Articles, notes, and symposia pieces published in CLR’s print volumes.

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Note, Volume 109, February 2021, Madison Lo California Law Review Note, Volume 109, February 2021, Madison Lo California Law Review

A Domestic Violence Dystopia: Abuse via the Internet of Things and Remedies Under Current Law

Tactics of domestic violence are nothing new. However, as with various other aspects of modern life, technology threatens disruption. The increasing prevalence of Internet of Things (IoT) devices has given abusers a powerful new tool to expand and magnify the traditional harms of domestic violence, threatening the progress advocates have made in the past thirty…

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Note, Volume 109, February 2021, Alexandra Zaretsky California Law Review Note, Volume 109, February 2021, Alexandra Zaretsky California Law Review

DNA Collection in Immigration Custody and the Threat of Genetic Surveillance

In October 2019, the Trump administration proposed a dramatic expansion of DNA collection from immigrants in federal detention. The final rule, which took effect in April 2020, eliminated a regulatory provision that had previously allowed the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to exempt noncitizens from DNA collection if collection was “not feasible because of…

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Article, Volume 109, February 2021, Shelley Welton California Law Review Article, Volume 109, February 2021, Shelley Welton California Law Review

Rethinking Grid Governance for the Climate Change Era

The electricity sector is often appropriately called the linchpin of efforts to respond to climate change. Over the next few decades, the U.S. electricity sector will need to double in size to accommodate electric vehicles, while transforming to run entirely on clean energy. To drive this transformation, states are increasingly adopting 100 percent clean energy…

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Article, Volume 109, February 2021, Suja A. Thomas California Law Review Article, Volume 109, February 2021, Suja A. Thomas California Law Review

The Customer Caste: Lawful Discrimination by Public Businesses

It is legal to follow and watch people in retail stores based on their race, give inferior service to restaurant customers based on their race, and place patrons in certain hotel rooms based on their race. Congress enacted Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to protect Black and other people of color…

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Decolonizing Indigenous Migration

In this Article, we argue that accounting for the experience of Indigenous Peoples in the creation and regulation of borders is critical to advancing a human rights approach to migration and to addressing the legacies of conquest and colonization that undergird nation-state territorial sovereignty. By focusing on the unique situation of Indigenous Peoples, this Article…

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Medical Professionals, Excessive Force, and the Fourth Amendment

Police use of force is a persistent problem in American cities, and the number of people killed at the hands of law enforcement has not decreased even as social movements raise greater awareness. This context has led to reform conversations on use of force that seek less violent ways for police to engage the public…

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