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Symposium: “Courts, Campaigns, and Corruption: Judicial Recusal Five Years After Caperton“

Opening Remarks
Wendy Weiser

Caperton and the Courts: Did the Floodgates Open?
Adam Liptak, Keith Swisher, James Sample & Bradley A. Smith

The State of Recusal Reform
Charles Geyh, Myles Lynk, Robert S. Peck & The Honorable Toni Clarke

A View From the Bench
Barbara S. Gillers, The Honorable Jonathan Lippman, The Honorable Sue Bell Cobb, The Honorable Maureen O’Connor & The Honorable Louis Butler

Caperton’s Next Generation: Beyond the Bank
Jed Shugerman, Debra Lyn Bassett, Gregory S. Parks, Dmitry Bam & Rex R. Perschbacher

Closing Remarks
Dean Trevor Morrison

Articles

Recusal Failure
Dmitry Bam

Three Reasons Why the Challenged Judge Should Not Rule on a Judicial Recusal Motion
Debra Lyn Bassett

Judicial Recusal: Cognitive Biases and Racial Stereotyping
Gregory S. Parks

Caperton on the International Stage
Rex R. Perschbacher

Articles

Birth Certificates for Children with Same-Sex Parents: A Reflection Of Biology or Something More?
Paula Gerber & Phoebe Irving Lindner

NFIB v. Sebelius and the Right to Health Care: Government’s Obligation to Provide for the Health, Safety, and Welfare of its Citizens
Jack M. Beermann

Recklessness As a State of Mind in 10(b) Cases: The Civil-Criminal Dialectic
Ann M. Olazábal & Patricia S. Abril

Notes
Land Costs As Non-Eligible Basis: Arbitrary Restrictions on State Policymaking Authority in the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program
Michael David Williams

Indeterminate and Unrecognized: Exploring the Relationship Between the Morsi Ouster, Post-Coup Sanctions, and the Recognition Power
Daniel N. Swartz

Is Change Always Good? The Adaptability of Social Norms and Incentives to Innovate
Jennifer Basch

Articles

Turf Wars: How a Jurisdictional Quagmire in Congress Compromises Homeland Security
Joan V. O’Hara, et al.

The Rationalization of Policy: On the Relation Between Democracy and the Rule of Law
Ofer Raban

RLUIPA: Re-Aligning Burdens of Proof, Clarifying Freedoms, and Re-Defining Responsibilities
George P. Smith, II & Philip M. Donoho

Notes
“Abusive” Acts and Practices: Dodd-Frank’s Behaviorally Informed Authority Over Consumer Credit Markets and Its Application to Teaser Rates
Patrick M. Corrigan

Accessing Foreign Audit Work Papers and the Conflicting Non-U.S. Laws Defense: A Recent Case Study
Xiao Luo