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9th Circuit Court Of Appeals Upholds Ban On President Trump’s Attempt To Repeal DACA

December 2, 2018
by Isabella Caracta with No Comment US Law

Summary: In 2017, the Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, Elaine Duke, issued a memorandum rescinding the memo that established DACA and setting forth a plan to phase it out. Recent rulings, however, have upheld the DACA program, creating legal barriers to the Trump Administration’s attempt to en ...

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Forced Internment of Uighurs in Xinjiang, China

November 27, 2018
by Chloe Meyers with No Comment International Law

In Xinjiang, the north-west region of China, up to one million Uighurs are being detained in internment camps that have been legally recognized as legitimate re-education camps by the Chinese government. Uighurs are a predominantly Turkish speaking and Muslim minority in Xinjiang. Since the implemen ...

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The Complex Nature of US Evacuation Laws

November 26, 2018
by Jacob Turobiner with No Comment US Law

Summary: While every state has laws regarding mandatory evacuation policy, it is usually up to the citizen whether or not to follow an order. Introduction Every year, natural disasters force millions of people across the United States to flee dangerous conditions. So far in 2018, many evacuati ...

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Plyler v. Doe: Undocumented Students and Post-Secondary Education

November 13, 2018
by Isadora Toledo with No Comment US Law

Summary: Plyler v. Doe lay the groundwork for states to recognize the value of awarding education to every group, regardless of citizenship status. Yet the evolution of education means that over thirty years later, its shortcomings are impossible to ignore. Perhaps even from its conception, Amer ...

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East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Trump: The Legality of President Trump’s Asylum Ban

November 13, 2018
by Ellen Wang with No Comment US Law

  Summary: Civil rights groups have filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of East Bay Sanctuary Covenant, Al Otro Lado, Innovation Law Lab, and the Central American Resource Center in Los Angeles that challenges the asylum ban signed by President Trump on the morning of November 9th. This lawsui ...

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Social Media Privacy in Employment

November 6, 2018
by Jacob Turobiner with No Comment US Law

Summary: As more employers use social media to evaluate a job candidate, it is raising questions of privacy rights of employees across various states. Background For years, job applications have been comprehensive, with employers requiring a plethora of information from the candidate. In the d ...

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The Supreme Court’s Ability to Enforce Rulings

November 1, 2018
by Gramal Ralph with No Comment US Law

Summary: The Supreme Court's move to the right has raised questions of the Court's ability to enforce its rulings.  To many Americans, the confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh marked the Supreme Court’s move to the ideological right. The country is wondering how this will affect rulings on lan ...

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Swartz v. Rodriguez: A Question of Qualified Immunity

November 1, 2018
by Phil Ma with No Comment US Law

Summary: U.S. government officials sometimes must make discretionary decisions in split-seconds with only limited information. To protect these officials from personal, civil lawsuits, the idea of qualified immunity was born. However, questions are raised when a discretionary decision kills someone ...

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The 13th Amendment Exclusion Leads To Modern Day Slavery

October 30, 2018
by Ellen Wang with No Comment US Law

Summary: U.S. inmates stage nationwide prison strikes over the 13th Amendment loophole that allows for the exploitation of coerced prison labor. A hundred and fifty years after the end of the Civil War, the legality of slavery is still up for debate. Though the U.S. Constitution was amended to p ...

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Malaysia to Abolish Death Penalty

October 30, 2018
by Eliza Farley with No Comment International Law

Malaysia’s Chief Minister announced on October 3rd, that the nation will abolish the death penalty for all crimes, and will nullify all pending executions. This comes after a push from human rights activists and organizations, including but not limited to Amnesty International. Malaysia has been kno ...

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