Dear Reader,

The Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy proudly presents the first issue of Volume 23. This issue contains a selection of articles and notes covering a range of important topics.

The issue features articles contributed by both scholars and practitioners. Matthew Cavedon compellingly advocates for strong action to combat child pornography through a shift in focus: from stale public policy to recognition of children’s negative right to intimate privacy. Eugene Volokh thoughtfully addresses the implications of plaintiff-side pseudonymous litigation, weighing the equities of allowing accusers to proceed with names under seal while naming defendants. Joseph Greenlee applies the Court’s 2022 Bruen decision to the broad spectrum of wearable armor, contending that armor is included in the “arms” protected by the Second Amendment, and surveying the American tradition of armor use and regulation since the founding. Finally, in a two-part piece Jack Fitzhenry and GianCarlo Canaparo thoughtfully contemplate the fate of Chevron deference before Loper Bright (the first part published in the Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy Online, June 2024), and reconvene to address the separation of powers and the role of the judiciary in a world after Chevron.

We next present an essay by Ilya Shapiro, discussing his run-in at Georgetown Law with the illiberal forces of the modern DEI bureaucracy, and seeking hope for the future of the legal academy.

Our first issue concludes with three exceptional student notes. Phoebe Leach, L’ 25, makes a constitutional case against taxing telecommuters who reside out of state. In the wake of Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, Connor Fraley predicts a circuit split, and argues for abandoning the doctrine of Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corporation and its manipulable legislative motive standard. Borrowing from First Amendment hybrid rights doctrine, Alexander Johnson suggests a doctrinal path that could enable meaningful checks on the government’s power to tax individuals, restoring some semblance of the Founders’ intended protections from abusive taxation.

The Journal team is proud to present this assembly of carefully researched and skillfully composed pieces. Thank you for your interest in our Journal. We hope you find the scholarship contained herein a valuable and stimulating addition to your legal reading.

Josh Hyland
Editor-in-Chief, Volume 23
Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy