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Growing Legal Pressure: Ron DeSantis’ Potentially Illicit Migrant Transport

October 24, 2022
by Drew Temel GeneralUS Law

Last month, two jets chartered by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ administration landed in Martha’s Vineyard from San Antonio carrying 48 Venezuelan asylum seekers. The New York Times reports that the “political maneuver” was funded by a $12 million appropriation in Florida's recent budget for a prog ...

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Promise or Penalty: Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness

October 23, 2022
by Sherman Criner US Law

Introduction Aug. 24, 2022, following years of debate within the Democrat Party, the Biden Administration announced a one-time plan for federal student debt relief. First-time borrowers, under this new plan, will be eligible for up to $20,000 in relief, although this number may vary depending on ...

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Giving Voters a Choice: Alaska’s New Ranked Choice Voting System

October 5, 2022
by Matthew Song US Law

As the 2022 midterm primary season wraps up, and campaigns across the country gear up for the general election, one thing has become very clear: Alaska - a state that Donald Trump carried by 10% in the 2020 - just got competitive. In the special election (to fill the remaining term of late Rep. D ...

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The Inflation Reduction Act – A Win for the Climate

September 29, 2022
by Erin Yu US Law

​​Following months of contention between Senate Democrats and Joe Manchin, the Inflation Reduction Act was finally signed into law on August 16, 2022. The act is set to raise over $700 billion – mostly through tax reform – to reduce costs of prescription drugs and healthcare, authorize $300 billion ...

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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 stalled and no viable path to passing voting r ...

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Is Checking Your Personal Emails at Work a Federal Crime? 

November 7, 2021
by Vineet Chovatia US Law

In Van Buren v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled six to three in favor of Nathan Van Buren, a Georgia Police Sergeant, establishing the reach of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) in convicting individuals for improper use of “authorized information.”  By clarifying the previously vague ...

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Supreme Court Rejects Challenges to Vaccine Mandates in “Shadow Docket” Rulings

November 2, 2021
by Andrew Touma with No Comment US Law

In a pair of emergency docket decisions, the Supreme Court rejected two appeals challenging coronavirus vaccine mandates in educational settings. In the first, decided by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, a group of Indiana University students contested the constitutionality of a vaccine mandate for stude ...

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Free Speech on College Campuses: Protecting a Fundamental Aspect of the University

March 19, 2021
by Andrew Touma with No Comment US Law

On March 8, 2021, the Supreme Court issued a ruling in favor of a college student contending that his First Amendment rights were violated by the school’s policies. By an 8-1 decision in Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski, both liberal and conservative justices of the Supreme Court defended a pillar of both ...

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The Courts’ Fight with the Executive Branch in NC Education Policy

March 7, 2021
by Jonah Perrin with No Comment US Law

The state of North Carolina violates its constitution daily. The governing document of the state declares that it must provide a “sound, basic education for all.” And yet, multiple courts have found that the state of North Carolina does not meet this standard. This standard and the state’s meager r ...

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Supreme Court Rules Against California Restrictions On Church Services

March 5, 2021
by Andrew Touma with No Comment US Law

In a pair of decisions late on Feb. 5, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that California’s limitations on indoor church gatherings were unconstitutional on the basis that the constraints unfairly curbed First Amendment rights. With this ruling, California churches may resume religious activities ...

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