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Are We There Yet?: Why Students for Fair Admissions Isn’t Stopping at Harvard
In 2023, the United States Supreme Court published its opinion in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard.[1] In his majority opinion, Chief Justice Roberts held that, “[e]liminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it” and therefore “[o]ur constitutional history does not tolerate” the mathematical use of race in the university admissions context.[2] The Court’s decision…
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Can Activism Survive SLAPPs in the United States? Greenpeace’s Use of the European Union’s Anti-SLAPP Directive Against Energy Transfer Lawsuit
In the 1980s, scholars George W. Ping and Penelope Canan began researching a troubling new trend taking root in the United States’ legal system. They warned that this phenomenon, known as Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs), posed a substantial risk to the future of democratic participation.[1] SLAPPs are used to dissuade citizens from engaging…
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Vacations & Verdicts: Supreme Court Highlights from Summer 2025
Bondi v. VanDerStok Opinion March 26, 2025 – Ruling 7-2 In Bondi v. VanDerStok, the Court upheld a 2022 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (“ATF”) regulation treating ghost guns and unfinished frames or receivers as “firearms” under the Gun Control Act of 1968.[1] The plaintiffs brought a facial challenge arguing that the kits…
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Duke Drama: Defamation & Defense of Institution Identity within The White Lotus
This article contains information about suicide. If you or someone you know is struggling with thoughts of suicide, please reach out for help. You can contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 or visit their website at suicidepreventionlifeline.org. The wardrobe stylist for Timothy Ratliff, a main character in season three of HBO’s The White…
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Moore v. United States: The Supreme Court’s Quiet Earthquake in Tax Law
The Supreme Court’s 2024 decision in Moore v. United States didn’t exactly break the internet, but in the world of tax law, it might as well have. On its face, the ruling is a narrow affirmation of the Mandatory Repatriation Tax (MRT), which lets Congress tax certain foreign corporate earnings even if U.S. shareholders haven’t seen a…
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Juveniles in the Adult World of Crime
The United States dominates the world of incarceration, jailing more individuals than any other country.[1] At any given time, there are approximately two million people suffering behind bars and struggling to endure the many harms associated with the legal system.[2] Laws surrounding the criminal justice system greatly impact how people are treated, charged, and prosecuted.[3]…
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With Liberty and Justice for All, and Paid Parental Leave for Some: Spain Expands Access to Paid Parental Leave as the U.S. Continues to Fall Behind
A recent regional court decision in Murcia, Spain entitles single parents to the full amount of paid parental leave previously permitted only to married couples.[1] The regional court decision emerged from a Spanish constitutional court decision in November 2024, which prohibited discrimination against single parents’ children.[2] In 2022, Silvia Pardo Moreno became a single mother,[3]…
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The Declining Role of FDA Advisory Committees: A Shift Away from Public Safety and Transparency
At the height of the AIDS pandemic in the 1980s,[1] American citizens begged for a cure.[2] All eyes were on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Americans begged for a drug approval that would put an end to this life-threatening disease.[3] Reprieve came in 1987 in the form of AZT, the first drug approved to…
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No Dice: North Carolina Courts Hold Popular Electronic Sweepstakes Games Illegal
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-306.4 bans the operation of electronic machines to “[c]onduct a sweepstakes through the use of an entertaining display, including the entry process or the reveal of a prize.”[i] The statute defines “sweepstakes” as “any game, advertising scheme or plan, or other promotion, which, with or without payment of any consideration, a…
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On This Inauguration Day: The Law Behind the Transition of Presidential Power
Every four years on Inauguration Day, the country watches as the president-elect recites the oath of office, parades through the nation’s capital, and attends numerous formal parties and balls to celebrate the beginning of a new presidential term. While less exciting than parades and balls, it is important to recognize the body of law that…
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