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Regent University Law Review REGENT UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW VOLUME 30 2017-2018 NUMBER 1 CONTENTS FOREWORD HAMILTON'S "WINNING" SHOT: A SHORT-TERM VICTORY Tessa L. Dysart 1 ARTICLES STANDING IN A POST-SPOKEO ENVIRONMENT The Honorable Henry E. Hudson ChristopherM. Keegan P. Thomas DiStanislao, III 11 CRITIQUING THE CRITICS OF THE CRITICS: QUESTIONING THE EMPIRICAL BASIS FOR THE FEDERALIZATION OF CRIMINAL LAW Paul Chen Ben Hagglund 33 CONVENTION DISTINGUISHED PANELISTS ProfessorJohn S. Baker, Jr. The Honorable Ron DeSantis Mr. Roger Pilon The HonorableLuther Strange, III ProfessorJonathan Turley Moderated by: The Honorable William H. Pryor, Jr. 57 ESSAYS CHEVRON DEFERENCE: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? E. Duncan Getchell, Jr. Michael H. Brady 105 INRE NEELY: THE "PEDESTAL PRINCIPLE" AND JUDICIAL FIRST AMENDMENT LIBERTIES IN AN ERA OF INCREASING THOUGHT CONFORMITY The Honorable Vance D. Day 119 ATKINS TEST FOR EXCLUDING INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED PERSONS FROM EXECUTION WITHSTANDS BARRAGE OF CHALLENGES BY STATE COURTS The Honorable Joseph A. Migliozzi, Jr. Ashley Hughes 135 NOTES INTENT OR GROSS NEGLIGENCE: HILLARY CLINTON SHOULD BE CHARGED UNDER 18 U.S.C. § 793 FOR MISHANDLING CLASSIFIED INFORMATION Shannon Fields 149 A CASE STUDY IN THE INTERPRETATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF VIRGINIA TAX STATUTES: DOES THE BUSINESS LICENSE TAX EXEMPTION IN SECTION 58.1-3703 STILL APPLY TO MOTOR CARRIERS? Matthew E. Morse 173 REGENT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW UNIVERSITY OFFICERS PHILLIP D. WALKER, Chairman of the Board of Trustees B.S., Western Carolina University DR. M. G. "PAT" ROBERTSON, Chancellorand CEO B.A., Washington & Lee; J.D., Yale University Law School; M. Div., New York Theological Seminary MICHAEL V. HERNANDEz, Dean;Professor B.A., University of Virginia; J.D., University of Virginia School of Law L.O. 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BOLAND, Associate Professor; Director, Legal Analysis, Research and Writing B.A., Wheaton College; J.D., Regent University School of Law JEFFREY A. BRAUCH, Professor;Executive Director, Centerfor Global Justice, Human Rights, and the Rule of Law; Director, LL.M. Programs B.A., University of Wisconsin at Madison; J.D., University of Chicago Law School BRUCE N. CAMERON, Reed Larson Professor of Labor Law B.A., Andrews University; J.D., Emory University School of Law DOUGLAS H. COOK, Associate Vice Presidentfor Academic Affairs; Professor B.A., Miami University; J.D., The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law DR. JAMES A. DAVIDS, Associate Professor B.A., Calvin College; J.D., Duke University School of Law; Ph.D., Regent University ERIC A. DEGRoFF, Professor B.A., University of Kansas; M.P.A., University of Southern California; J.D., Regent University School of Law JAMES J. DUANE, Professor B.A., Harvard University; J.D., Harvard Law School THOMAS C. 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