Youth Matters, But Does it Matter Enough?
Written by John Mercurio Towards the end of 2002 Lee Boyd Malvo and John Allen Muhammad committed several shootings in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia, killing ten people… Read more »
Category: Legal Pulse
In Defense of Diversity: Harvard Clinches Affirmative Action Win but the Challenge Continues
Written by Brianna M. Ferrante Massachusetts Federal District Court Judge Allison Burroughs has recently upheld Harvard University’s race-conscious admissions process in a five-year long challenge from Students for Fair Admissions… Read more »
The Price of College Sports: What’s Next for NCAA Student-Athletes After the Governor of California Signs Compensation Bill Into Law?
Written by Dustin Dorsino Intercollegiate athletics have been around for 150 years and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the governing body for student-athletes competing in intercollegiate athletics, has expanded… Read more »
Federal Judge Finds Terrorism Watchlist Unconstitutional
Written by Michael Stoianoff On September 4, 2019, U.S. District Judge Anthony J. Trenga of the Eastern District of Virginia held that a terrorism watchlist maintained by several government agencies… Read more »
Vapocalypse: Will Bans Cause the E-Cigarette Industry to Go Up in Smoke?
Written by Taylor M. Nunez With hundreds of reports of a mysterious lung illness and the rising rates of teens and young adults vaping, government officials are turning their sights on… Read more »
Out of Chicken and Into Court: Tennessee Man Sues Popeyes for Running out of Fried Chicken Sandwiches
Written by Erin Heiferman In August, Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen took the fast food industry by storm when it launched its new fried chicken sandwich. The launch didn’t make too much noise… Read more »
Spider-Man Leaves the MCU: Custody Battle Over Character Rights Between Marvel and Sony
Written by Shane Kelly Well, it looks like Spider-Man is going to have two Christmases this year. Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures were unable to renew an agreement to share… Read more »
Tenth Circuit Okays “Faithless Electors” – A Shake Up of the Electoral College?
Written by Erica Masler On August 20, 2019, a divided panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit held that state presidential electors have a Constitutional… Read more »
Apple, Inc. v. Pepper: Apple’s Supreme Court Loss & Implications for Tech Companies Hosting Digital Marketplaces
Written by Samuel M. Cohn Introduction If there is a problem to be solved in 2019, there is likely an app for it. Apps, or applications, are a technological necessity… Read more »
New York City’s Mandatory Vaccination Order: Parental Objections & Judicial Reinforcement
Written by Sean Ferrito The Outbreak In 2000, the United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention declared measles, a highly contagious infectious disease, eliminated. This came after decades… Read more »