March 2026 - Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality

The Mean of Affective Justice in the Defense of Anger

March 12, 2026

By: Nicolas C. Gonzalez* View/Download PDF Version: The Mean of Affective Justice in the Defense of Anger (Gonzalez) In a recent post here, Lubasha Heredia convincingly argues that anger has taken a key place in the recognition of legal legitimacy.[1] Anger is a driving force in motivating the elimination of injustice and expressing the violation of…

What Happened to Liam? The Detention of Immigrant Youth

March 26, 2026

By: Mary Leniton View/Download PDF Version: What Happened to Liam? The Detention of Immigrant Youth (Leniton) The image of a five-year-old Minnesotan boy standing teary-eyed before federal agents in a blue bunny-eared cap is ingrained in the public’s mind. United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) took the boy from a running car. ICE agents…

The Equity Stack: How Ownership Structures Define Wealth

By: Mitchel Floding View/Download PDF Version: The Equity Stack- How Ownership Structures Define Wealth (Floding) Venture-backed startups have created some of the largest personal fortunes in modern history, particularly in the technology sector, where founder ownership levels at the time of an IPO typically average between 15% and 20%.[1] The financial results we see today…

The “Gay Disease”: Trump’s Material Attacks on “DEI” Impacts HIV Prevention Programs

March 30, 2026

By: Art Teal View/Download PDF Version: The “Gay Disease”- Trump’s Material Attacks on “DEI” Impacts HIV Prevention Programs (Teal) Many JLI blog readers will by now be familiar with the second Trump administration’s policy of targeting the LGBTQ+ community. From first-day executive orders asserting federal recognition of binary sex assigned at birth to removing…

Legal Consequences of the Media’s Relationship with Domestic Violence

By: Jennifer Godbolt View/Download PDF Version: Legal Consequences of the Media’s Relationship with Domestic Violence (Godbolt) It Ends with Us is a film that premiered on August 9, 2024. This film is based on a Colleen Hoover novel of the same title. Press swirled and intensified in the lead-up to the movie release, with significant…

Is Operation Metro Surge Really Over?

March 31, 2026

By: Teresa Padrón View/Download PDF Version: Is Operation Metro Surge Really Over? (Padrón) Operation Metro Surge is one of the largest immigration enforcement operations in recent memory,[1] with roughly 4,000 troops deployed to Minneapolis.[2] During the occupation of Minneapolis, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents shot and killed Renee Good,[3] and Alex Pretti.[4] ICE…

Rescission of the Endangerment Finding

By: Addie Stromberg View/Download PDF Version: Rescission of the Endangerment Finding (Stromberg) After much nervous anticipation, the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) rescinded the Endangerment Finding.[1] On February 12th of this year, the EPA announced that it was rescinding both the Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding and the Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards for light, medium,…

Dismissing Immigration Court Appeals: Alleviating the Courts’ Caseloads or Undermining Due Process?

By: Sofia Consing View/Download PDF Version: Dismissing Immigration Court Appeals Alleviating the Courts’ Caseloads or Undermining Due Process? (Consing) Before President Trump took office for his second term, he vowed to target and deport immigrants from American communities as well as eliminate lawful pathways for new migrants to come to the United States. From December…

Legal Accountability for Private Prison Companies Operating ICE Detention Facilities

By: Emma Walsh View/Download PDF Version: Legal Accountability for Private Prison Companies Operating ICE Detention Facilities (Walsh) Who is benefiting from the federal government’s ongoing campaign of abductions and unlawful detentions of Minnesota residents in the name of immigration enforcement? The private corporations that ICE contracts with to hold detainees certainly are. The Trump…