Category: Constitutional Law
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“A Long Step Down the Totalitarian Path” – Justice William O. Douglas: A Short Commentary on Stop-and-Frisk Practices
By Jaden Yun — In landmark case Terry v. Ohio (1968), Martin McFadden, a highly experienced Cleveland police detective dressed in plain clothes, flagged two individuals, Terry and Chilton, as suspicious after noticing that they were “pac[ing] alternately along an…
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Oklahoma’s Bible Controversy: Unpacking the Legality of the Bible Education Mandate
By Elaine Gao —- In the summer of 2024, the state of Oklahoma was torn apart not by the upcoming University of Oklahoma v. Oklahoma State University game but by state superintendent Ryan Walters’s bold
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When Hate TRUMPs Precedent: A Reexamination of Plyler v. Doe in the Face of Tennessee’s Proposed Immigration Policies
By Anita Miller — As American lawmakers grapple with the ever-contentious subject of immigration, new policies addressing educational access for undocumented immigrants continue to be put forth. One notable piece of propose
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ShotSpotter’s Live Gunshot Detection System Violates New Jersey’s Stop and Frisk Laws
By Aina Marzia — In September 2024, the Chicago Police Department (CPD) removed over 2,000 live gunshot alert systems from ShotSpotter (later renamed to SoundThinking). For the first time in six years, no live sound feed was being s
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Are We All Americans?: Elk v. Wilkins and Native American Citizenship Before, During, and After Reconstruction
By Carolina Pardo — When Robert E. Lee went to negotiate his terms of surrender at the Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865, he stopped at the sight of a brown man amongst the Union generals. Everyone held their breath…
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Regulating Artificial Intelligence: Antitrust and Anti-Discrimination Policy
By Ava Chen — In 2023, the large language model GPT-4 passed the Uniform Bar Examination, scoring in the 90th percentile of real-life test takers. From demonstrating legal expertise to crafting convincing deep-fakes, the capabilities of artificial intelligence are exponentially…
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The Independence of State Constitutional Interpretation and The New Jersey Courts’ Reliance on Federal Doctrines of Liberty
By David Chau — Under the American Federalism system, 51 constitutions coexist. They often overlap and come into conflict with each other over a plethora of issues from governance to individual liberties. As state constitutional law continues to rise in…
