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v88.6
In Search of Ordinary Meaning: What Can Be Learned from the Textualist Opinions of Bostock v. Clayton County?
Sam Capparelli
B.S. 2018, The George Washington University; J.D. Candidate 2022, The University of Chicago Law School.

Many thanks to Professor Brian Leiter, Samuel Kane, Crofton Kelly, Tony Leyh, Jennifer Chang, Tony Alessi, Kelly Gregg, George Colligan, and all of the editors of the University of Chicago Law Review for their comments and advice.

What is the meaning of the phrase “discriminate because of sex”? This was the key question the Supreme Court faced in Bostock v. Clayton County.

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Arbitration and Title VII Pattern-or-Practice Claims After Epic Systems
Simon Jacobs
S.B. 2014, The University of Chicago; J.D. Candidate 2022, The University of Chicago Law School.

Thank you to the editors of the University of Chicago Law Review, especially Sam Kane, Jay Clayton, and Kelly Gregg, and Professors Randall Schmidt and James Whitehead.

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v88.4
Removing Interpretative Barnacles: Counterclaims and Civil Forfeiture
Nicholas Hallock
B.A. 2017, Columbia University; J.D. Candidate 2022, The University of Chicago Law School

Thanks to Professor William Hubbard and Ramon Feldbrin for thoughtful feedback.

The Pueblo of Pojoaque is a Native American tribe in northern New Mexico. Its reservation has a population of 2,712, and, like many tribes, the Pueblo of Pojoaque operates multiple casinos and resorts.

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v88.4
Vindicating the Right to Be Heard: Due Process Safeguards Against Government Interference in the Clemency Process
Jay Clayton
B.A. 2016, Swarthmore College; J.D. Candidate 2022, The University of Chicago Law School

Many thanks to The University of Chicago Law Review editors and Professor John Rappaport for their help and advice.

In 2020, the U.S. federal government carried out ten exe-cutions, more than in any year since 1896. In a single week in January 2021, it carried out three more.

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88.1
A Class of One: Multiracial Individuals Under Equal Protection
Desirée D. Mitchell
B.A. 2018, Brigham Young University; J.D. Candidate 2021, The University of Chicago Law School.

For centuries, mixed-race Americans have felt a sense of isolation as unique as their racial makeup. Whether society perceived a multiracial person as White or non-White could determine everything from whom they could marry to which jobs they could work to which areas and homes they could live in.