Posts by Digital Editor

By: Angela Chen Published: May 14, 2025 “In Texas, life is sacred . . . I will always do everything in my power to protect the unborn, defend our state’s pro-life laws and work to ensure that unlicensed individuals endangering the lives of women by performing illegal abortions are fully prosecuted.”[1]  Those are the words…

By: Alyssa Hoedl Published: May 13, 2025 On November 5, 2024, Missouri voters approved Amendment 3, which added a section called “The Right to Reproductive Freedom Initiative” to the Missouri Constitution.[1]  This section guarantees a fundamental right to reproductive freedom which includes “matters relating to reproductive health care” such as childbirth, birth control, abortion care,…

By: Sarah Prazeau Published on: April 14, 2025 The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”)[1], ratified February 27, 2024, provides all employees covered under the Act the right to receive reasonable accommodations for pregnancy related conditions.[2]  The PWFA mandates that reasonable accommodations be made for qualified workers affected by “pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions,” unless…

By: Jaspreet Momi Published on: April 14, 2025 Predictive policing is the practice of policing locations according to artificial intelligence (“AI”)-generated forecasts of when and where crime incidents are likely to occur.[1]  Location-based predictive policing software like Geolitica, established in 2012 as PredPol, examines an input of up to ten years of recorded crime data,…

By: Anna Dominguez Published on: April 14, 2025 From the first day of Trump’s second term, Americans have witnessed the swift implementation of aggressive immigration policies, including a surge in United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) raids and a renewed pledge to mass deportation.[1]  While both Democrats and Republicans have expressed concerns about the…

By: Alexandra Russo Published on: April 14, 2025 The Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution guarantees that “in all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall . . . have the Assistance of Counsel for his defense.”[1]  In 1938, the Supreme Court construed this to mean that federal courts must appoint counsel for indigent defendants.[2]  It…

By: Molly Hill Published on: April 14, 2025 The rise in remote work, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has drastically changed workplace dynamics, including how sexual harassment is both perpetrated and addressed.[1]  Before the pandemic, only a small percentage of employees worked remotely, but this has changed as many companies have moved their operations online. …

By: Laura Bart Published on: April 14, 2025 After the Supreme Court’s ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions. v. University of North Carolina (“SFFA”) holding that both schools’ admissions policies were unconstitutional, colleges and universities can no longer legally consider race as a “tip” or “plus” factor…

By: Emily Walker Published on: January 27, 2025 “He said he’d take the kids away, take the money away, and tell everyone I was crazy.  And he’s done all that.” Tara Coronado’s fifteen-year relationship with lawyer, businessman, and former football player Ed Cunningham was marked by vicious, repeated abuse; yet, when it came to their…

By: Gray Pham Published on: January 27, 2025 Before April 2024, there was no federal rule across the U.S. regarding the inclusion of non-compete clauses in employment contracts.  As of August 21, 2024, there are only four states that have a total ban on non-compete agreements: California, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Oklahoma.[1]  In the rest…