Category: Constitutional Law
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California’s Deepfake Dilemma: Truth, Technology, and the First Amendment
By Siya Mishra — In the midst of the 2024 U.S. presidential elections, voters were exposed to a lot of promotional political content: emails asking for donations, texts to get involved with campaigns, and billboards and advertisements promoting candidates. Yet,…
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Violence with Impunity? Unpacking the Criminal Jurisdiction of Tribal Courts
By Teresa Chen — For years, Native American populations have suffered violent crime rates far exceeding the national average. In 2020, non-Hispanic Native and Alaskan Native people experienced the second highest homicide rate of any ethnic group, with 84.3% of…
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GEO Group’s Claim to Merge Government Contractor Liability and Immunity Doctrines
By Mary Grace Walker — The Supreme Court’s grant of certiorari in GEO Group, Inc. v. Menocal, No. 24-758 (U.S. argued Nov. 10, 2025), raises a procedural question about the collateral-order doctrine, but it also raises a deeper doctrinal inconsistency…
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You’re Fired! The Rise of Unconstitutional Layoffs in the Trump Administration
Vinayak Menon — In President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office, roughly 25,000 federal workers have been terminated across 18 departments or agencies. While most of these cuts have targeted lower-level probationary employees, the Trump administration has also targeted…
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Charters, Churches, and the Court: Gauging the Future of Religion in Public Education
Tarun Iyengar — Religious public education is an uncommon phrase in the United States given current jurisprudence relating to the 1st Amendment Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses. However, this phrase has recently garnered serious attention after the Archdioceses of Oklahoma…
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Trading Away the Constitution? Presidential Overreach and the Misuse of Emergency Powers in Economic Policy
By Sidney Singer – Since 1976, the National Emergencies Act (NEA) and the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) have provided U.S. presidents with expansive authority to respond to national crises. Intended as legislative guardrails to contain executive power, these…
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The Right to Death: How an Examination of Washington v. Glucksberg Reveals the Future of Fundamental Rights
By Jillian Ascher — As of 2024, 8,700 terminally ill Americans since 1997 have chosen death. In January 2024, terminally
