KATRINA MUSA—On September 20, 2022, Aaron Judge hit his 60th home run of the season, marking his place in baseball history and putting him on the same level as baseball legend Babe Ruth. Michael Kessler, a 20-year-old Yankees fan, caught the ball, and under baseball rules, he was free to keep it. However, Kessler returned the […]
AMELIA ANDERSON—Stories concerning immigrants continuously grip local and national media—most recently, with Florida governor Ron DeSantis’s taxpayer-funded flights of asylum-seekers from San Antonio to Martha’s Vineyard. Whatever one’s stance on the matter, it is clear to all that controversy between the right and left over which immigration policy should be followed is not ending anytime soon. […]
GABRIELLA PINZON—This term, the clash between freedom of speech and LGBTQ rights continues as the Supreme Court is slated to hear oral arguments in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis. The following question is before the Court: Whether applying a public-accommodation law to compel an artist to speak or stay silent violates the Free Speech Clause of the First […]
LAURA CURRY—Six days after giving birth, Hali Burns was arrested and separated from her newborn and older child. The arrest stemmed from two positive drug tests during her pregnancy, which her attorneys contend were caused by a legal prescription for Subutex, a medicine used to manage opioid addiction and withdrawal, and sinus medication. Burns was held in pretrial […]
ELIZABETH HANSEL—Imagine attempting to address decades of disparities and inequities with only one eye open to the problem. That is what the Biden administration is currently attempting to do as it creates healthy equity initiatives through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”). These new initiatives focus on reducing the health disparities within these […]
