Letter from the Editor

• Author: Luke Bunting
• Position: Editor-in-Chief
• Pages: 1-2

LetterfromtheEditor

DearReader,

TheGeorgetownJournalofLaw&PublicPolicyisproudtopresentthefirst

issueofVolumeTwenty.Thisissuecontainsbothaselectionofarticlesonmany

topicsdominatingthenationaldiscourseandaseriesofarticlespresentedatthe

GeorgetownCenterfortheConstitution’sSeventhAnnualSalmonP.Chase

DistinguishedLecture&FacultyColloquium.

TheSalmonP.ChaseLectureseriesispublishedinpartnershipwiththe

GeorgetownCenterfortheConstitution.TheCenteranditsDirector,Randy

Barnett,remainclosefriendsofourjournal.The2020lectureandcolloquium,

publishedhere,commemoratethe100thanniversaryoftheadoptionofthe

NineteenthAmendment,whichfinallyextendedtherighttovotetowomen.The

colloquiumarticlesincludedinthisvolumediscussboththehistoricallandscape

surroundingtheAmendment’sadoptionandhowAmericanscanensureitspoten-

tialisfullyrealized.

TheissuebeginswithanintroductorylecturebyProfessorMarthaS.Jones,

followedbyarticlesfromProfessorsRevaB.Siegel,EllenD.Katz,PaulaA.

Monopoli,andDavidE.Bernstein.Eachpieceexaminesthefightforwomen’s

suffragethroughauniquelens,whetheritbetheconceptof“constitutionalmem-

ory”orthejuxtapositionofimportantjudicialprecedents.Giventherecentfocus

onvotinglawsandpractices,thesymposiumarticlesprovideawelcomeover-

viewofthehistoryofthefranchiseinAmericaandanalysisofoneofthe

Constitution’smostprominentguaranteesofit.

Inaddition,thisissuefeaturesscholarshipfromadistinguishedgroupof

authorsonanarrayoftimelytopics.JoshBlackmanandSethBarrettTillman

examinethethresholdissuesatplayintheEmolumentsClauselitigationbrought

againstPresidentDonaldTrump,providingaframeworkforcategorizingactions

bypresidentsandanalyzingwhenandhowsuchsuitscanbebrought.The

HonorableTimothyTymkovichoftheU.S.CourtofAppealsfortheTenth

CircuitandHayleyStillwellputforthatheoryofmaliciousprosecutionbasednot

intheFourthAmendment,butratherintheFourteenthAmendment’sprotection

ofdueprocess.EricR.ClaeysidentifiestheholdingsanddictaofbothRoev.

WadeandPlannedParenthoodofSoutheasternPennsylvaniav.Caseyin

responsetoChiefJusticeRoberts’scharacterizationofeachduringoralargu-

mentsinDobbsv.JacksonWomen’sHealthOrganization.SherifGirgisargues

againstrecentsuggestionsthattheSupremeCourtupholdtheMississippistatute

atissueinDobbsunderCasey’sundue-burdentest,findingsuchsuggestionstobe

basedonenduringmisreadingsofCasey,andthatsuchanoutcomewouldrun

countertothecase’sactuallogic.PaulLarkin,Jr.,offerstwopiecesrelatedtothe

federalgovernment’sresponsetoCOVID-19.Thefirstconsidersthepolitical,

practical,andconstitutionalquestionsatplaywhenthefederalgovernment

decidesbetweenpersuadingandcoercingAmericansintoreceivingavaccine.

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