Bitcoin: What it is and Why it Matters
Wilfred Guerron ’17 Last Friday, MtGox, one of the largest Bitcoin exchanges, filed for bankruptcy. The Tokyo-based company confirmed rumors that a hacker stole a total of 850,000 bitcoins over […]
View ArticleThermal Imaging Devices
Robin Park ’17 In Kyllo v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled that the use of a thermal imaging device to detect the radiation of heat from a person’s home […]
View ArticleCell Phone Privacy
Roya Huang ’17 As cell phone technology expands, so do concerns about cell phone privacy and its potential abuses by law enforcement. In 2012, law enforcement submitted about 1.1 million […]
View ArticleVoter ID Laws and their Opponents
Sam Green ’15 There are currently 31 states that require voters to show some form of identification in order to vote. Eight of these states have strict photo-ID requirements. The […]
View ArticleA Second Take on Voter ID Laws
Roya Huang ’17 Across the 50 states, five of them (Kansas, Indiana, Tennessee, Texas and Georgia) have stringent photo ID requirements in place for state-level voting, and five more (Arkansas, […]
View ArticleVirginia Expands Suffrage for Ex-Convicts
Wilfred Guerron ’17 In the last few weeks, the state of Virginia has begun to introduce new pieces of legislation, joining the large majority of the country in quickly restoring […]
View ArticleReligion in American Law
Sam Green ’15 The Louisiana House of Representatives voted last month to uphold the state’s anti-sodomy law, despite the Supreme Court having ruled that such laws are unconstitutional over a […]
View ArticleA Search for Constitutional Standards
Andrei Sarabia ’16 The Supreme Court, after its “Constitutional Revolution” of 1937, changed its demeanor towards due process and economic liberty and began favoring civil rights and “public […]
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