Does the warrant exception apply to smartphones at the border?
For years, the Supreme Court has recognized a border exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement, allowing warrantless and...
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Andrew Gamble
- Nov 17
- 4 min
Import restricted, the efficacy of bilateral cultural agreements
Rooted in the pursuit of profit and personal collection, the spoilage of cultural property is a trade that has, since antiquity, been a...
Kirsten Rowe
- Nov 14
- 3 min
Firearm restrictions in light of United States v. Rahimi
TW: References to domestic violence If statistics hold true, by the time you finish reading this article, approximately 60 people will...
Kirsten Rowe
- Jul 7
- 3 min
Visitation and protecting rights of incarcerated parents
According to the Prison Policy Initiative, approximately 47% of individuals incarcerated are parents of minors, with 19% of those...
Madelyn Nessler
- Apr 26
- 3 min
Human trafficking: The modern-day slavery
Globalization has undoubtedly facilitated the growth of businesses, technology, culture and communication as goods and services are...
Caitlyn Greene
- Apr 26
- 4 min
Juvenile brains are different, their mens rea analysis should be too
Courts should apply a child-centered mens rea analysis for all cases adjudicating juveniles, also known as the “reasonable child”...
Siena Roberts
- Apr 26
- 3 min
Why do we love true crime? The phenomenon behind our obsession
If you go on the Podcast charts on Apple or Spotify, you will find that at least three of the top 10 podcasts are true crime related....
Samuel Disario
- Apr 25
- 2 min
Cruel and unusual or adequate healthcare: Looking at the circuit split
In 1976, the United States Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision where the Court interpreted the Eighth Amendment’s “cruel and...
Sarah Pape
- Apr 25
- 4 min
Running an inherent risk: Executing the innocent
Charles Flores is a man with an innocence claim facing execution on Texas Death Row. Twenty-four years ago, Flores went to prison for the...
Andrew Gamble
- Apr 18
- 4 min
Admission not required: The conflict of repatriation and museums
The trafficking of arts, antiquities and cultural property is a criminal practice that has become inveterate in society as actors look to...
Angela Chen
- Apr 17
- 4 min
“Getaway Car” versus “Slatty:” Lyrics evidence exacerbates racial disparities
Jeffery Lamar Williams, known professionally as Young Thug, is standing trial for multiple charges, including conspiring to violate...
Elena Pomponio
- Apr 17
- 3 min
New Washington D.C. criminal code halted at the finish line
D.C.’s proposed new criminal code stood strong following Mayor Muriel Bowser’s attempted veto of the bill that would impose a rewrite to...
Nyia McCree
- Mar 28
- 3 min
Police brutality: Is it really a race problem?
TW: Racism, Police Brutality, Violence When asked about the recent murder of 29 year old Black civilian, Tyre Nichols, in Memphis,...
Madison Gestiehr
- Mar 28
- 3 min
Is investigative genetic genealogy a menace to our privacy rights?
Ever since investigators revealed that a genealogy website helped police catch one of America’s most notorious serial killers, the Golden...
Grace Schneider
- Mar 9
- 3 min
How cognitive behavioral therapy reduces crime
Almost 50% of inmates suffer from some form of mental health issue that becomes exacerbated when prison walls restrict their freedom....
Gaia Lodovici
- Feb 26
- 3 min
Book censorship in prisons
“The Coloring Book Looney Tunes,” “Learn to Draw Disney Winnie the Pooh,” and “Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game Catalog” may sound like...
Bailey Beckman
- Feb 26
- 4 min
Closing the data broker loophole: 4th Amendment is Not for Sale Act
In 1986, Congress passed the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA). Title II of ECPA, commonly known as the Stored Communications...
Victoria Maamari
- Feb 25
- 3 min
A murderer’s motive: Analyzing the Idaho murders
TW: Violence What pushes someone to take the life of another individual? Scholars have been studying why people commit murder for...
Devin Iorio
- Feb 25
- 3 min
Split-sentencing for seditious supporters
On Jan. 6, 2021, Verden Nalley and James Little arrived at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., along with thousands of others to...
Jaxzia Perez
- Feb 24
- 3 min
The foster care-to-prison pipeline: A road to incarceration
In 2020, the Children’s Bureau at the Administration for Children and Families, a division of the United States Department of Health and...
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