In this article, Jasmyn Hardin analyzes the Supreme Court’s recent ruling in City of Grant Pass v. Johnson, which legalized increasingly aggressive measures to criminalize homelessness. She argues that governments have diverted their efforts from addressing root causes, instead defaulting to criminalizing homeless individuals for their status rather than their actions.
Callie Mobley discusses recent changes to the interpretation of the transformative use aspect of the fair use doctrine and how artists can be protected from legal uncertainty.
In this article Carrington Calder examines the recent criminal charges against stock guru and media personality Andrew Left. The results of the case could refine Supreme Court precedent and clarify case law surrounding securities fraud schemes.
In this article, Christian Bugher discusses the current circuit split on whether a constitutional violation occurs when police constructively enter a suspect’s home without a warrant.
In this article, Erin Gray discusses the recent circuit split over the constitutionality of policies that prohibit transgender individuals from amending sex designations on birth certificates.
Jasmyn Hardin explains how the absence of federal protections for natural and protective hairstyles enables discriminatory grooming policies to persistently function as a means of control and punishment for Black people, leaving them with a difficult choice: conform to White normative standards or suffer the consequences.
In this article, Abigail Crabtree discusses ghost guns, the Supreme Court’s upcoming case Garland v. VanDerStok, and the possibility of a future Second Amendment claim concerning the private manufacturing of firearms for personal use.
In this article, Erin Gray discusses the upcoming TikTok ban and the resulting lawsuit TikTok filed against the United States. Gray explores how the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit may rule on TikTok's First Amendment challenge of the ban.
In this article, Madisen Zent discusses the circuit split among the United States circuit courts of appeal in allocating the burden of proof in competency hearings and the potential due process violations.
Jasmyn Hardin goes beyond the detrimental impacts that abortion restrictions have had on women’s health to examine the broader effects on the healthcare system and society at large. She argues that these policies are erecting new societal barriers while simultaneously exacerbating systemic failures, disproportionately worsening health disparities among groups that have historically faced societal oppression.
