This article looks into a smaller case coming out of Yolo County in California. This case deals with First Amendment free speech issues, specifically in the context of discussing transgender women in sports in a library.
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In light of recent state legislation and lawsuits against social media companies, is Congress’ new Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) a reasonable and justified approach to child online safety?
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The court’s conservative tilt coupled with state and industry vested interests seem primed to reconsider even the most stalwart of environmental legal protections.
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On January 21st, 2024 a series of deepfake robocalls were released prompting an investigation on the legality of disseminating AI generated content and the regulations that are required. However, these regulations can only go so far when we consider the role of private social media enterprises and freedom of speech considerations.
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After nearly 200 years of failed negotiations and a final decision delivered by the International Court of Justice that reaffirmed Guyana’s ownership of the oil-rich Essequibo territory, Venezuela’s recent referendum to proceed with annexation severely questions the power of law to settle territorial disputes.
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This article looks into the case Wood v. Florida Department of Education and how Florida Northern District Court should examine it.
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Unpacking how the recent Alabama ruling came to be established, and unpacking its implications for both the future of Alabama’s fertility landscape and how it affects abortion access in neighboring states.
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The Supreme Court will soon hear arguments for Grants Pass v. Johnson, in which homelessness could potentially become criminalized. This article explores the wider implications of criminalizing a person’s status and reviews past articulations of relevant Eighth Amendment protections for the homeless population.
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Facebook’s 2023 settlement was a landmark case in data privacy- and signals the necessity for government regulation of modern technology and social media. In the wake of rising polarization following the 2016 election, it is more important than ever to critically examine how we regulate data privacy.
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Despite allegations that the Adani Group violated an Indian securities law for minimum public shareholding, the Indian Supreme Court rejected calls for further investigation.
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Last December, New York State’s highest court overruled the 2022 district maps that helped House Republicans flip four seats during the midterm elections. Now, Democrats are fighting to enact favorable district lines ahead of the 2024 election, hoping to win back some of the seats they lost two years ago.
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Recent Supreme Court decisions in two sister cases, Lindke v. Freed and O’Connor-Ratcliffe v. Garnier, established much-needed precedent in a cloudy, foreign, and heretofore little-navigated area of the law: free speech on social media. Unifying a plethora of contending legal tests and disparate rulings, the future of free speech for millions of federal employees is now clearer than ever.
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This article examines the recent Supreme Court decision Gonzalez vs. Google LLP which highlights the expansive nature of the internet and the implications the Section 230 Act have on social media platforms.
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The Supreme Court’s examination of Trump v. Anderson has sparked debate around questions of presidential eligibility and the power and scope of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
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Despite a 1978 California ruling that expanded prisoner protections, this issue persists today. Two recent cases display how these situations may amount to unconstitutional conditions of incarceration.
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The European Union has proposed the AI Act, one of the first major governmental steps to address the risks of generative AI and AI more generally (Image via CDO Times).
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Former president Donald Trump’s legal troubles continue to grow, yet he has argued for a presidential absolute immunity. Can these claims withstand the tests of constitutionality and Supreme Court precedent? (Image via ABC News)
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Environmental, Social, Governance consideration is imperative to fulfilling fiduciary duty
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