Torres v. Texas DPS: The New War Powers Waiver to State Sovereign Immunity
Written By: James Tulp Following a deployment to Iraq and an honorable discharge, Captain Le Roy Torres sought to do something no one had ever…
Category: Constitutional Law
A Rabbi’s Plea to Exercise Religion Through Abortion
Written By: Sean Turnipseed On June 24, 2022, the United States Supreme Court handed down its opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, 142…
Freedom of Religion or Freedom from Religion: Kennedy v. Bremerton School District Yields Triumph for Government Officials to Engage in Religious Observances in Schools
Written By: Riley Bridges On June 27, 2022, nearing the last day of the term, the United States Supreme Court clarified its Establishment Clause jurisprudence…
“Protecting” Religious Liberty During Executions: Ramirez v. Collier Provides a Small Win for Death Row Prisoners
Written By: Erienne Reniajal “RJ” Lewis At the end of 2021, the United States Supreme Court heard a case with a seemingly simple question: do…
You Have the Right to Remain Silent… and a § 1983 Claim? An Un-Mirandized Defendant’s Plea for Damages
Written By: Hunter Ransom We’ve all heard “that” set of warnings – “You have the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will…
“It’s like Liquid Fire Sneaking Towards the Heart” – American Prisons Turn to Un-Approved Drugs for Lethal Injection Executions
Written By: Kelsi Baldwin Although the debate on capital punishment spans generations, the conversation became more complex with the 1982 execution of Charlie Brooks Jr.,…
Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L.: Can a School Regulate a Student’s Off-Campus Speech?
Written By: Katelyn Pearson Summary of the Case B.L. was a student at Mahanoy Area High School in Pennsylvania, where she made the junior varsity…
Shot and Free but Still Seized: Torres v. Madrid’s Clarification of Fourth Amendment Seizures of Persons
Written by: McKenna Stone Cloud For the past thirty years, the legal community has been puzzled over what amounts to a “seizure” of a person…
Harness v. Hosemann: Does § 241 of the Mississippi Constitution Violate the Fourteenth Amendment?
Written by: Katelyn Pearson Summary of the Case Roy Harness and Kamel Karriem, as a result of their convictions of crimes under § 241 of…
Check Your Privilege at the Bar: How the New York Bar Exam’s Discrimination Against Out-of-State Test Takers Violates the Privileges and Immunities Clause of the 14th Amendment
Written By: Melanie Mitchell One final hurdle awaits law school graduates after obtaining their degree before beginning a career in the legal field: passing the…
