Archive for February 2026
A Flashlight in the Black Box of Tax: How the New Math Error Act Matters for Taxpayer Rights and Inequality and What Still Remains in the Dark
February 3, 2026
By: Cecelia Peters View/Download PDF Version: A Flashlight in the Black Box of Tax How the New Math Error Act Matters for Taxpayer Rights and Inequality and What Still Remains in the Dark (Peters) A New Law Shines Light on IRS Math Error Notices The Internal Revenue Service Math and Taxpayer Help Act (IRS Math Act)…
Continue Reading“Defending the Homeland”: Where Does it End? History’s Demonstration of How Far ICE Can Go
February 4, 2026
By: Sophia Artley View/Download PDF Version: “Defending the Homeland” Where Does it End? History’s Demonstration of How Far ICE Can Go (Artley) In the land of the cold and snow, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has become a key point of contention. The Trump administration has ramped up ICE presence and raids on the Minnesota…
Continue ReadingThe Surge of Pro Se Plaintiffs
February 5, 2026
By: Krista Colbert View/Download PDF Version: The Surge of Pro Se Plaintiffs (Colbert) For millions of Americans, the decision to proceed pro se (self-representation) is not ideological or strategic—it is economic. The justice gap reflects a systemic failure of the United States legal system to provide equal justice under the law. Nowhere is this failure…
Continue ReadingIn Defense of Anger: Reason, Morality, and the Law
February 19, 2026
By: Lubasha Heredia View/Download PDF Version: In Defense of Anger: Reason, Morality, and the Law (Heredia) Anger occupies an uneasy place in legal discourse. Courts, commentators, and officials routinely valorize calm, neutrality, and restraint, while framing anger as irrational, destabilizing, or corrosive to reasoned judgment. Our legal culture emphasizes objectivity, neutrality, and formal legal…
Continue ReadingIn re Benson, A Year Later
February 23, 2026
By: Claire Girod View/Download PDF Version: In re Benson, A Year Later (Girod) In October 2024, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled on Matter of Commitment of Benson, holding that those subject to civil commitment have a right to waive counsel. The Minnesota Commitment and Treatment Act (MCTA) provides a statutory right to counsel for those…
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