No Tariffs on India

The economic ties between India and the U.S. are growing. The U.S. was the biggest trading partner of India in 2022-23. Many American companies prefer to invest in India. Many Indian companies are investing in America. These investments help both employment and the economies grow in both countries

How Active CFTC Enforcement Could Benefit Crypto

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) crypto enforcement rose to record levels in 2023, prompting applause from some observers and criticism from others. In fact, the CFTC’s enforcement agenda is not out of step with other federal agencies such as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which has also been incredibly active in the crypto industry. It might seem that this is bad news for crypto, given that both the CFTC and SEC have been angling to become the primary regulator for these new assets. In reality, proof that the CFTC is active in enforcing the law against crypto entrepreneurs and others who violate anti-fraud mandates or otherwise ignore clear requirements, may make it more likely that legislators will view the agency as a responsible regulator. Even those who have previously stated a preference for the SEC as primary regulator may decide that shared responsibility would work, particularly because the SEC has not been able to create a regulatory regime with which crypto businesses have been willing and able to comply. If Congress acts to require both the CFTC and SEC to impose reasonable and equivalent requirements regarding disclosure and fair-trading activities, perhaps with the assistance of a self-regulatory organization (SRO), an effective regulatory regime might be possible. With equivalent requirements in place regardless of whether cryptoassets are to be regulated by the CFTC or SEC, wasteful litigation can be minimized. An SRO could be particularly helpful because it is likely to have the appropriate expertise and motivation to create reasonable and workable requirements, and the cost of oversight could be shared by members of the SRO rather than by taxpayers

The Times They Are A-Changin\u27: Adapting Copyright Law to Generative AI

Artificial intelligence has come a long way since the days of the “heartless” tin man of the Wizard of Oz, and the cool, precise autonomy of Kit from Nightrider. We have moved rapidly from mere questions about what life could be like with autonomous machines, to having books, movies, and albums created using machines for part or even all of the process. The Copyright Act, however, has not come as long of a way since the implementation of the most recent version of the Act in 1976. Recently, the federal district court for the District of Columbia held that works created using artificial intelligence required a certain amount of human input for the AI generated output to be copyrightable. The United States Copyright Office, however, has put forward a stance that leaves artists confused and unclear of how much human input is actually required. This note will review the history of copyright protection under U.S. law, and how generative AI fits into that model, before offering solutions of how the Copyright Act could be amended to account for such instances of collaboration between man and machine

Forced Adoptions of Ukrainian Children from an International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Perspective

The article analyzes the legality of the Russian practice of forced adoptions of Ukrainian children from an international human rights and humanitarian law perspective. It argues that while the relocation of children from conflict zones to safe areas is generally lawful under international law, these measures must only be temporary, and persons abducted must be returned as soon as possible. This article also argues that human rights obligations must be read in the light of international humanitarian law, which is the lex specialis applicable in armed conflicts. The article concludes that any permanent measures against the will of the children concerned, their families or their legal guardians, constitutes a violation of the rights to a family and private life under the applicable human rights conventions. Moreover, the permanent deportation of children to the Russian Federation is a grave breach of international humanitarian law, which entails individual criminal responsibility

The Role of Private Liability in the Fight Against Climate Change

Parties have increasingly turned to courts both to seek redress for current climate-related harms and to compel states and private actors to reduce their future GHG emissions. As a result, courts around the world have been faced with the task of defining the proper role of the judiciary in fighting climate change. In the United States, however, many courts have had difficulty defining the judiciary’s proper role in providing redress for climate-related harms, especially in relation to comprehensive federal regulation of air pollution under the Clean Air Act (CAA). Considering the uncertainty surrounding the preemptive effect of the CAA on climate change actions under state law, this article investigates the proper role of private tort law in relation to public regulation in the search for climate justice and GHG mitigation. It argues not only that state tort law claims survive under the CAA but also suggests that providing a cooperative system of private law alongside public regulation is the most effective way for the judicial system to address the harms caused by climate change

National Origin Bias and U.S. Public Opinion on Supreme Court Nominees: Evidence from a Conjoint Experiment

As the ultimate arbiter of the interpretation of federal law and the U.S. Constitution, the U.S. Supreme Court has a significant impact on businesses and individuals across an increasingly diverse country. Although the vast majority of the Justices who have served on the Court have been white males, recent Presidents have appointed nominees who have brought greater racial and gender diversity to the Court. Despite these efforts, however, not a single U.S. Supreme Court Justice in the past six decades has been born abroad, even though Americans who were born outside the United States constitute nearly a tenth of the U.S. population. One potential explanation for this lack of demographic representation on the Court is public opposition to the nominations of U.S. Supreme Court candidates born outside the United States. Although the prior scholarship has focused on how the race, gender, and partisan leanings of potential U.S. Supreme Court nominees affect U.S. public support for those nominees, the existing literature has not yet examined the extent to which the American public supports U.S. Supreme Court nominees who were born abroad. In this article, we fill a gap in the literature by analyzing whether Americans have consistent national origin-based preferences for U.S. Supreme Court nominees. Through the use of a conjoint experiment in a nationally-representative survey of the U.S. public, we find that the American public prefers that U.S. Supreme Court nominees be born in the United States rather than outside the United States. Additionally, this preference is largely similar across subgroups of the public, including based on respondents’ party affiliation, level of knowledge of the U.S. Supreme Court, and gender. Our empirical findings detecting public bias based on national origin shed important light on why certain potential candidates might not be chosen to become the nominee to fill a U.S. Supreme Court vacancy or might simply self-select out of contention. Consequently, our study raises significant questions about the fairness of the judicial selection process and the representativeness of the U.S. Supreme Court in a rapidly diversifying country

Musical Theatre Acting

Musical theatre performers are akin to Olympic athletes. They need finely tuned minds, bodies, and spirits to perform at a high level, in some cases up to eight times a week. JV Mercanti has trained countless emerging performers in Pace University\u27s acclaimed Musical Theatre program. His teachings take readers through a journey of engaging the full self when it comes to creating a performance, and his extensive knowledge covers everything from script analysis and character research to auditions and rehearsals. Musical Theatre Acting: A Practical Guide serves as a guide to the musical theatre artist, student, or professional who needs a refresher on how to hone and sharpen their skills while honoring their interpretation of the material. This is a short and accessible roadmap for the performer who knows that success in musical theatre means being part of storytelling that is holistic and incredible -- Back cover.https://digitalcommons.pace.edu/bookshelf/1019/thumbnail.jp