U.S. Mass Surveillance: Striking the Balance Between Security and Liberty

U.S. Mass Surveillance: Striking the Balance Between Security and Liberty

In the current War on Terror, American liberties are continually unjustly forsaken. The struggle between ensuring public safety and upholding personal privacy dates back to…

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Changing the Game: Establishing Precedent for State Funding of Church Playgrounds

Changing the Game: Establishing Precedent for State Funding of Church Playgrounds

The seemingly simple act of utilizing scrap tires to resurface a children’s playground has recently set a landmark legal precedent for the possibility of state-sponsored…

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Physician's Arrest: The Hidden—And Dangerous—World of U.S. Psychiatric Detention

Physician’s Arrest: The Hidden—And Dangerous—World of U.S. Psychiatric Detention

When presented with emergent psychiatric cases, physicians often face an ethical dilemma: in those who are uncooperative or unwilling to receive medical treatment, patients’ desires…

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Cherokee Nation v. McKesson Corp et. al: Determining the Jurisdiction of Tribal Courts

Cherokee Nation v. McKesson Corp et. al: Determining the Jurisdiction of Tribal Courts

              Since the European discovery of the Americas, American Indians have faced harsh obstacles to their rightful land ownership, prosperity, and health. Today, it…

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The Student-Debt Crisis: Financial Obstacles to Higher Education

The Student-Debt Crisis: Financial Obstacles to Higher Education

         With the costly price tag of $71,690 dollars a year, Columbia University is ranked as the second-most expensive university in the…

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Riddle v. Hickenlooper and Neil Gorsuch: The Future of Campaign Finance Law

Riddle v. Hickenlooper and Neil Gorsuch: The Future of Campaign Finance Law

        Having just been appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Neil Gorsuch presents either an opportunity or another barrier in efforts…

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Publicly Funded Religious Programs: A Clear Violation of the Establishment Clause

Publicly Funded Religious Programs: A Clear Violation of the Establishment Clause

            In 2003 within the Southern District of Iowa, Americans United sued the InnerChange Freedom Initiative run by the Prison Fellowship organization, for religious discrimination…

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Immigration Law and Reform: Looking at State and Federal Precedent

Immigration Law and Reform: Looking at State and Federal Precedent

Many have heard President Trump’s rhetoric regarding illegal immigrants, citing crime rates and immigration statistics that sound jarring at best. He looks to cases in…

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The Politicization of the Supreme Court: The Case against Originalism

The Politicization of the Supreme Court: The Case against Originalism

There hasn’t been a time in recent memory where the balance of the Judicial Branch of the United States has been as politicized as it…

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Civil and Sharia Law: Finding Common Legal Ground in a Polarized World

Civil and Sharia Law: Finding Common Legal Ground in a Polarized World

“We should only admit in this country those who share our values.”[1] This statement was issued by President Trump following the first Immigration Ban, barring…

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Built on Sand or Set in Stone: Roe v. Wade and Its Aftermath

Built on Sand or Set in Stone: Roe v. Wade and Its Aftermath

Nearly half a century after the monumental case Roe v. Wade was decided, abortion rights remain prevalent in contemporary political, policy and legal issues: indeed,…

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The Injustice of the Felony-Murder Rule

The Injustice of the Felony-Murder Rule

One night in 2008, three teenage boys—Travis Castle, Justin Doyle, and Cody Moore—broke into a seemingly unoccupied house. The boys were unarmed, and had no…

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