Abstract In 1991, Rodney Glen King was beaten mercilessly by four Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers after being stopped for driving while intoxicated, igniting national outrage. Despite the brutality being caught on film by a witness, the police officers were acquitted at trial. Three years later, O.J. Simpson led authorities on a nationally televised low-speed pursuit before his...
More Than a “Mere Paper Guarantee”: Looking to the Bottom for an Expansive Thirteenth Amendment
Abstract This Comment analyzes the racist origins and consequences of contemporary reproductive justice schemes. Specifically, it situates contemporary debates surrounding reproductive justice within the context of the Thirteenth Amendment. It examines three specific features of the contemporary landscape for reproductive rights and justice, hoping to highlight their connections to a much longer...
Fair Use Defenses in Disruptive Technology Cases
Abstract The fair use limitation on the scope of authorial exclusive rights is expected to be the main defense in lawsuits charging generative artificial intelligence (AI) developers with copyright infringement. These lawsuits—brought by and on behalf of some authors, artists, and copyright industry rights holders—challenge the legality of the unauthorized use of in-copyright works for purposes...
“We Can Only Guess”—Uncertainty and Family Reunification in the West Bank Including East Jerusalem
Abstract This Article explores the processes of family reunification through marriage in the West Bank and East Jerusalem under their two different legal systems, where one spouse is a Palestinian resident of the West Bank or East Jerusalem, and the other spouse is a foreign national. It argues that Israeli state institutions produce uncertainty through purposefully malfunctional, unclear, and...
Palestine Studies: An Activist Academic Field
Abstract This Article follows the emergence and development of Palestine Studies. Palestine Studies today is a recognized academic pathway in many universities around the world. This Article argues that Palestine Studies was born from the twin impulses of activism and scholarship which still characterizes the area of study today. Palestine Studies benefitted considerably from the developments in...
Nativity
Challenging the Rhetoric of Elimination: A Call for Recognition, Justice, and Shared Safety in the Wake of October 7
Abstract As Jewish Israelis, members of the Zochrot community, and people who have lost loved ones in the Hamas attack, our work insists that history did not begin on October 7, 2023. Despite Israeli authorities’ attempts to frame October 7 as an isolated incident, we recognize the decades of direct, administrative, and legal violence that culminated in this moment and refuse to examine it in a...
Defending Jews From the Definition of Antisemitism
Abstract The 2023 Israel-Gaza conflict has ignited an intense legal and ethical debate over the definition of antisemitism, leaving deep scars on communities and college campuses. This debate clashes over one major question: does sharp criticism of Israel amount to antisemitic speech? Through various legal instruments, U.S. law has accepted this premise. This Article argues against such...