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North Carolina League of Conservation Voters v. Hall (Harper v. Hall)

April 7, 2022
by Nicole Masarova Case Law

Facts: Gerrymandering was a tool used heavily during the late 90s and early 2000s,  in cases such as Shaw v. Reno and Vieth v. Jubelirer. It is an intentional attempt to increase the power of one political party in approaching elections through the ma ...

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UN Orders Russia to Cease Operations in Ukraine

April 4, 2022
by Jacob Margolis International Law

The invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces on February 24th shook the world, as well as international affairs organizations such as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at the United Nations (UN). Just three days after these events transpired, Ukraine ...

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The Gambia v. Myanmar Reaches Second Round of Hearings

March 28, 2022
by Polyna Uzun International Law

On Nov. 11th, 2019, The Gambia brought charges against Myanmar before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) citing that the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya people in the Rakhine State of Myanmar was in violation of the Convention on the Prevention and ...

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UN Orders Uganda to Pay War Reparations

March 16, 2022
by Jacob Margolis International Law

On Wednesday, Feb. 9th, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at the United Nations (UN) ordered that Uganda pay $325 million in war reparations to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The dispute was first brought to the UN in 1999, and this ne ...

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United States v. Zubaydah

March 15, 2022
by Halle Wagner with No Comment Case LawUncategorized

Despite the Biden administration’s approval of eighteen transfers, thirty-nine detainees remained at the military prison in the U.S. Naval Station in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba as of January, 2021. Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn is one of those thirty-nine.  H ...

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President Biden’s Supreme Court Nominee

February 28, 2022
by Megan Gerges US Law

In late January of 2022, it was announced that Justice Stephen Breyer would be retiring after almost 30 years on the Supreme Court of the United States. A liberal Bill Clinton appointee, Justice Breyer has been a part of many influential Court decisions i ...

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Democrats Must Get Their House in Order or They May Lose it

February 21, 2022
by Vineet Chovatia with No Comment US Law

In January 2021, the Democratic Party assumed power in both houses of Congress and the White House with plans to pass landmark legislation on voting rights, climate change, and infrastructure. Just a year later, with the Build Back Better plan st ...

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Russo-Ukrainian Crisis and Rising Oil Prices Threaten Climate Change

February 18, 2022
by Erin Yu International Law

Global tensions, as well as oil prices, have soared to new heights following recent threats of a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine. While discussion surrounding the conflict has thus far been centered on implications to national security and foreign r ...

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Leandro v. State of North Carolina

February 16, 2022
by Nicole Masarova with No Comment Case LawUncategorized

For the last 28 years, North Carolina public school districts have been fighting to provide all students with the right to a “sound basic education.”  In 1994, five low-income school districts (Cumberland, Halifax, Hoke, Robeson, and Vance Counties) an ...

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The Texas Abortion Law: What happened

February 12, 2022
by Hanrui Huang with No Comment Case Law

Introduction: For months, most women in Texas were not able to have legal abortions. A law passed by the Texas legislature, S.B. 8, both prohibited women from receiving abortions six weeks into pregnancy and allowed any private citizen to sue for damag ...

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