Tag: Forum
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Punishing Recovery: The Legal Contradictions of Relapse in the Americans with Disabilities Act
By Patrick Huaman — The American Medical Association and many other major medical organizations have recognized addiction as a chronic medical condition since 1987, yet many employers still terminate workers for the most predictable symptom of that condition: relapse. A…
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Who Gets the Access? Government Overreach in Accessing Encrypted Communications
By Preston Lieu — Imagine living in a world where your personal information is no longer confidential: a society in which the United States federal government has access to almost everything about you, ranging from your healthcare information to your…
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Predicting Future Criminals: The Due Process Implications of Recidivism Predictions in State v. Loomis
By Radia Lu — In the era of AI and big data, risk assessment algorithms have increasingly informed significant judicial decisions regarding parole, pretrial detention, and sentencing corrections in the American criminal justice system. Reports find that “over 60 jurisdictions…
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Shifting the Battlefield: Exxon’s Attempt to Evade Legal Accountability
By Rida Mian — On Earth Day 2021, the City of New York filed suit against the Exxon Mobil Corporation, ExxonMobil Oil Corporation, Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Shell Oil Company, BP P.L.C, BP America Inc. and the American Petroleum Institute…
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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…
