Oct 12, 2024
Electoral College: Vote Your Conscience
Faithless Electors: Supreme Court Rules That Penalties are Proper

Presidential elections in the United States use a system referred to as the Electoral College. Under this system, elections are not determined based on which candidate received the most votes, but rather on which candidate secured the largest number of Electoral College votes. Each state is assigned a certain number... Read More »

Protecting house with gun
Couple Charged for "Defending" Home Against Protestors

A St. Louis prosecutor filed charges against a local couple after the pair brandished firearms at protesters. Footage of the scuffle, which began after the agitators swarmed onto the couple's lawn, was widely circulated on social media. "It is illegal to wave weapons in a threatening manner — that is... Read More »

Prisioners covid
Prisoners Across the Country File Pandemic-Related Lawsuits

COVID-19 is wreaking havoc on the U.S. incarceration system. Multiple COVID-related lawsuits, brought forth by prisoners, are percolating through courts across the country. At the center of theses suits lie allegations that prison workers are neglecting inmates' safety and exposing them to unsafe conditions. Officials claim that they're doing their... Read More »

Protest and the press
Federal Judge Protects the Power of the Press in Portland

The power of the press, a cornerstone of holding the government accountable, is considered sacred in witnessing injustice and informing the public without government limitation through censorship or exertion of influence. Throughout global history, particularly in times of war and national strife, political corruption walks hand-in-hand with the suppression of... Read More »

Riots in TN
Tennessee Ratifies New Penalties Rife with Racial Disparity for Protestors

So far, in the indisputably turbulent year of 2020, Tennessee has already seen several controversies bring its legislators into the national spotlight. Lieutenant Governor Randy McNally posted (and subsequently deleted) a menacing “warning” to the Black Lives Matter community. The state Supreme Court made headlines when it ruled that fear... Read More »

Face masks required
Can the Government Make You Wear a Mask?

With the majority of states currently requiring their citizens to wear masks in public, there has been pushback. People against mask mandates are saying that the government cannot make the public wear masks because there is no legal basis for it, and therefore it is not constitutional. However, is this... Read More »

Vote by mail
Mail-in Voting Pushback, but is it as Bad as Some Claim?

With concerns regarding COVID-19, there has been discussion of giving people the option to mail in ballots instead of going in person to vote. Forty-six states are providing some form of mail-in voting. Twenty-four of these states have a Democratic governor, and 22 of these states have a Republican governor,... Read More »

TikTok
TikTok Suing Trump Administration Over Executive Order

The Trump Administration is currently engaged in a legal battle with the short-form video app TikTok. The popular app, which 100 million U.S. residents use, is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance. The order bans TikTok if that company fails to sell to an American based company within 45 days-... Read More »

Unanimous verdict
It’s Unanimous, Says a Divided Court

On April 20, 2020, the Supreme Court deemed it unconstitutional to convict a criminal in state court without a unanimous jury in its ruling on Ramos v. Louisiana. According to the decision, the Sixth Amendment of the Bill of Rights requires trial “by an impartial jury.” Therefore, it necessitates a... Read More »

Can Congress Shield Businesses from Liability to Workers?
Can Congress Shield Businesses from Liability to Workers?

America is watching the lawmaking process with the same attention as would ordinarily be dedicated to the sports that have long been absent from the country under the weight of the coronavirus pandemic. On July 27, 2020, Republican Texas Senator John Cornyn introduced the newest effort to provide comprehensive federal... Read More »