By Kaya Weerasuriya — “I’ve got a pen, and I’ve got a phone.” President Barack Obama used this phrase as a metonymy for two actions he considered to be most effective for enacting change—the “pen” symbolizing his presidential capability to issue executive action, and the “phone” signifying his ability to mobilize public support during times…

By Nathaniel Marks — The unlawful deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador and the subsequent failure of the Trump Administration to return him (despite being ordered by a court to do so) seems to many to be the final straw for the constitutional order: the President is actively ignoring his responsibility to uphold…

By Arah Cho — In Federalist No. 70, Founding Father Alexander Hamilton championed the concept of “energy in the executive,” arguing that a strong, decisive president was essential for effective governance. More than 200 years later, President Donald J. Trump’s leadership appears to embody this principle through his aggressive approach to decision-making. Within just the…

By Luke Hwang — Lee Sun-kyun, a renowned South Korean actor for his role in the Oscar-winning film Parasite, tragically took his life in December 2023.[1] Lee had been facing a police investigation over allegations of illegal drug use, despite his constant reiteration of his unawareness of any consumption. Throughout this time, Korean media outlets…

By Maclain Conlin — The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment grants corporations a substantive right to be free from civil claims in state court unless it is either incorporated in that state or the conduct at issue in the case occurred there. However, in Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway,[1] the Supreme Court held in…

By Matt Berkery — College campuses – petri dishes of civic activism – have long served as epicenters of First Amendment exercise, providing a sprawling platform for demonstrations, displays of expression, and free speech. As the youth demographic (18-29) becomes increasingly consequential in U.S. elections, as demonstrated by its role in thwarting the “red wave”…

By Kaylee Yang — You open your phone to check the results of last night’s basketball game. Open Safari. Tap the address bar. Type in “March Madness results”. A custom widget appears. As you get ready for your day, you ask Siri for the weather. She relays what Google told her: sunny with showers in…

By Caroline Quirk — From its nascent development in the 1990s to the introduction of a widely available app in 2018, deepfake technology has become both increasingly sophisticated and readily accessible to the general population.[1] Deepfake—a portmanteau of “deep learning” and “fake”—is a form of synthetic media in which artificial intelligence is utilized to create…

By Beatrice Neilson — Congressional inaction on data privacy is leaving courts, corporations, and consumers in the dark, stranded and sacked with the responsibility of resolving some of the most complex problems of the digital age all on their own. Amid the chaos, social media companies collect vast amounts of user metadata for their algorithms,[1]…