The journal was established in 1990 in the wake of a rash of Supreme Court cases that undermined and weakened the effectiveness and purpose of the Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C.

Darrell Jackson, the law journal's first editor-in-chief, prefaced the inaugural volume with the assertion, "[The] Supreme Court will no longer act as a major guardian of minority rights.

"[2] The journal is published by a Board of Editors composed of select students at George Mason University School of Law.

[3] The selection process takes into account individual's first-year grades, performance in the write-on competition, and Blue Book editing proficiency.

[7] The United States Supreme Court cited Christopher R. Green's The Original Sense of the (Equal) Protection Clause: Subsequent Interpretation and Application (19 Geo.