Eric S. Fish
Resisting Mass Immigrant Prosecutions
Over the last two decades, U.S. courts have convicted hundreds of thousands of Latin American defendants for misdemeanor immigration crimes. This Article documents, analyzes, and draws lessons from immigrants’ defiance. In particular, the battles in California and Texas reveal several effective legal strategies for immigrant defendants to resist mass criminalization.
The Twenty-Sixth Amendment Enforcement Power
121 Yale L.J. 1168 (2012). This Note argues that the Twenty-Sixth Amendment did more than just lower the voting age. It also gave Congress the power to override state policies that disproportionately burden the voting rights of particular age groups, such as strict voter ID laws and onerous absentee ballot rules for overseas soldiers. The Note reasons from the Amendment’s...
Peace Through Complementarity: Solving the Ex Post Problem in International Criminal Court Prosecutions
119 Yale L.J. 1703 (2010).