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Offended-Observer Standing’s Last Stand: Kennedy as the Final Nail in a Flawed Doctrine’s Coffin
Stephen Vukovits
Stephen Vukovits is a J.D. Candidate at the University of Chicago Law School, Class of 2024.

He thanks Matthew Makowski, Anson Fung, Virginia Robinson, and the University of Chicago Law Review Online team.

This past term, the Supreme Court in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District (2022) formally overturned the notorious Lemon test that had governed Establishment Clause jurisprudence for more than a half-century.

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Judging the Referee: How Judicial Standards of Review Can Improve Soccer’s Video Assistant Referee System
Eliana Fleischer
Eliana Fleischer is a J.D. Candidate at the University of Chicago Law School, Class of 2024.

She thanks Matthew Makowski, Cheridan Christnacht, Annie Kors, and the University of Chicago Law Review Online team. She also thanks her first readers, Julie Fleischer and Barry Fleischer.

The 2022 FIFA World Cup is in full swing, and while no one knows what the results of the games will be, we do know one thing: no matter who wins, there will be people mad at the referees.

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Courts Prepare to Take On the True Lender Question
Rhemé Sloan
Rhemé Sloan is a J.D. Candidate at the University of Chicago Law School, Class of 2023.

They thank Annie Kors, Matthew Makowski, Renic Sloan, and the University of Chicago Law Review Online team.

Financial technology (“fintech”) firms and banking institutions have thoroughly cemented lending in the digital realm.

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Exhausting Government Class Actions
Adam S. Zimmerman
Adam S. Zimmerman is a Professor of Law and Gerald Rosen Fellow at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles.

I have authored amicus briefs on behalf of law professors of civil procedure, administrative law, and federal courts in several cases supporting veteran class actions, including Skaar v. McDonough. I’m grateful to Maureen Carroll, Helen Hershkoff, Alexandra Lahav, and David Marcus for thoughtful discussion and comments. I’d also like to thank the incredible team at the University of Chicago Law Review Online, including Anson Fung, Annie Kors, and Matthew Makowski.

For decades, veterans were one of the few groups that could not bring class actions when the federal government systematically mishandled their disability benefits.

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Evaluating Mistakes of Law: Objective Reasonableness Under Title VII
Gabrielle Dohmen
Gabrielle Dohmen is a J.D. Candidate at the University of Chicago Law School, Class of 2023.

She thanks Matthew Makowski, Abigail Barney, Annie Kors, and Maggie Niu for their very helpful comments.

Title VII’s anti-retaliation provision is clear: if an employee complains about employment discrimination, it is illegal for an employer to retaliate against them.

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Failing the Sniff Test: Using Marijuana Odor to Establish Probable Cause in Illinois Post-Legalization
Claire J. Rice
Claire J. Rice is a J.D. Candidate at the University of Chicago Law School, Class of 2023.

She thanks her family, her friends, and the entire University of Chicago Law Review Online team.

Imagine that a convicted felon in Illinois is pulled over by the police. He hasn’t smoked all day. Stuffed in his coat pocket, however, is a baggy containing marijuana residue—a remnant from several days prior.

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Defining the Scope of Burial Rights Under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
Narayan Narasimhan
Narayan Narasimhan is a J.D. Candidate at the University of Chicago Law School, Class of 2023.

He thanks Annie Kors, Matthew Makowski, Claire Rice, and the University of Chicago Law Review staff for their hard work on this piece. All errors are his own.

The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) creates a comprehensive federal statutory scheme to protect Native American graves and accord human remains and objects of cultural patrimony “dignity and respect.”

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United States v. Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S.—the Conundrum of Foreign Sovereign Immunity in Criminal Prosecutions
Youssef Mohamed
Youssef Mohamed is a poet and J.D. Candidate at the University of Chicago Law School, Class of 2023.

أولاً الحمدلله و ثانياً الحمدلله   He thanks Kyra Cooper, Cheridan Christnacht, Matthew Makowski, Virginia Robinson, and the rest of the wonderful University of Chicago Law Review Online team for the care with which they have treated this piece.

In 2019, Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S. (“Halkbank”)—a commercial bank majority-owned by the Turkish government—was indicted for its participation in a scheme to launder billions of dollars of Iranian oil and natural gas proceeds in violation of U.S. sanctions against the Iranian government and related entities.

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Post-FTC v. AMG: Consumer Redress Through Other Means
So Jung Kim
So Jung Kim is a J.D. Candidate at the University of Chicago Law School, Class of 2023.

She thanks the University of Chicago Law Review Online team for its feedback.

In the aftermath of a scam, consumers have government agencies in their corner fighting to refund their losses and shut down bad actors.

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