By Caleb Karnes, Vol. 22 Staff Writer On August 15, 2023, the North Carolina Judicial Standards Commission (JSC) reopened its investigation into North Carolina Supreme Court Justice, Anita Earls, following her interview with Law360. This investigation focused on whether her comments on racial bias in the justice system violated the Code of Judicial Conduct (the …
By Mikaela Kantorowski, Staff Writer Vol. 22 With most sports leagues functioning as private entities, the Constitution, and specifically the First Amendment, usually doesn’t come into play, no pun intended. In fact, the United States Supreme Court rarely decides to kick around issues relating to how the Constitution impacts sports. That said, collegiate athletics is …
By Carolyn Calder, Vol. 22 Staff Writer On July 7, 2023, the Coalition for Independent Technology Research filed a law suit against, among others, Governor Greg Abbott of Texas. The complaint argues that the state of Texas acted unconstitutionally and in violation of the First Amendment when it implemented a ban of the social media …
By Halley Dannemiller, Vol. 22 Staff Writer We rely on apps like Find my Friends daily to keep tabs on family and loved ones, but did you know that this information could be accessed by law enforcement to place you at the scene of a crime? The ready availability of such time-stamped locational data poses …
By Kelly Fitzgerald, Volume 21 Staff Writer A product’s label is the first thing that grabs a consumer’s attention to grab an item off the shelf. What a food product’s label looks-like and sounds-like has a significant impact on what a consumer thinks that food might taste-like. You know this. I know this. And big …
Image by Roland Mey from Pixabay By Max Kurkin, Vol. 21 Staff Writer Varying interpretations of the First Amendment have been at the forefront of discussions within the tobacco industry. The common understanding is that although the First Amendment protects free speech, that right may be limited on narrowly tailored grounds when there is a …
On March 31st, 2022, the ACLU of New York (NYCLU) and the Civil Rights Clinic from the Benjamin Cardozo School of Law filed a civil suit in the Southern District of New York against a New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) book ban on “Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising and Its Legacy,” by Pulitzer Prize winning author Heather Ann Thompson. DOCCS banned the book immediately after it was published in 2016.
By Tyler Ventura, Vol. 21 Staff Writer Florida Governor Ron DeSantis made national headlines last spring as he championed the passing of House Bill 7 (also known as HB 7 or the “Stop WOKE” act) through Florida’s state legislature. This law focused largely on the teaching of critical race theory, otherwise known as “CRT,” in …
By Shane Stout, Vol. 21 Staff Writer For decades, the Supreme Court has protected academic freedom, a concept intertwined with the First Amendment that protects the rights of students, teachers, and educational institutions to pursue knowledge without government interference. While academic freedom has traditionally applied to college professors, its tenets also extend to public school …
America has recently seen a renewed focus on civil rights and racial justice—as well as dramatic divisions over how to discuss race, rights, justice, and history. The current moral panic over critical race theory (“CRT”) has spurred some conservative officials to regulate the treatment of race in schools, libraries, and workplaces. While public schools and libraries are subject to significant governmental control, a high-profile court case is testing whether the First Amendment limits anti-CRT efforts in another key forum: the private workplaces that employ most American adults.
