
43 Young
44 Young
45 Am.
Am.
Am.
Am.
49
50 Emphasis
51
52 Renton 53 Renton 54
55
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Ward v Rock Against Racism Renton

Renton

59 Am. Mini Theatres

United States v O’Brien, 391, Barnes

Ibid, City of Erie v Pap’s A.M., 529, Pap’s, 529

City of Erie v Pap’s A.M., 529, Pap’s, 529

judgment on Pap’s Ibid, Ibid, Ibid. Ibid. Ibid, 303-310. Ibid, Ibid, Ibid. Ibid. Ibid, 291.

City of Erie v Pap’s A.M., 529, Pap’s Ibid, Ibid,

84

Ibid. Ibid, Chemerinsky, “Content Neutrality as a Central Problem of Freedom

Ibid. Am. Mini Theatres , Ibid,

90 Renton v Playtime Theatres ,

91 Renton ,

92 Emphasis added.

93 Ibid,

94 Barnes v Glen Theatre., 501,

95 Leahy, Pap’s Chemerinsky, “Content Neutrality, 53. Pap’s, 529. at 292.

99 Ibid,

100 Ibid, 294.

101 Ibid, 102 Ibid, 290.

103 Ibid, 292.

104 Ibid, 105 Emphasis added.

1 Ibid, 319. Ibid.

109 Ibid.

110 Ibid.

111 Ward, 491,

112 Young

113 Renton

Miller.

114 Noted earlier, this argument is dubious. A large portion of the

85

Renton plurality’s reasoning still demonstrates that, prior to Pap’s,

115 Renton

Pap Leahy, Ibid.

119 Pap’s, 529. at 322.

120 Ibid, 323.

121 Ibid, 323.

122 Ibid, 301.

123 Ibid,299.

124 Ibid,

125 Ibid, Leahy Pap’s, 529 at 314. Ibid, 310.

129 Ibid, 290.

130 Leahy,

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Counter-Intelligence: Examining the Security and Press Freedom Implications of the 2019 Expansion of the Intelligence Identities Protection Act

Edited by Virginia Lo, Krishna Menon, Adeline Larsen, Derek Ng, Masa Al Azm, Shaurir Ramanujan

Abstract

abroad. This paper analyzes the arguments for and against the CIA’s 2019 IIPA

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1 2 3

In 2019, the CIA proposed an expansion to the IIPA to 4 The CIA defended their

In the months that followed the CIA’s proposal, many The New York Times, The Washington Post and the Associated Press hindering press freedoms.5

I.Introduction
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journalists and whistleblowers.

II.The Backdrop of 1982

Some
89

9

on his way home from a Christmas party.10

proposition of the IIPA.11

in numerous agent deaths, assassination attempts, and failed

12 The IIPA’s primary goal was therefore to Congress’s initial proposal of the IIPA was extremely

14 They wrote, “The

13
90

While then-Senator Biden

Despite President Biden’s fears, the IIPA has yet to be another agent’s name to a reporter.19

15
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III.The CIA’s Proposed Expansion: A Modern Threat Assessment

20
soil.21 22 23 92

in or were aware of the program. In response, the CIA argued that the report, while highlighting some of the CIA’s misdeeds, failed

These torture or witnessing torture.

24
25
29 93

While the CIA did not elaborate on their reasons for New York Times. 30

94

under the IIPA.31 explaining,32 33 34 While agents between 2010 and 2012.35 China has also used stolen Europe in 2013. proposed IIPA expansion.

95
96

IV.Freedom of the Press, and Other Considerations

Associated Press, New York Times, and Washington Post, issued a letter to Congress urging them to

an obligation to publish the names of agents who design and run

39
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wrote New York Times

For example, the CIA’s Detention and Interrogation program went unknown for nearly thirteen years until the Senate brought it to 40

For example, the New York Times Times instrumental in designing or leading the CIA’s drone program.41 The Times’

Lawfare

42 The agent of most note was D’Andrea, who the Times program and then, as head of the C.I.A. Counterterrorism Center, 43

98

Banquet explained

seriously, often refraining from publishing at the CIA’s request.

Although it is true 49 It is therefore

Times 44 Times’ 45
Times
99

50 In short, the Committee Lawfare could

51 Therefore, despite the Committee’s promises, it is entirely plausible that traditional news-gathering

V.Conclusion 100
101

5

New York Times,

The Washington Post,

9 Ibid.

10

New York Times, Lawfare,

New York Times,

1 2 3
4
102

Tribune,

New York Times,

15 Ibid. The Christian Science Monitor, Ibid. Ibid.

19 The Christian Science Monitor,

Lawfare,

11 Chicago
12 Congressional Research Service 13 14
20
21 103

22 Ibid.

23 24 25 The Guardian Ibid.

New York Times,

The New York Times

29

ACLU, Apr 4, 2002, trials.

30 Lawfare, Apr 29, 2015, online at

104

Ibid.

Research Service

FCW,

New York Times,

35 Mark Mazeeti, et. al. “Killing C.I.A. Informants, China Crippled html.

Foreign Policy,

Consider This From NPR, Apr 23, 2021, online at BBC

31 Congressional
32
33
34
39 40 Lawfare , 105

Ibid.

Ibid.

Ibid.

Ibid.

Ibid.

Ibid.

41
42 Lawfare , 43
44
45 Lawfare
Lawfare ,
49
50 explanatory.html. 106

Lawfare

51
107

Cited

The Christian Science Monitor, Chicago Tribune,

Works
108

Consider This From NPR, April 23, 2021, Foreign Policy,

ACLU, Apr. 4, 2002, Congressional Research Service

The Christian Science Monitor, Lawfare, Apr. 29, 2015,

109

BBC, FCW, The Guardian

New York Times,

110

The New York Times Lawfare,

The Washington Post,

New York Times, New York Times,

111
Consider this from NPR,
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“Send Lawyers, Guns, and a Dispersal Notice”: An Analysis of the Insurrection Act of 1807 and Its Application to the January 6th Capitol Riots
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I.Introduction

per se . Enshrined

among others.1 de facto and state’s

2 114

But beyond the Framers’ intentions

4 Although authority. The primary 5 purposes. many reasons that in the most generous interpretations. From suppressing the KKK and to 9 and 10 lain dormant, last being be misused by the as a last-resort statute for 11 With small Congressional skirmish about expanding use the military in natural disasters,12 not been while he repeatedly

3
115

As Floyd’s death sparked national outrage marked by protests and demonstrations, President Trump sharply defend the life and property of their residents, then I will deploy

ties.19 at bay as they

three questions. First, could

While some protestors

. 13
14 T 15 Protestors
zip
20 21 22 address
116
during the Capitol riots? If so, should he does the and arises
23 In Part and during as it intent and history and
II.History of the Insurrection Act
24 117

The President also required in emerg Congress was not in session, and the

along with the requirement that Congress not be in session.30

motivation

32 Finding a partner in 33

It is hard to know what Burr’s true intent was in organizing these expeditions, and indeed,

Some

25
29
31
34
118

the same time.35 Spain.

In the York through the western states to the territories bordering

at
39 bring “[sic] 40 posse comitatus. 41 119

going forward.42

it shall be lawful for him to employ, for the same purposes, 44

B.19th Century 45 deploy troops. In Martin v. Mott, did

th 43
120

In Luther v. Borden, 50 Martin Luther, a supporter of the the Constitution.51 While this suit presented a number of interesting along with whether or not troops should be deployed. In his majority

number of other times in the 19th

49
51 53
54 follows: 121

or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.55

C.20th Century th

Brown v. Board of Education, President Eisenhower federalized the military to ensure that the the Arkansas National Guard to support segregationist protestors and the President

Brown. 59 122

Alabama. against segregationist protestors during the integration of the in September At the other student.

Brown

posse comitatus Montgomery, Alabama,

While it seems that desperation. Indeed,

123

Baltimore,

resulting in the federalization and deployment of the military by The arrest and gruesome beating

III.The Modern Act

militia of the other States, in the number requested by that State, and

124

follows: those laws or to suppress the rebellion. that the President retains the sole authority to determine what may pursuant to the Supreme Court’s opinions in Martin v. Mott and Luther v. Borden.

125

must identify one of the following: or laws. And

126

disperse. requirement and the proclamation requirement

A.Question 1: “Could”

we must assess whether President Trump from the Supreme Court or Congress, the p

IV.Potential Application to the January 6th Capitol Riots could th should th th, and the national
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could p neutral and see platonically ideal president, it must be determined whether a p

It is reasonable to assume p legally th 90 least, that there was some 91

A p Capitol. Federal law prohibits “depredation against any property of 92

93 128

en masse should th .

Constitution.95 A an ill omen

T B.Question 2: “Should”

could indeed th , the question now shifts to whether the President should Notably, the by law any other authorities, a President is well within their rights to not th, the National breaking the . unanswered. made in medias res nearly th President

94
129

th . There . by saying that he was blatantly unaware of the broad powers offered to the defense would require one to unlikely President Trump the Summer 2020 Floyd Protests. the President had no knowledge his likely be aware

ne may argue that the President assumes that none of the Capitol powers of the th. It seems

130

response to the Summer 2020 Floyd protests would be unaware that attempting to halt a . Another plausible reason is determined th determination would be wrong th resemble . the to the National Guard, military deployment against an attempted from a national estors’ sense, there is a symbolic The military the nation, and a fortiori had the primary responsibility to quash the protestors.

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seemed to be egged on by Trump himself alongside other pro-Trump 99 potential ability to be used. 100 at least 101 it would buildings.102 somewhat untested and does not require that the president use the th highest degree.

As a whole, the President should th. The President should

132
th
V.The Normative Value of the Act and
is 103 , 104 133

existential threat to the nation. It makes sense that the President, as legitimately grave

th. In a world where Congressional authorization is

Congress itself is under without ’ defeat required - is it wise to does not require the is it not equally

134

There seems to be no easy way out of this quandary from it boils down to its Indeed, history seems to bear this out, th, nor during States.105

In the torn in two. Perhaps it is for the best that the amount of existentially threatening

th th, were they allowed

135

VI.Conclusion Excitable Boy

identifying

111

th, 2021, in the Capitol Complex, the shit had hit the fan. Like the young man from the forth any guns in an attempt to remedy the situation militarily. The

th 109 This
110
136

see generally Stephen I.

The Field Theory: Martial Law, the Suspension Power, and the Insurrection Act

William C. Banks, Providing “Supplemental Security” - The Crises.

4 Banks, supra

5 Posse comitatus

th posse in

See infra

See also supra

habeas corpus.

The Role of Federal Military Forces in . Washington, D.C.: Center of

9 Coakley, supra

1 2 3
137

supra note 13, 150.

11 at any point in the 21st

12 see Banks, supra

13 in Custody. The New York Times

14 Trump threatens to deploy military as George Floyd protests continue to shake the U.S. 2021].

15

law more broadly. See Opinion | Trump’s military force threats raise questions. Here’s what he can (and can’t) do.. See also supra

10
138

.

Arrested Capitol rioters had guns and bombs, everyday careers and Olympic medals. [online]

April 2021].

19 Oath Keepers leader coordinated with Proud Boys and others before Capitol riot, prosecutors say

I., 2021. Capitol riot suspects who allegedly brought zip ties, wore tactical gear arrested

20 not any National Guard of any alone may

See Collins, K., Cohen, Z., Starr, B. Pence took lead as Trump initially resisted sending National Guard to Capitol

21 US Capitol secured, 4 dead after rioters stormed the halls of Congress to block Biden’s win. [online]

22 Capitol Complex.

Ibid
23 139

generally Banks, supra supra supra

see generally Coakley, supra supra note 13, and Laurie, infra

Coakley, supra note 12, 23.

Ibid., at 22. See also infra note 93 for the modern instantiation of this requirement.

Ibid. Ibid. Ibid.

Ibid. -

Ibid.

Ibid., -

Ibid.

Ibid.

Ibid.

Ibid. Ibid. Filibustering their own.

Ibid.

See also supra posse comitatus.

Ibid.

Ibid.

st see
24
25
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
39
40 41
42
43
140

Ibid. 90. supra

Ibid.

See also supra

Coakley, supra

The role of federal military . Washington, D.C.: Center

see generally The Posse Comitatus Act: A Principle in Need of Renewal

supra note 13, at 44. Ibid , at 34.

Ibid., at 45.

Supra note 15. supra note 13, at 93.

Ibid. See posse comitatus. supra 191. Ibid, 191.

44 45
49 50 51
52 53
54
55
59
141

Ibid, 204. Ibid Ibid, 324. Ibid, 305. Supra note 13. supra note 13, 441. Ibid Ibid see generally supra supra Ibid. . Ibid. Proclamation Requirement. Supra Supra

90 Supra note 90.

Supra note 92.

See also Klehm, supra note 21.

Collins, supra note 23. Supra note 19.

91
92 93 94
95
142

Supra

of Capitol riot

The Concept of Law

103 See generally Banks, supra supra

105 Coakley, supra 35.

-

Ibid Supra

109 Ibid.

110

111 Ibid.

112 Barrett, supra

113 Cas Mudde, around the world

Lawyers, Guns and Money. [online] Asylum

99
100
101 102 supra
104
114 143

See Cas Mudde, A far-right threat shut down US Congress this week. Why aren’t we talking about it? See also Mudde, supra note 122.

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How Brown Died: An Autopsy into the Causes of Modern Segregation

Abstract

Brown v Board of Education of Topeka

the 1954 Brown Brown

Brown holding Brown, without outright

149

I.America’s Brown Myth

Brown v Board of Education of Topeka as 1 She’s right. Brown 2 Brown is Brown’s de facto 3 4

wealthier white peers.

5
150
As residential patterns lead to de facto segregation of
9 10
Brown
Brown’s 11
Those who
12
While this post-
151

14

Brown’s Brown in Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v President & Fellows of Harvard College, 15 Brown as an antisubordination. It would end Brown’s promise of desegregation The petitioner’s brief in Students for Fair Admissions Inc. makes Brown Brown’s . Therefore, the brief , Brown.

13
152

in the number of nonwhite students attending majority-white de facto Brown Brown toward integration in between.

The story of Brown begins with a holding far less Brown was Brown in Milliken v Bradley and 19 Brown

possible in Oklahoma City , 20 Freeman v Pitts , 21 and Missouri v. Jenkins 22 This

Students for Fair Admissions Inc. offers the Court the opportunity to further Brown

153

Brown

II.With No Deliberate Speed

Brown into two parts: Brown I and Brown II. While Brown I was full of lofty intentions, Brown Brown II segregation. Central to Brown II

23 The Court argued manner.24 Brown

II Brown

I 25 Brown’s power from day one. Brown II holding. far more sinister story of the post-Brown South was one of quiet These plans manipulated Brown

154

Brown without addressing the failures of implementation, Cooper v Aaron Goss v Board of Education of Knoxville, Tennessee and County 29 30 absent in Brown’s Brown II rulings narrow. 31 rulings futile, the intentions outlined in Brown I

155

III. Brown’s Return

the integration that Brown I 32

Singleton v 33 and then in U.S. v Jefferson County34 upheld.35

156

Green v County School Board and Swann v Charlotte Mecklenburg Board of Ed.

Brown II that Brown now 39 addressed Brown Brown

Green, 41 This

Brown. Trying 42 Swann Green Brown II: implementation. While Swann begins with a reiteration of Brown II’s

40
157

table. Swann’s takeaway similarly burdensome.

Swann and Green, the segregation laid the groundwork for the Court’s failure to address the de facto

Brown, Swann, and Green dealt with segregation, de facto de facto segregation.

43 While the de facto segregation. Thus, Green and Swann integration efforts, also foreshadowed the ultimate death of Brown

IV.Desegregation Losses of the 1970s

158

Milliken v Bradley

possible remedies for de facto Court’s holding in Brown, integration plan. 44 45 systems had not been maintained, remained highly segregated as

159

proponents lost the war: the Supreme Court set a standard that

de facto segregation.

de facto segregation. In order to gain relief, the plaintiff must satisfy the Keyes requirement by permitted under Milliken, resulting in a system only equipped to segregation. But by the it was de facto segregation from here on out.

V.The Era of Localization

If Brown 1990s. desegregation.49

160

In Oklahoma City systems [has always] been intended as a temporary measure to 50 51 the order was lifted.

52 tried 53 Finally, the not plan to address the more pressing issue of de facto segregation. order.54

Freeman v Pitts . 55 took

161

integration in Dekalb County. In other words, the Court weakened

Thus, Freeman partial unitary status to be deregulated while maintaining many of Freeman Freeman, writing argues that this posture was a break from the past, for while Green to Milliken, “it was only in Freeman build on Milliken, remedies for integration efforts in Missouri v Jenkins .

162

In many ways, Jenkins Swann. Whereas Swann

Jenkins Milliken

59 Green and Swann.

VI.Conclusion

Parents Involved in Community Schools v to Students for Fair Admissions Inc. Parents Involved

163

Brown

Brown

makes the same argument in Zelman v Simmons-Harris

Brown

departure from Brown Brown

164

2 Brown What Brown v. Board of Education Should Have Said,

1.

3

4 Ibid, 2.

5 Garcia, 3-4.

Erica Frankenberg et al. “Southern Schools More than a Half Century After the Civil Rights Revolution,” UCLA Civil Rights Project (May 2017).

The Atlantic,

9 Vox,

10 Patrick Sharkey, Stuck in Place: Urban Neighborhoods and the End of Progress toward Racial Equality (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2013): 9.

11 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka,

12

13

The New York Times. 14

1
15 165

index.html.

Supplemental Brief for Petitioner, Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard College, No. 20-1199, Charles Clotfelter, After Brown: The Rise and Retreat of School : Milliken v. Bradley, 418 U.S. 717, 745 (1974).

19 20 21 Freeman v. Pitts

Missouri v. Jenkins,

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, ,

Brown v Board of Education of Topeka ,

North Carolina Law Review p Cooper v Aaron Goss v. Board of Education of Knoxville,

Bell, J., Dissenting in What Brown v. Board of Education Should Have Said

The Hollow Hope

Ibid.

22
23
24
25
29
31
32
166

, 332 F.

34 United States v. Jefferson County Bd. of Educ.,

35 , 332 F. Green v. County School Board

Swann v. Charlotte Mecklenburg Board of Ed.

North Carolina Law Review

39 ,

41 Ibid.

42 Ibid.

43 It should be noted that the Court found in Baston v. Kentucky peremptory the court system

44 Milliken v. Bradley, 418 U.S. 717, 745 (1974).

45

North Carolina Law Review

Charles Clotfelter, After Brown: The Rise and Retreat of School

33
40
167

Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights and Social Justice

of Resegregation,” The Civil Rights Project, Harvard University, 16, (2001).

49 .

Ibid.

49 New York Law School Law Review

Green.

North Carolina Law Review

55 Freeman v. Pitts Freeman v. Pitts James McGoldrick, Jr., “Two Shades of Brown: The Failure of Desegregation in America; Why it is Irremediable (and a Modest Proposal),” 24 Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights and Social Justice 271, 298 (2018).

59 Erwin Chemerinsky, “The Segregation and Resegregation of American Public Education: The Court’s Role,” 81 North Carolina Law Review 1597, 1618 (2003).

no. 1

Bell, J., What Brown v. Board of Education Should Have Said

50 51
52
53
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