American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

By: Alicia Casciano

Published: May 11, 2026

In January 2017, President Trump reinstated the Mexico City Policy.[1] In January 2021, it was revoked with President Biden’s Presidential Memorandum Protecting Women’s Health at Home and Abroad.

By: Alexis Bahner

Published: May 8, 2026

On January 1, 2026, Tennessee’s “Savanna’s Law” went into effect in memory of 22-year-old Savanna Puckett, who was murdered by her ex-boyfriend in 2022.[1] The state’s new domestic violence registry highlights a gap in federal criminal regist...

By: Farron Eckhoff

Published: May 7, 2026

In all fifty states, and the District of Columbia (“DC”), a person is not legally an “adult,” nor afforded the “rights and responsibilities of adulthood” until at least age 18.[1] The brain’s frontal lobe, particularly the pre-front...

By: Robbie Gordon

Published: April 18, 2026

The United States’ electric grid faces unprecedented pressure to expand its generation capacity to tackle the oncoming electricity affordability and reliability crises, which will have the greatest impact on the most vulnerable ratepayers.[1]<...

By: Chloe Schalit

Published: April 16, 2026

The Supreme Court’s emergency docket, often called the shadow docket,[1] is not new; it has been around as long as there has been a Supreme Court.[2] Historic...