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Implications for Race-Based Scholarships in the Wake of SFFA
This past summer (June 29, 2023) the United States Supreme Court overturned 45 years of precedent and ruled that the University of North Carolina and Harvard University’s affirmative action programs violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by considering race in their admissions process–effectively ending affirmative education…
Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Historic Supreme Court Nomination
By: Madelyn Hughes, Associate Editor, Vol. 27 On February 25, 2022, President Biden made history when he nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court to replace the retiring liberal Justice Stephen Breyer.[i] She is the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court and, if confirmed,…
Supreme Court Reform: Expansion, Balance, Limits
By Abigail HesterAssociate Editor, Vol. 26 The Supreme Court is in crisis. With the death of Ruth Bater Ginsberg and the rushed confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett, the national attention is on the Supreme Court like never before.[i] Now is the time to act to reform the Supreme Court.
The Necessity of Revisiting and Overturning Lassiter v. Department of Social Services
by Raul Noguera-McElroy Associate Editor, Vol. 25 Part I: Overview Last term, I discussed how white supremacy animates the child welfare system’s aggressive push to terminate the bond between a parent and their child permanently through a child protection process known as the termination of parental rights.[i]…
Ramos v. Louisiana: The Fight for Unanimous Jury Verdicts as a Constitutional Right
By Becky Wasserman Associate Editor, Vol. 25 Ten out of twelve jurors. That’s all it takes in the State of Oregon to convict a person accused of a crime.[1] Before 2018, Louisiana also permitted non-unanimous jury verdicts in criminal trials.[2] Now, Oregon is the last…