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Documents from 2023

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The New Sexual Assault Training Law is a Meaningless Political Gesture, Elizabeth Sheehy and Elaine Craig

Ethical, legal, and social issues in the Earth BioGenome Project, Jacob S. Sherkow, Katharine B. Barker, Irus Braverman, Robert Cook-Deegan, Richard Durbin, Carla L. Easter, Melissa M. Goldstein, Maui Hudson, W. John Kress, Harris A. Lewin, Debra J. H. Mathews, Catherine McCarthy, Ann M. McCartney, Manuela da Silva, Andrew W. Torrance, and Henry T. Greely

Workers’ Boards: Sectoral Bargaining and Standard-Setting Mechanisms for the New Gilded Age, Sara Slinn

Energy without Injustice?: Indigenous Participation in Renewable Energy Generation, Adrian A. Smith and Dayna Nadine Scott

A Night of 'Hell': Abortion Activists on Their 'Inhumane' Detention in D.C., Brenda Smith and Melody Schreiber

Access to Justice for Refugees: How Legal Aid and Quality of Counsel Impact Fairness and Efficiency in Canada’s Asylum System, Craig Damien Smith, Sean Rehaag, and Trevor C. W. Farrow

A Classified Problem, Mark Caleb Smith

A Credibility Hit, Mark Caleb Smith

A Lingering Legacy, Mark Caleb Smith

Analyzing President Trump's Arraignment, Mark Caleb Smith

Analyzing Trump's Second Indictment, Mark Caleb Smith

Biden’s Own Document Blunder, Mark Caleb Smith

Bipartisanship Returns to D.C., Mark Caleb Smith

Breaking Down Growing 2024 Field, Mark Caleb Smith

Christian Consideration of the Trump Indictment, Mark Caleb Smith

Christian Ideals in America, Mark Caleb Smith

Concerns for Aging Politicians, Mark Caleb Smith

Constitutional Rights Solving Social Problems, Mark Caleb Smith

Context Matters: Textjacking, Mark Caleb Smith

Current Culture's Need to be Entertained, Mark Caleb Smith

Dobbs Victory Has Turned Bitter. Is Ohio Abortion Vote a Sign Pro-Life Movement Is Dying?, Mark Caleb Smith

All the King's Men: Power Corrupts, Mark Caleb Smith

Faith Nation: The Criminal Case Against the Former President, Mark Caleb Smith

Former President Faces Third Criminal Indictment, Mark Caleb Smith

Former President Jimmy Carter in Hospice Care, Mark Caleb Smith

Former President Trump Indictment Possible, Mark Caleb Smith

Freedom of Speech, Mark Caleb Smith

GOP Debate Recap, Mark Caleb Smith

GOP Presidential Candidate Debate 2023, Mark Caleb Smith

Government Bill for the Budget, Mark Caleb Smith

Grand Jury Indicts Former President Donald Trump, Mark Caleb Smith

Guidance for Politicians During Election Season, Mark Caleb Smith

Have Voters Already Determined Their Vote?, Mark Caleb Smith

Impact of Dominion Defamation Settlement, Mark Caleb Smith

Impeachment Inquiry for Joe Biden?, Mark Caleb Smith

Indictment of Former President, Mark Caleb Smith

Issue 1 and the Abortion Amendment Debate, Mark Caleb Smith

Issue 1 Legal Questions, Mark Caleb Smith

Issue One Forum, Mark Caleb Smith

Issues 1 and 2, Mark Caleb Smith

Is Trump’s Third Criminal Indictment the Charm?, Mark Caleb Smith

Is Vietnam the New Taiwan?, Mark Caleb Smith

Jimmy Carter: A Man without a Party, Mark Caleb Smith

Medication-Induced Abortions, Mark Caleb Smith

Monday Morning Briefing: Election Candidate Scandals, Mark Caleb Smith

Monday Morning Briefing: Issue 1, Mark Caleb Smith

Monday Morning Briefing: Republican Party Debate, Mark Caleb Smith

Morning Wave in Busan, Mark Caleb Smith

National Political and Economic Concerns, Mark Caleb Smith

New Political Trends, Mark Caleb Smith

New Speaker of the House, Mark Caleb Smith

Ohio Election 2023, Mark Caleb Smith

Picking Winners and Losers from the Second GOP Debate, Mark Caleb Smith

Political Experts Weigh in on How Abortion and Marijuana on the Same Ballot Might Affect Outcomes, Mark Caleb Smith

Political Theatre: Trump's Indictment, Mark Caleb Smith

Presidential Polling, Mark Caleb Smith

Pro-Life-Driven Ohio Issue 1 Fails in Republican-Led State, Mark Caleb Smith

Republican Primary Candidates, Mark Caleb Smith

Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor Dead at 93, Mark Caleb Smith

Self-Centered Politics, Mark Caleb Smith

Short of the Glory of God: Human Nature in Lord of the Flies, Mark Caleb Smith

Speaker of the House Removed in Historic Vote, Mark Caleb Smith

State Constitution Change?, Mark Caleb Smith

The GOP Agenda, Mark Caleb Smith

The House of Representatives in the Next Congress, Mark Caleb Smith

The World and Everything in It: January 4, 2023, Mark Caleb Smith

Tips on How to Better Process News Each Day, Mark Caleb Smith

Trump Indicted: Criminal Charges, Mark Caleb Smith

Washington Wednesday: Filling the Void, Mark Caleb Smith

What Influence Have Independent Candidates Had on US Presidential Election History?, Mark Caleb Smith

Will Trump's Indictment Affect His Campaign?, Mark Caleb Smith

To Commend or Enforce?: Christian Nationalism and the Constitution, Mark Caleb Smith and Emma Blakemore

Supreme Court Strikes Down Affirmative Action, Mark Caleb Smith and Matt Dearden

Beyond Apologies: Children, Mothers, Religious Liberty, and the Mission of the Catholic Church, David M. Smolin

Do not put all your eggs in one basket: social perspectives on desalination and water recycling in Israel, Gretchen Sneegas, Lucas Seghezzo, Christian Brannstrom, Wendy Jepson, and Gabriel Eckstein

Contracting for Process, David Snyder

Defeating De Facto Disenfranchisement of Criminal Defendants, Neil Sobol

An Author's Perspective: The Ohio State Constitution, Steven H. Steinglass

Issue 1 Would Affect All Proposals to Amend Ohio’s Constitution, ‘Kneecap’ General Assembly Governing Ability, Steven H. Steinglass

Latest Proposal to Toughen Standards for Amending Ohio’s Constitution the Worst Version Yet, Steven H. Steinglass

Lawmakers Don't Have Power to Use Preemption to Stop Local Gun Laws the Way They Think, Steven H. Steinglass

International Power Politics and Secession, Milena Sterio

Introductory Note to United Nations Security Council Resolution 2498, Milena Sterio

U.S. Recognition Practice: Realism, Legitimacy, or Pragmatism?, Milena Sterio