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Native American Language Extinction: A Violation of Fundamental Civil & Indigenous Rights
The endangerment and extinction of Native American languages is undoubtedly a threat to the stability of individual tribes and nations...


Military Trials: Demanding Institutional Change to Unchecked Hazing of Minorities
Private Danny Chen was only 19 when he committed suicide nine months after joining the Army.[1] From the beginning of his training, Chen...


Should Facebook be Accessible to Sex Offenders? A First Amendment Analysis
The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution states that “Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech.”[1] The Supreme...


Justice Thomas on Civil Forfeiture: Challenging the Government’s Overbroad Seizure of Property
At first glance, the names of asset forfeiture cases like United States v. Approximately 64,695 Pounds of Shark Fins and State of Texas...


The Criminalization of Female Genital Cutting: Protecting Child Welfare or Limiting Religious Freedo
Female genital cutting (FGC) was criminalized in the United States in 1996, but until 2017, no one was prosecuted. The 2017 case involves...


ACLU v. Mattis: Challenging the History of the Next Friend Doctrine
In late September 2017, reports emerged of a U.S. citizen and ISIS fighter being held in Iraq as an enemy combatant. Later coverage,...


Protecting Transgender Employees in the Workplace: Landmark Legal Precedents
The Trump administration has called for the implementation of many actions targeted against transgender citizens over the past two years....


The Death Penalty: Analyzing Foreign Law within American Jurisprudence
Within the American judicial system, jurists ground their arguments primarily in American legal doctrine, supported by evidence from...


The Uncertain Future of Bitcoin Regulation
Many of us have closely followed or participated in the current frenzy surrounding Bitcoin, but how is Bitcoin regulated by the law? Does...
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