DACA, which is short for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, is a program that allows qualifying young immigrants to stay in the country, even though they are undocumented. Former Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, initiated the policy. The Trump Administration's approach toward immigration does not conform with DACA.... Read More about New Court Battles Rage Following DACA Supreme Court Victory
A whistleblower complaint recently brought to light especially disturbing allegations about the treatment of immigrants at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Ocilla, Georgia. The complaint, filed by a nurse who worked at the facility until a sudden demotion in July, alleges that federal immigration detainees... Read More about Complaints Allege ICE Forcing Hysterectomies on Unwitting Immigrant Detainees
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away Friday evening, September 18, 2020, after serving nearly three decades on the nation’s highest court. Known affectionately as the “Notorious RBG,” she left an immediate wake of grief among her most ardent supporters and ideological opponents alike—but the aftermath of Ginsburg’s... Read More about What Happens Next: RBG’s Passing and the Fate of the High Court
New Jersey law requires people looking to get a permit to carry a handgun to have a “justifiable need” to get one. A “justifiable need” is defined as “urgent necessity for self-protection, as evidenced by specific threats or previous attacks which demonstrate a special danger to the applicant’s life that... Read More about “Justifiable Need” or Power Grab? Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Cases on Controversial Gun Laws in New Jersey
Recently, California placed a ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines. Magazines are considered “high capacity” if they hold more than 10 bullets. However, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, repealed this ban because it goes against the 2nd Amendment, which gives Americans the right to own guns.... Read More about Please, Sir. May I Have Some More Guns? Gun Restrictions in California
A time before ride-share apps seems like a distant memory, but California law may be steering the state back in that direction this November. Californians will vote on Proposition 22, a ballot measure that will determine whether companies like Uber and Instacart will endure on the West Coast. The App-Based... Read More about Proposition 22: California Workers in the Age of Uber
On June 30, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue that Montana’s public-funded scholarship program for students to attend private schools cannot exclude religious schools. “A state need not subsidize private education,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the 5-4 majority opinion. “But once... Read More about Espinoza v. Montana Blurs Line Separating Church and State
If Joe Biden were to secure the presidency, he would face a scene not unlike President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s late-1930s America. The nostalgic similarities have some wondering if a Biden presidency, too, might seek to rework the lifetime-tenured, nine-Justice stalwarts of the U.S. Supreme Court. In the shadow of the... Read More about The Packed and Politicized Judicial Landscape
Older people are one of the groups that are most vulnerable to COVID-19. In order to protect them from it, many nursing homes have banned visitors from going inside. When family and friends visit their loved ones in nursing homes, they are able to check and make sure that their... Read More about “Greatest Generation” Not Being Treated Like It: Nursing Home Neglect During COVID-19
This year, the U.S. Presidential election contends with a tensely polarized nation and electorate, an ongoing global pandemic, foreign interference, and mail-in voting controversies that threaten to tarnish the shining face of the USPS. The current president has been mentally prepping the country for months—perhaps even years—to expect foul play... Read More about Transfer of Power: The Coming Storm of November
In order to avoid large groups of people and help slow the spread of COVID-19, churches have been forced to close down and not offer in-person services. Many churches responded with live streams of their services as an alternative. With some states slowly reopening, some churches are now providing in-person... Read More about Should Churches be Closed in the Midst of a Pandemic?
With the new school year starting amid the COVID-19 pandemic, states are scrambling to decide the safest way to open schools, whether in person, virtually, or through a hybrid of in-person and virtual instruction. Parents are also struggling with the decision of whether to send their students back to school... Read More about Back to School v. Back to Screen: States Battle on How Best to Return to School
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 about Faithless Electors: Supreme Court Rules That Penalties are Proper
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 about Couple Charged for "Defending" Home Against Protestors
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 about Prisoners Across the Country File Pandemic-Related Lawsuits