Posts by Digital Editor

By: Sam Lohner Published: October 29, 2025 The Trump administration continues to escalate its aggressive policy towards immigrants in the United States. However, there are real constitutional problems with the policies his administration is attempting to enact. The federal government may govern its citizens, but it may not coerce the states into carrying out the…

By: Noor Chawla Published: September 13, 2025 The artificial intelligence boom, while groundbreaking in many respects for technology development and its related industries, has created unexpected environmental and ethical concerns. Among these concerns are the significant levels of energy and natural resources required for the data centers’ operation of artificial intelligence systems.[1] Corporations like Microsoft…

By: Michelle Runco Published: September 12, 2025 Incarceration works as a tool of reproductive oppression by targeting the right to have a child, the right to not have a child, and the right to parent.[1] While incarcerated women are often left behind in discussions about reproductive health care and abortion, they continue to suffer from…

By: Jordan Schucker Published: September 8, 2025 On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump gutted trans-healthcare in the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) through Executive Order 14168, Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government (the “Order”).[1]  The Order directed all BOP facilities and staff to cease gender-affirming care…

By: Jordan Taylor Published: September 3, 2025 Johnny Cash famously sang about shooting a man in Reno just to watch him die.[1] Freddie Mercury confessed to putting a gun against a man’s head and pulling the trigger.[2] Taylor Swift even talks about murdering her best friend’s husband and then cleans up the scene.[3] None of…

By: Danielle Kimel Published: August 9, 2025 Despite popular depictions of Artificial Intelligence[1] (AI), systems that can think, feel, and learn like a human are still fictional.[2] Nonetheless, does a creator have to be a human being for their work to receive intellectual property protection? For patent and copyright, courts agree that the answer is…

By: Taylor Brewer Published: August 7, 2025 In 2024, Florida was one of the many states to propose an amendment to its state Constitution to protect the right to abortion.[1] Amendment 4 would have both protected abortion up to the point of viability and permitted abortion after viability to protect the patient’s health.[2] While the…

By: Sarah Pape Published: June 7, 2025 “I’m leaving with love, peace and light, . . . thank you for supporting me, love all of you.”[1]  Those were the last words of inmate Kenneth Smith before the State of Alabama killed him using nitrogen gas in 2024.[2]  It took him around thirty-two minutes to die.[3]…

By: Hannah Seligman Published: June 7, 2025 In early January, on the subreddit r/workingmoms, user @bcd_wxy shared a post titled “Traveling for work to a state that potentially denies or delays medical care while pregnant?”[1]  In the post, she shared that she was pregnant with her second child and her company was in the process…

By: Adonte Yearwood Published: June 4, 2025 Examining Congress’ administration of federal welfare programs demonstrates a robust attempt at combatting poverty and its (Congress’) continued discrimination against thousands of needy Americans living in the United States territories (hereafter, “territorial residents”).  Five islands comprise America’s overseas territories: Guam, American Samoa (“Samoa”), the Commonwealth of the Northern…