Volume 71 No. 1

Volume 71 – Bulletin Drew Waters† I. Introduction On June 6, 2025, Judge Claudia Wilken approved a settlement proposal for the House v. NCAA case in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.1 Notable for its sweeping reforms in the way college athletics are currently governed, the settlement also contains provisions designed…

Volume 71 – Bulletin Lizbeth López-Bermúdez † I. Introduction In a post-Chevron world, the constitutional limits of regulatory bodies’ enforcement powers have become highly contested.1 Under the Chevron doctrine, precedent required courts to give agencies deference in interpreting ambiguous statutes in the absence of clear legislative statements or intentions from Congress, as long as their…

Volume 71 – Bulletin Dino Frank Bucci III † I. Introduction In February 1776, during the lead up to the American Revolutionary War, Continental Congressman Christopher Gadsden first presented a yellow-background flag, featuring a coiled snake—a nod to Benjamin Franklin’s “Join, or Die” cartoon—and the words “Don’t Tread on Me,” to the Provincial Congress of…