Facts: Brandon Koch and Robert Nash, who were both residents of New York that had a general interest in self-defense, applied for unrestricted gun licenses. This license would allow them to carry a handgun on public premises where it is legal, unless posted otherwise. Although Koch and Nash were ...

Facts: In 2007, Thedrick Edwards, a black man, was found guilty of armed robbery, kidnapping, and rape by a Louisiana jury. At the time, in Louisiana, a non-unanimous jury was able to convict a defendant if at least ten of twelve jurors concurred that the defendant was guilty. During jury selecti ...

According to the Pew Research Center, only about half of Americans feel comfortable referring to someone with gender-neutral pronouns. Younger generations were found to be more likely to use such they/them designations to refer to others and express acceptance of different gender identities. Though ...

Introduction: The Fourth Amendment of the Constitution protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government. What constitutes an “unreasonable” search or seizure under the law, however, is not clearly outlined and can morph depending on the location of the search or seizure. ...

Facts: The Clean Water Act (CWA) is widely recognized as a landmark piece of environmental law. One of the two main ways this legislation is used is to control pollution discharged into bodies of water. However, this comes with a set of problems regarding definitions; while it is illegal to dischar ...

Introduction The Nazi Era was marked by genocide and the ravaging of the Jewish identity. Jews were robbed of most, if not all, of their belongings before being deported to their death in concentration camps. Any property left behind after deportation was inevitably collected by the Nazis, who ran ...

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 manipulation of district mapping. Harper v. Hal ...

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 including United States v. Virginia (1996), St ...