The Case for Full Restitution for Child Pornography Victims

Paul G. Cassell, James R. Marsh, and Jeremy M. Christiansen · December 2013 82 GEO. WASH. L. REV. 61 (2013) To address the serious harms resulting from federal sex offenses, including the creation, distribution, and possession of child pornography, Congress created an expansive statutory regime in the Mandatory Restitution for Sex Crimes provision of the...
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Drones: The Power to Kill

Alberto R. Gonzales · December 2013 82 GEO. WASH. L. REV. 1 (2013) After the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001, the Bush Administration began the use of unmanned armed aerial drones to pursue targets in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Obama Administration has continued this policy, expanding it to pursue substantially more targets in Yemen...
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The Case for Full Restitution for Child Pornography Victims

Paul G. Cassell; James R. Marsh; and Jeremy M. Christiansen · 2013 82 GEO. WASH. L. REV. 61 (2013) To address the serious harms resulting from federal sex offenses, including the creation, distribution, and possession of child pornography, Congress created an expansive statutory regime in the Mandatory Restitution for Sex Crimes provision of the Violence...
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Charles Kruly’s Essay Cited in Amicus Brief Filed With SCOTUS

Charles Kruly, a graduate of The George Washington University Law School’s class of 2013 and former editor of the Law Review, was recently cited in an amicus curiae brief filed with the Supreme Court for his essay Self-Funding and Agency Independence.  Kruly’s piece, which is published in the GWLR’s 81:5 issue, offers a thorough analysis...
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GWLR Authors to Defend Child Pornography Victims Before SCOTUS, Jan. 22

GWLR authors Paul Cassell and James R. Marsh represent Amy, the victim of child pornography involved in the pending Supreme Court case (United States v. Paroline) that will address the extent to which she can recover restitution from defendants who are convicted of possessing her images.  Professor Cassell, Mr. Marsh, and Jeremy Christiansen address this...
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Issue 82:1 Now Available

Volume 82, Number 1   Articles [display-posts category=”82_1b” order=”ASC” orderby=”date” include_excerpt=”true”] Notes [display-posts category=”82_1c” order=”ASC” orderby=”date” include_excerpt=”true”]

Proposition 8 and the Mormon Church: A Case Study in Donor Disclosure

Monica Youn · December 2013 81 GEO. WASH. L. REV. 2108 (2013) Disclosure of campaign contributions and other political activities will always involve a tradeoff in which the benefits of disclosure are weighed against its costs to contributors and campaigns. Numerous recent papers have attempted to establish the extent and significance of the costs of...
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Separation of Campaign and State

Bradley A. Smith · December 2013 81 GEO. WASH. L. REV. 2038 (2013) In a pair of recent decisions, Davis v. FEC and Arizona Free Enterprise Club’s Freedom Club PAC v. Bennett, the Supreme Court has struck down on First Amendment grounds laws that would have arguably created more, not less speech. The federal statute...
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Election Law Pleading

Joshua A. Douglas · December 2013 81 GEO. WASH. L. REV. 1966 (2013) This Article provides the first comprehensive look at pleadings in election law cases after the Supreme Court’s jurisprudential shift for pleading in Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly and Ashcroft v. Iqbal. In those cases, the Supreme Court declared that plaintiffs must meet...
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