Emergencies, Alien and Domestic

I am grateful for helpful comments and suggestions from the participants at the 2024 University of Chicago Legal Forum Symposium. I would also like to thank Roberta Romano, who supervised the graduate work through which the data underlying this Article emerged.

The authors are grateful to Mark Van Der Weide, Randal Quarles, Kim Schoenholtz, Stephen Cecchetti, Steven Kelly, Bill Nelson and Gary Richardson and to participants at the Chicago Legal Forum, the Wharton Conference on Financial Regulation, the Yale YPFS Fighting a Financial Crisis 2025 Conference, the Law & Finance Workshop Series, the BYU Deals Conference 2025 and the American Law and Economics Association Annual Meeting for helpful comments on earlier drafts. Alex MacDonald provided exceptional research assistance and all of the dedicated editors at The University of Chicago Legal Forum provided helpful feedback and suggestions throughout the editing process.

I thank Britton Schwartz as a continuous interlocutor in this space of environmental human rights. I also want to thank former research assistant Jacob Baron for his diligent research and editing support of this article, and to Jenna Corbett for her support finalizing this article.

I would like to thank my research assistants Aurin Roy and Lorna Loch. We are grateful to the student editors and staff of The University of Chicago Legal Forum for their exceptional work and contributions to this Article.

I am grateful to the student editors and staff at The University of Chicago Legal Forum for their time and dedication to this Article.

Thank you to the editors of The University of Chicago Legal Forum for organizing the symposium at the University of Chicago Law School in November 2024 at which I presented the main argument and ideas advanced in this article at a panel on “Democratic Disaster,” and for their excellent work in editing this article. I also thank my fellow panelists Samuel Issacharoff, Genevieve Lakier, and Michael Stokes Paulsen, and thanks to Seval Yildirim for her feedback and comments.

For comments on earlier drafts, I thank Dan Farber, James Goodwin, Hannah Perls, Landyn Rookard, and Sid Shapiro. For their excellent research assistance, I thank Abby Wallace and Keemiya Pourmonir. This research received support from the Louisiana Board of Regents and the Harvard Radcliffe Institute at Harvard University.

The authors thank participants at these events, particularly Michael Bridge, Timothy Liau, Alex Waghorn, Charlie Webb, Sarah Worthington, Jared Mayer, Samuel Issacharoff, and Joshua Karsh. Thanks are also extended to Arwin Tavakolnia for helpful discussions, and to the student editors. All views, and any errors, are the authors’ own.

Many thanks to the staff of The University of Chicago Legal Forum for their endless hard work and support during the writing process, as well as to Professor McAdams for his guidance. I am also grateful to my parents for their encouragement and for entertaining many conversations about the False Claims Act over the past year.

I would like to sincerely thank Professor Farah Peterson, the amazing staff of The University of Chicago Legal Forum, and my friends and family for their help and support. In particular, thank you to the best Editor-in-Chief, Olivia Libonati, for her hard work and friendship.

I am grateful to the staff of The University of Chicago Legal Forum for their guidance and support throughout the development of this piece. Many thanks also to Professor Judith Miller for serving as my Comment Advisor.

I would like to thank William Baude for supervising this Comment and for offering very helpful feedback and support throughout the process. I am also grateful to the staff of Legal Forum for their hard work and careful eyes editing this piece.

I am deeply grateful to the rest of The University of Chicago Legal Forum staff for their diligent editing work and suggestions, and my family and spouse for their constant support.

I would like to thank Professor Darrell Miller for acting as my Comment advisor, as well as The University of Chicago Legal Forum for allowing me to publish my piece. Many thanks as well to Professor Samuel Bray, Jack Altman, Jacob Just, Michael Scott, and Weining Wang for providing advice throughout the Comment process. Finally, I am extremely grateful to my parents and family for supporting me throughout my legal education.

I would like to thank the staff of The University of Chicago Legal Forum for their hard work and guidance. Many thanks to Professor David Zarfes as well for supervising my comment. I am also deeply grateful to my friends and family for their unwavering support throughout law school.

I am deeply grateful to Professor William Hubbard for his invaluable guidance and insight, and to the staff of The University of Chicago Legal Forum for their tireless and meticulous editorial work.

I would like to thank Professor William Birdthistle for his guidance throughout the comment-writing process and The University of Chicago Legal Forum staff, particularly Rosie Gruen, Charlotte Bairey, Jake Levin, Aubrey Dyckman, Carlos Cedillo-Silva, Grace Hering, and Olivia Libonati.

I am grateful to Professor Richard McAdams for his invaluable guidance throughout the comment-writing process, to the past and present editorial staff of The University of Chicago Legal Forum for their exceptional dedication and assistance, and to my parents for their unwavering support throughout my legal education.