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Rejecting blanket prosecution policies post-Dobbs.
After Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, dozens of prosecutors across the United States have made a conscious choice to...
Mackenzie Kiefer
Feb 5, 20242 min read
The line of criminalization: The First Amendment and false statements
In the past few months, four Donald Trump co-defendants pleaded guilty to illegally conspiring to overturn the 2020 election based on...
Jordyn Ehlinger
Jan 29, 20242 min read
Artificial intelligence and the criminal legal system.
The era of artificial intelligence (AI) has begun. C-3PO from Star Wars. J.A.R.V.I.S. from Iron Man. Baymax from Big Hero 6. What were...
Felicia Sych
Jan 28, 20243 min read
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...
Lily Rogers
Nov 29, 20234 min read
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...
Andrew Gamble
Nov 16, 20234 min read
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
Nov 14, 20233 min read
Bittner v. United States: 2022-23 Supreme Court Criminal Decisions
In Bittner v. United States, the Court faced a statutory interpretation question pertaining to the methodology of charging parties under...
Bennett Nuss
Sep 9, 20234 min read
Samia v. United States: 2022-23 Supreme Court Criminal Decisions
Samia v. United States was decided on June 23, 2023. According to the facts of the case, in 2012, Paul LeRoux tasked petitioner Adam...
Bennett Nuss
Aug 9, 20233 min read
Sixth Amendment Protections for Attorney-Client Communications
To read the entire article, click here for the PDF. Abstract The Supreme Court in Weatherford v. Bursey in 1977 assumed without deciding...
Matthew Hughes
Aug 7, 202310 min read
Game Theory Optimized Fraud:
How the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act Created a Virtually Risk-Free Environment for White Collar Crime in Online Poker To...
Jeffrey Woolf
Aug 7, 202313 min read
United States v. Hansen: 2022-23 Supreme Court Criminal Decisions
In another case dealing with speech related crimes, the Supreme Court had to decide whether a federal law criminalizing “encouraging or...
Bennett Nuss
Jul 24, 20234 min read
Pugin v. Garland: 2022-23 Supreme Court Criminal Decisions
In Pugin v. Garland, the Court was tasked with resolving a circuit split over whether an independent offense “relating to obstruction of...
Bennett Nuss
Jul 16, 20233 min read
Counterman v. Colorado: 2022-23 Supreme Court Criminal Decisions
Counterman v. Colorado specifically dealt with the standard by which a criminal defendant can be found to have made a “true threat of...
Bennett Nuss
Jul 13, 20234 min read
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...
Kirsten Rowe
Jul 7, 20233 min read
Smith v. United States: 2022-23 Supreme Court criminal decisions
In Smith v. United States, the Northern District of Florida indicted Timothy Smith for theft of trade secrets of a website company with...
Bennett Nuss
Jun 27, 20232 min read
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