Duke’s Undergraduate Law Magazine
Now, we look at our final case of this four-part series, a 2015 SCOTUS case, where notably a government regulation passed strict scrutiny. Thus, even though a law may infringe on a fundamental right, the strict scrutiny standard can be used to hold the la ...
Background Adam Briggs, Paula Briggs, Joshua Briggs, and Sarah H. Briggs are all owners of property in Harford Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. Their property lays adjacent to property leased by Southwestern Energy (SWN), a U.S. natural gas ...
Facts: In 2004, John Ramirez murdered a convenience store clerk, which resulted in him being sentenced to the death penalty. On Feb. 5, 2021, Texas notified Ramirez of his execution date, which was scheduled for Sept. 28, 2021. Consequently, Ramirez fi ...
Facts of the Case In 1981, Lynn Goldsmith, a famous photographer of rock stars and the like, published a would-be famous image she took of Prince. Newsweek had commissioned Goldsmith to photograph him as his alluring style of music and performance ente ...
For fifty years, Title IX has prohibited sex discrimination in education. It covers women and men, girls and boys, and staff and students in any educational institution or program that receives federal funds. These include local school districts, colleges ...
On Sept. 8, 2022, the longest reigning British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, passed away, leaving the future of the monarchy in a vulnerable state. The institution of the British monarchy dates back to the ninth century AD with Saxon King Echbert, the ...
Background In 2018, North Carolina created Senate Bill 824, which required that all citizens have with them “one of ten forms of authorized photographic identification” in order to vote. The North Carolina section of the National Association for the Ad ...
Background In 2012, U.S. citizen Azzam Rahim’s relatives sued the Palestinian Authority for allegedly imprisoning, torturing, and killing Rahim. The Torture Victim Protection Act protects individuals from torture and killings against other “individuals ...
North Carolina has long been the battleground for gerrymandering litigation. Harper v. Hall is the most recent example, in which voters sued legislators and the state’s elections board over the congressional map for the 2020 election. They claimed it viol ...
Facts of the Case In February of 2015, National Association of African American Owned Media (NAAAOM) and Entertainment Studios Networks (ESN), both owned by Byron Allen, filed suit against Comcast Corp. ESN and NAAAOM are “100% African-American owned” ...