Sexual harassment in the workplace is a pervasive problem across industries. [1] However, its impact is not evenly distributed: although workers in many sectors experience harassment, women consistently face disproportionately high rates of sexual harassment…
Lawmakers and courts often assume that parents know best and are reticent to pass laws or judgments that may limit a parent’s freedom in raising their children.[1] But does this assumption hold when parents can profit from the infringement of their…
For much of modern political discourse, the “middle class” and “working class” have been defined as distinct social and economic blocks with differences ranging from occupation, culture, taste, educational attainment, and presumed economic security…
Amidst a golden, morning haze in October 2016, an implosion brought down the faded red power house and rusting boilers of the Dan River Steam Station in Eden, North Carolina.[1] A day later, another implosion brought down the station’s towering precipitators…
In the United States, people facing criminal charges are afforded the constitutional right to a “speedy and public trial . . . and to have the Assistance of Counsel for [their] defense.”[1] In an adversarial system, ensuring indigent defendants receive…
In January 2025, the Trump Administration, through the Department of Homeland Security, issued a directive titled “Enforcement Actions in or Near Protected Areas” that effectively rescinded a memorandum under President Biden that determined certain…
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) proposed a rule on January 14, 2026, to rescind its existing regulations interpreting the Fair Housing Act (FHA) to allow for disparate impact liability.[1] Specifically, the proposal would eliminate…
Since the inception of the juvenile court system at the turn of the 20th century, the criminal legal system’s treatment of youth has swung on a pendulum between rehabilitative aims and harsher, more punitive measures.[1] In the early 1990s during the…
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…
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…
