Article

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A History of Vacatur

Benjamin B. Johnson

This Article traces vacatur from English and early American practice to the Supreme Court’s modern uses. Historically used for docket management, remedy after reversal, or judgment for procedural defects, modern vacatur (including GVRs, Munsingwear, and vacating without judgment) expands the Court’s policymaking powers in ways that test Article III’s limits.

31 Jan 2026

Federal Courts • Remedies • Legal History

Article

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Trading Acres

Jessica A. Shoemaker & James Fallows Tierney

Trading Acres reveals how property, corporate, and securities law are fueling a new rural land grab, transforming farmland into an asset traded through global financial channels. The Article explains and critiques failed reforms and advances democratic alternatives to protect rural communities, local livelihoods, and a more sustainable food system.

31 Jan 2026

Law and Political Economy • Property • Corporate Law

Feature

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The Forgotten Income-Attribution Power

Alex Zhang

Inequality has reached record levels, and the judiciary has shown increasing willingness to intervene through tax policy. This Feature excavates forgotten litigation materials to uncover the federal income-attribution power, which grants Congress broad discretion to tax A on income realized by B, paving the constitutional path for structural tax reform.

31 Jan 2026

Tax • Constitutional Law

Note

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Broken Buying: Adversarial Legalism and (In)Efficiency in Procurement Law

Anthony M. Potts

Public-procurement laws are integral to government capacity. But two forces limit government’s potential: (1) adversarial legalism and (2) cost-based efficiency, both of which influence statutory interpretation and application. This Note argues that restoring the historical, broad conception of administrative discretion is necessary to counteract these forces.

31 Jan 2026

State & Local Government Law • Infrastructure • Law and Political Economy

Note

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Ensuring Sovereignty in Healthcare: A Comparison of Tribal Healthcare Compacts and Medicaid

Trudel Pare

Medicaid faces an uncertain future. This Note looks to the Indian Health Service (IHS) for ways to buoy the nation’s largest healthcare program. Comparing Medicaid state plans with tribal contracting/compacting documents reveals how tribal leaders overcame distrust to create a robust tribal healthcare partnership, providing lessons for Medicaid.

31 Jan 2026

Federal Indian Law • Health Law