You Can’t Block Them! Lindke v. Freed and the Intersection Between State Action and Social Media
“To misuse power, however, one must possess it in the first place.” In 2024, it is no question that social media is widely used. Individuals use…
Category: Constitutional Law
A Sword Rather Than a Shield: Revisiting Sullivan To Restore The Holding Of Falsity Accountable
An ancient common law tenet enshrined in our freedom of the press was expressed by William Blackstone when he wrote “[e]very freeman has an undoubted right…
Open for (Strictly Heterosexual) Business!
In June of 2023, the Supreme Court in 303 Creative, Inc. v. Elenis addressed the question of whether applying an anti-discriminatory public accommodation law to…
Dobbs and the New Wild West: Surveying a Fluid Legal Landscape
On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned Roe v. Wade and its baseline federal protections,…
“Sweltering, Undisputed, and Suffocating” Jackson’s Crime Problem or the Legislature’s Solution?
Depending on who is asked, H.B. 1020 and the recently expanded Capital Complex Improvement District (“CCID”) were either a solution to Jackson’s well-known crime problem…
Text, History, & Tradition: Considering the Second Amendment Post-Bruen
Second Amendment jurisprudence has been revamped in the wake of New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n, Inc. v. Bruen, handed down by the United…
Disenfranchisement Talk
Bruen, U.S. v. Bullock, and rethinking bar admission prohibitions in Mississippi I. Bullock and Bruen Since Bruen, federal courts have heard numerous Second Amendment…
An Unexpected Consequence of Pardon Powers
How the Possibility of Executive Clemency Makes it Easier for Judges to Issue Harsh Decisions As a constitutional law professor, I especially enjoy teaching the…
All’s Fair in Love, War, and College Admissions
A Synopsis of the Recent Supreme Court Decision Overruling Affirmative Action Precedent “It has been 25 years since Justice Powell first approved the use of…
Renegade Removal
Will Fulton County Retain Control of the Case Against Former President Trump? “No man is above the law, and no man is below it.” Teddy…
