Ten years ago, the Supreme Court in Shelby County v. Holder effectively gutted the Voting Rights Act (“VRA”) by striking down Section 4.[1] Section 4 provided a coverage formula, defining covered jurisdictions as states who used tests or devices as…
Recently, Tennessee implemented harsher voting restrictions for people with felony convictions.[1] An estimated 4.6 million Americans, or 2% of the voting population, are disenfranchised due to their felony conviction.[2] In Tennessee, more than 1-in-10…
In spite of an increasingly multicultural and diverse United States, U.S. law creates and maintains divisions amongst its citizens.
A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the
people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
In October 2022, photos emerged giving a glimpse into the dangerous conditions inside Rikers Island jails.
On September 14, 2022, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis manipulated roughly 50 migrants from Venezuela and Colombia into boarding a plane bound for Martha’s Vineyard.[1] There are many possible reasons for Governor DeSantis’ publicity stunt. Some…
By Ananya Gill Sanha* Woke-ism in Corporate America With the conference of “personhood” to corporations,[1] the twenty-first century corporation must embrace the shareholder, “demos prudence” theory[2]: corporations should consider all…
By Chiamaka Echebiri* Zombie no go go, unless you tell am to go (Zombie) Zombie no go stop, unless you tell am to stop (Zombie) Zombie no go turn, unless you tell am to turn (Zombie) Zombie no go think, unless you tell am to think (Zombie)[1] …
By Julyana Dawson* The year 2020 will be a year remembered by the COVID-19 pandemic in large part because of the substantial economic harm it will cause to many American families.[1] Unfortunately, lower-income Americans, who are more likely to experience…
By Malcolm B. Morse* In celebration of Black History Month, the Georgetown Black Law Students Association partnered with the Georgetown Juvenile Justice Clinic to host a screening of Bryan Stevenson’s True Justice documentary. Through it, Stevenson…
