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By: Alicia Casciano Published: May 11, 2026 In January 2017, President Trump reinstated the Mexico City Policy.[1] In January 2021, it was revoked with President Biden’s Presidential Memorandum Protecting Women’s Health at Home and Abroad.[2] On January 24, 2025, President Trump revoked the Presidential Memorandum to reinstate the Mexico City Policy, also known as the…

By: Alexis Bahner Published: May 8, 2026 On January 1, 2026, Tennessee’s “Savanna’s Law” went into effect in memory of 22-year-old Savanna Puckett, who was murdered by her ex-boyfriend in 2022.[1] The state’s new domestic violence registry highlights a gap in federal criminal registries. Currently, there are only federal registries for sexual offenders that do…

By: Farron Eckhoff Published: May 7, 2026 In all fifty states, and the District of Columbia (“DC”), a person is not legally an “adult,” nor afforded the “rights and responsibilities of adulthood” until at least age 18.[1] The brain’s frontal lobe, particularly the pre-frontal cortex, does not reach maturity until well after age 18.[2] The…

By: Robbie Gordon Published: April 18, 2026 The United States’ electric grid faces unprecedented pressure to expand its generation capacity to tackle the oncoming electricity affordability and reliability crises, which will have the greatest impact on the most vulnerable ratepayers.[1] Despite the imminent need to facilitate as many new energy projects as possible, the Trump…

By: Chloe Schalit Published: April 16, 2026 The Supreme Court’s emergency docket, often called the shadow docket,[1] is not new; it has been around as long as there has been a Supreme Court.[2] Historically, the Court’s shadow docket decisions focused on death penalty cases;[3] however, the Supreme Court’s increased use of these decisions has allowed…

By: Alexandra Manfield Published: April 14, 2026 Artificial intelligence (“AI”) is often described as objective, neutral, and data-driven—these notions are misleading. [1]  AI systems do not emerge in a vacuum; they are designed, trained, and deployed by humans who operate within legal, cultural, and institutional frameworks shaped by racial hierarchy. [2] As a result, AI…

By: Rachel Creighton Published: March 20, 2026 In August of 2025, over 2,000 National Guard members arrived in the nation’s capital. Today, the Guardsmen are still patrolling the District of Columbia (D.C.).[1] D.C. was the first of several cities to which the Trump administration deployed the National Guard “to combat crime, quell protests, or safeguard…

By: Dominic Charles Published: March 18, 2026 Immediately following the Trump Administration’s August 11, 2025 order declaring a crime emergency in Washington, D.C. (DC), masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers descended on DC neighborhoods, bringing fear and stoking backlash.[1]  Journalists and concerned neighbors have vigilantly documented ICE operations to combat its pervasive presence in…

By: Amanda Dobrucky Published: March 17, 2026 During a Florida’s legislative session in 2025, Governor Ron DeSantis signed over 70 pieces of legislation that took effect on July 1, 2025,[1] including Florida House Bill 903, which discusses correctional facilities.[2] The “Other Provisions” section of this new law authorizes death sentence executions through a controversial method:…

By: Anjali Narayanan Published: March 13, 2026 In July 2023, the Heritage Foundation released a near 900-page blueprint, commonly known as “Project 2025,” outlining a comprehensive plan to restructure the federal executive branch.[1] Project 2025 calls for structural, statutory, and constitutional transformations across nearly every area of federal policy.[2] Presented as a governing agenda for…