Trigger Tragedies: Why the Lives of Domestic Violence Victims Rest in the Hands of the Supreme Court

On November 7, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments regarding United States v. Rahimi, a case previously decided by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. In this article, Madeline Brown analyzes the evolution of constitutional law as it pertains to the Second Amendmentโ€™s right to bear arms, the lower courtโ€™s flawed opinion in Rahimi, and the decisionโ€™s negative effects on domestic violence victims.

The Blurry Line Between Threat and Persuasion: Missouri v. Biden and the Significant Encouragement Test

In this article, Ben Rininger explores recent Fifth Circuit and District Court rulings that the Biden administration threatened social media companies to remove controversial pandemic-related information in contravention of the First Amendment. Rininger analyzes the definition of โ€œthreatโ€ under the Significant Encouragement Test and discusses how state censorship recommendations come into conflict with the First Amendment.

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