April 19, 2026
by Grady Stevens
Access to Justice
Banking and Finance
On January 9th, 2026, President Donald Trump posted on his social media site, Truth Social, in the style of a public service announcement: “Please be informed that we will no longer let the American Public be ‘ripped off’ by Credit Card Companies…
April 19, 2026
by Nicky Downs
Access to Justice
Labor & Employment
Humphrey’s Executor v. United States established a central tenet of our modern administrative state: Independent agency leaders can be insulated from presidential control by for-cause removal protections.[1] Typically, the President can remove independent…
April 3, 2026
by Nicky Downs
Access to Justice
Soccer’s Exorbitant Costs
Soccer belongs to the people. But in the United States, it is hoarded by the wealthy. Like housing, healthcare, and groceries, American youth-soccer has become prohibitively expensive. It can run families as much as $10…
April 3, 2026
by Deborah Wey
Access to Justice
Criminal Justice
Family
Fetal mortality rates in the United States have been on an overall decline since the 1990s,[1] but data demonstrates that there is a stillbirth crisis across the nation.[2] Yale School of Medicine found that 20% of all pregnancies across the United States…
March 15, 2026
by Meredith Bartley
Rights
With the second Trump Administration’s takeover of the District, including the surge of federal policing and the deployment of the National Guard,[1] the question of statehood has returned to the forefront. Often, these discussions center on democratic…
March 15, 2026
by Katie Lessmeier
Food Security
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides monthly food assistance—commonly referred to as food stamps—to low-income households, helping one in eight Americans buy groceries.[1] The program serves about 42 million Americans, with…
January 19, 2026
by Ryan Haraden
Labor & Employment
Worker protections are on the decline. While this might not be a surprise for those reading the news or for those with knowledge of the current political leanings of the federal executive and legislative branches, the extent, and speed, of which these…
January 8, 2026
by Gabriela Gonzalez
Education
Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men, the balance-wheel of the social machinery.[1] – Horace Mann
When the great educational reformer Horace Mann wrote these words, he echoed an…
January 8, 2026
by Mitchell Glover
Education
Family
When the United States federal government needed women’s labor during World War II, it publicly funded childcare upon the assertion, “[y]ou cannot have a contented mother working . . . if she is worrying about her children.”[1] Currently, in 2025…
November 14, 2025
by Sonny Russano
Access to Justice
Voting
Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (“VRA”) prohibits voting practices or procedures that discriminate on the basis of race, color, or membership in one of the specified minority groups.[1] Although the Supreme Court has continuously narrowed…