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It Is Not Illegal to Seek Asylum: An Analysis of the New Migrant Protection Protocols
By Sam Kulhanek Associate Editor, Vol. 24 In line with the Trump Administration’s recent efforts to restrict the right to seek asylum, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) appears to be keeping its December promise to return certain asylum seekers … Continue reading
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Tagged asylum, Current Events, immigration, immigration policy, Trump administration
Repatriation and Restitution Required: Renovation of Belgium’s Royal Museum for Central Africa Falls Short
By Meredith Reynolds Associate Editor, Vol. 24 In December 2018, Belgium’s Royal Museum for Central Africa re-opened after a five-year renovation project.[1] The Royal Museum was originally created by Belgium’s King Leopold II in 1897 as a place for him … Continue reading
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Tagged Belguim, Central Africa, colonialism, Congo, history, museums
An Overlooked Consequence of the Government Shutdown: The Expiration of the Violence Against Women Act
By Mackenzie Walz Associate Editor, Vol. 24 On December 22nd, 2018, the United States government entered a partial shutdown after Congress and the White House failed to reach an agreement over the amount of funding to appropriate for the construction … Continue reading
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Tagged Domestic violence, native americans, politics, VAWA, Violence Against Women Act
Does it Hurt to Ask? Citizenship Question Proposed for 2020 Census Faces Legal Challenges
By Rose Lapp Associate Editor, Vol. 24 Congress is granted the power to carry out the census by Article 1, Section 2 of the Constitution, which reads: “The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting … Continue reading
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Tagged census data, constitutional law, immigration, immigration policy, population
Is Gang Membership a Crime? How RICO Laws Turn Groups into Gangs
By Kerry Martin Associate Editor, Vol. 24 On June 18, 2018, in a courtroom at the Theodore Levin U.S. Courthouse in downtown Detroit, at the end of a long pretrial argument on a matter of evidence, defendant Corey Bailey stood … Continue reading
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Tagged criminal justice system, criminalization, Detroit, gang violence, Michigan
Arbitrary Paternalism and the SEC Accredited-Investor Standard
By Leah Duncan Associate Editor, Vol. 24 In developing the current accredited investor requirements to balance competing considerations of investor protection and capital formation, the Securities and Exchange Commission has used proxies that give rise to discrimination against communities of … Continue reading
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Tagged Investing, Racial Wealth Gap, SEC
What the Passage of Michigan’s Proposal One Means for Black and Latinx People
By Elizabeth Morales-Saucedo Associate Editor, Vol. 24 On November 6, 2018, 56% of Michigan voters supported the passage of Proposal One approving the legalization of recreational use and possession of marijuana by persons 21 and older.[1] Michigan is the tenth … Continue reading
California’s Efforts to Reform Bail Leaves Much to be Desired
By Jules Hayer Associate Editor, Vol. 24 Despite recent developments in California to overhaul the bail system, the state still has a long way to go in order to create effective change. In January of this year the California Court … Continue reading
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Tagged bail, California, California Court of Appelas, criminal justice reform, criminal justice system
How Jeff Sessions is Quietly Transforming Immigration Law to Promote His Anti-Immigrant Agenda
By Samantha Kulhanek Associate Editor, Vol. 24 The Attorney General’s authority to refer Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) decisions to himself for review was established via regulation in 1940,[1] and yet this power appears to be receiving more attention today … Continue reading
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Tagged attorney general, immigration
Countering Violent Extremism Under the Trump Administration: The True Focus is Minority Communities, Not Domestic Extremism
By Mackenzie Walz Associate Editor, Vol. 24 Through the Homeland Security Act of 2002, Congress established the prevention of domestic terrorist attacks as one of the Department of Homeland Security’s primary missions and appropriated ten million dollars “for a countering … Continue reading
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