National Security as a Means to a Commercial End: Call for a New Approach
Yong-Shik Lee, Director and Professorial Fellow, The Law and Development Institute and Visiting Professor of Law, University of Nebraska College of Law
"This article explains the inherent risks of such national security invocations to corporate freedom and international trade. It presents an alternative approach, under which corporate interests and government industrial policy can be better aligned. The role of government in the economy and private industry must be reconsidered. Adopting a new approach will facilitate a mutually beneficial partnership between government and industry, helping to avoid inappropriate recourse to national security obligations for commercial purposes in domestic and international contexts."
The Structural Harms of Providing Mental Health Services Through the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
Heather Swadley, Assistant Professor in Political Science at Lehigh University
"This paper analyzes the effects of tying mental health to gun violence through legislation. Specifically, it argues that the rhetoric and policy mandates enacted in the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act reproduce internal, interpersonal, and structural stigma against people with mental health disabilities. Investments in community-based services are sorely needed, but tying these reforms to gun violence prevention will increase stigma."