JEREMY CONNELL—First Amendment protection of speech has limits, but those limits are not always well-defined. The Supreme Court will soon hear arguments on Counterman v. Colorado, and the ruling may settle a question that currently divides both state and federal courts: What is necessary for speech to constitute a “true threat”? Counterman concerns a series of Facebook messages […]
GRACE SLICKLEN—On November 13, 2022, University of Idaho students Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin, were brutally murdered in an off-campus house that drew crime-solving efforts to the shaken small community. The horrific and shocking killings have had those on social media speculating about the who, the how, and the why. Even with a suspect in […]
KATIE TONKINSON—In 2008, the 3M Company (“3M”), an American multinational conglomerate operating in the fields of industry, worker safety, health care, and consumer goods, acquired Aearo Technologies LLC (“Aearo”). Aearo developed the Combat Arms Earplugs in 1998 with the dual-purpose of providing hearing protection and communication capabilities for military personnel. One end created a tight seal to block out the loud […]
ALISON WYNNE—Following a merger in 2010, Ticketmaster became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Live Nation. This merger was conditioned on Live Nation being prohibited from “retaliating against concert venues for using another ticketing company [besides Ticketmaster], threatening concert venues, or undertaking other. . .actions against concert venues for ten years.” Despite this condition, the Department of Justice […]
DANIELLE BUKACHESKI—The United States Constitution guarantees a Sixth Amendment right to counsel in criminal trials. This right to representation applies to all defendants, regardless of socioeconomic status, and thus requires the appointment of counsel through the public defense system when a defendant is indigent. In Gideon v. Wainwright, the Supreme Court case spawning the public defense system, […]
