The Change  After Donald Trump’s re-election in 2024, his administration worked to make good on their promise to head the largest deportation operation in American history. Mere hours after Trump’s inauguration, Trump officials revoked a policy which limited the areas in which Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection could apprehend migrants. This policy created …

In courts throughout the nation, Fourth Amendment search and seizure cases are a battlefield with vast potential consequences for Americans across all walks of life. One subject area with a particularly wide potential range of impact is the curtilage doctrine as applied to individual units within multi-unit apartment buildings. The opaque Supreme Court precedent on the issue hangs over the heads of the 61.5% of American renters that lived in buildings with two or more units as of 2021. On August 5, 2025, the Fourth Circuit ruled in United States v. Johnson, holding that …

Imagine you have been sober for three years, have a steady job, and a new apartment. You just gave birth to a healthy baby girl and are excited to bring her home. You are still in the hospital when a case worker from the New York City Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) comes to your hospital room, asking you questions about your son. Three years …

Not many people think of snow when they think of North Carolina. A main draw to living in the state are the mild winters. While residents are able to feel each season during the year, North Carolina provides an alternative for those trying to escape the harsh cold of the Northeast. Climate change experts suggest …

In the wake of Trump’s re-election, the landscape of immigration has changed – particularly, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have become increasingly more aggressive in finding and detaining immigrants, including individuals who are legally in the United States. However, the legal landscape for immigrants is not only becoming more perilous on a federal level, but also …

Prisoners, set apart and largely isolated from the rest of society, are heavily reliant on the prison system to supply their day-to-day needs. However, in many instances, prisoners are not just given these necessities. Rather, they are expected to purchase them themselves through the prison commissary. Depending on the state, inmates may earn money to spend at commissaries …

In the disputed North Carolina judicial race that garnered national attention, one group of individuals are seemingly forgotten in the procedural and political coverage: the voters. These voters are not claimed to have voted fraudulently or improperly, instead, the laws they complied with are being challenged as invalid under state statutes. Ultimately, this begs the …

Throughout the years, social media has become a powerful tool for people to share their opinions, thoughts, and beliefs. It has also evolved to become a powerful tool for activism. For example, movements like #BlackLivesMatter and #MeToohave gained huge momentum through social media use and uplift voices, create awareness, and demand social change. For students and young people, …

Introduction In the U.S., the definition of the word “child” often varies given the legal context. Lawyers who deal with wills typically use the word in its everyday meaning and consider any and all living offspring of a testator to be a child when they are divvying up an estate. In contrast, immigration lawyers may use the term “children” …

The ministerial exception to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is an evolving area of law, especially as it pertains to cases involving discrimination based on sexual orientation. This post explores the ministerial exception and its implications for LGBTQ+ employees at religious institutions, focusing on the recent case Billard v. Charlotte Catholic High …