By: Katherine Wahl[1] If you have read the news recently, you will have heard about the ongoing tariff war between President Trump and China, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had a son named Archie, and that Kim Kardashian West is studying to be a lawyer.[2] Kim Kardashian West is a reality television star and entrepreneur.[3] […]
Judicial Establishment Clause Discretion: The Use of Procedure as Pre-text by SCOTUS
By: Maya Jefferson Recently, the United Supreme Court damaged its reputation and adopted a playbook similar to that of Donald Trump’s. Trump is known for his racist and anti-Islamic ideology, his contradictory statements, and inability to admit when he is wrong.[1] Earlier this year, the Court made a grievous mistake that runs parallel to what […]
Deus Ex Machina? Can the Supreme Court Infer a Private Cause of Action in Tender Offer Litigation?
By: Alexis Martinez Last week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Emulex Corp. v. Varjabedian, seeking review of a decision by the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.[1] It is a securities law case where the Court is determining whether Section 14(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 supports an inferred private […]
Disregarding the First Amendment or Protecting People from Threats of Violence?
By Britteny Leyva “You never thought that hip-hop would take it this far[.]”[1] On August 21, 2018, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirmed Jamal Knox’s two count conviction—one for terroristic threats and the other for witness intimidation—for his creation and participation in a song titled “F—k the Police.”[2] Looking to Supreme Court First Amendment precedent, Pennsylvania’s highest […]
How Current Immigration Trends are Undermining Students’ Constitutional Rights
By Pamela Duran Uncertainty and fear are two feelings that are prevalent in the immigrant community.[1] President Donald J. Trump’s administration has emphasized that one of its primary objectives is to reduce illegal immigration, which has consequently brought increasing changes (1) to policy and more notably (2) in how agencies enforce said policies.[2] These polices have a […]
The Ramifications of Trump’s “Muslim Ban”
By Darianne De Leon The topic of immigration and the development of our country’s immigration policy has generally been a back-burner agenda item for the President of the United States.[1] This tendency, however, was drastically different for President Donald Trump.[2] During the election and thereafter, through his use of social media and otherwise, Donald Trump […]
Protecting the Players: Do Colleges and Universities Owe a Legal or Moral Duty to Collegiate Student-Athletes?
By Patrick Lichtenstein Gregory Ploetz had everything a collegiate student-athlete could hope for: he played Division I college football at the University of Texas, won a national championship, and was even named the Southwest Conference Defensive Player of the Year.[1] However, starting in the early 2000s, Ploetz started displaying signs of memory loss, confusion, erratic […]
Underage Social Media Usage and COPPA
By Kiara Ortiz In 2018, TikTok, which was formally known as Musical.ly, was one of the most downloaded mobile applications (app(s)) in the world.[1] This exciting app gave social media users a creative platform to publicly share short lip-syncing videos on their profiles. However, this fun and creative space quickly turned into a platform that […]
The Value of Motion and the Copyrightability of a Dance
By Erik Bartley On December 5, 2019, rapper Terrence Ferguson, better known as 2 Milly, filed a complaint to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California claiming that Epic Games had illegally used his dance known as the “Milly Rock” for the massively popular game “Fortnite.”[1] Fortnite is a free-to-play battle royale video […]
How Universal is Universal Jurisdiction?
By Andrew Johnson The violations of international humanitarian law and gross human rights abuses that have occurred in Syria since 2011 have been well-documented.[1] The Assad Regime has perpetrated attacks against civilians, tortured and executed political prisoners, starved the Syrian people through siege warfare, and used chemical weapons indiscriminately.[2] There is no question that these acts constitute […]