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36 Alaska L. Rev. i (2019)

handle is hein.journals/allr36 and id is 1 raw text is: NOTE FROM THE EDITOR The Alaska Law Review is pleased to present our June 2019 issue, which is the first in our thirty-sixth volume. This issue features two articles, two student notes, and two case comments. These pieces touch on a variety of legal topics that are significant to Alaska, ranging from issues with jury instructions to the state's growing economic relationship with China. In the first article, Actual and Constructive Possession in Alaska: Clarifying the Doctrine, Professor Chad Flanders looks at two Alaska court cases, each decided by Judge David Mannheimer, which raise important questions about Alaska's jury instructions on possession. Particularly, the article suggests that the current jury instructions on possession are too expansive, and argues for a refined understanding of the definition of constructive possession that hinges on the idea of authority. Chad Flanders is a Professor of Law at the Saint Louis University School of Law. Our second article, Pathway to Permanency: Enact a State Statute Formally Recognizing Indian Custodianship as an Approved Path to Ending a Child in Need ofAid Case, by Courtney Lewis, looks at the disproportionate number of Alaska Native youth in foster care and the overburdened and understaffed state child welfare agency in Alaska. The article argues that Alaska should enact a state statute that formally recognizes Indian custodianships as a pathway for Indian children to exit the state foster care system. Courtney Lewis is an assistant public defender at the Alaska Public Defender Agency. The first note, Caught Between Superpowers: Alaska's Economic Relationship with China Amidst the New Cold War, by Sam Karson, discusses Alaska's growing economic relationship with China in the context of the U.S. federal government's increasingly tense relationship with China. The note argues that the anti-commandeering doctrine can provide constitutional protection for Alaska to promote its own economic interest with China without interference from the federal government. In our second note, Protecting Passenger Fees: Reawakening Congress's Tonnage Clause Authorization Powers, I analyze the recent court holding in Cruise Lines International Association Alaska v. The City and Borough of Juneau. In this case, Cruise Line International Association Alaska sued Juneau for charging passenger fees to cruise vessels that entered the City's port. I argue that while the imposition of these fees may violate the U.S. Constitution's Tonnage Clause, the City should circumvent the

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