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Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women: An Epidemic

August 9, 2023

Countless cases of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women have been reported by Indigenous communities but have not made headlines. The following personal accounts come from those reports. It is April 18, 2017 and residents of a neighborhood in Lumberton, North Carolina have just discovered the naked body of Rhonda Jones stuffed in a trashcan. Rhonda was a thirty-six year old woman and member of the Lumbee Tribe. Only a few hours had passed when Christina Bennett, another member of the Lumbee [...]

Stuck in 1945: The U.N.’s “Big Five” Security Council

August 9, 2023

What is the U.N. Security Council? International relations is a broad and complex system.  With each nation employing different approaches to governance and law, the United Nations and its Security Council represent the key entities balancing national and international interests on the international stage.  As such, the operations of the United Nations Security Council are essential to understanding international law and transnational relations. Created in 1945 following the Second World War, [...]

What Happens after “Guilty?” A Look into North Carolina’s Motion for Appropriate Relief System

August 9, 2023

For many defendants, a verdict of “guilty” signals the end of their legal battle. But when the prosecutor commits errors, the relevant law has changed, or the defendant had ineffective assistance of counsel, the defendant may get a second chance through post-conviction relief. Defendants convicted as juveniles have had their life without parole convictions changed to life with parole. Other defendants have gotten new trials with effective counsel and received a “not guilty” verdict. [...]

What White Collar Crime Threats Remain as the Country Emerges from COVID-19?

February 5, 2023

Are the 474 defendants charged with crimes for COVID-19 fraud schemes and the 1,686,121 reports of identity theft in 2021 just the tip of the iceberg?  COVID-19 steered the world into financial disruption.  As a result, the prevalence of white collar crime has skyrocketed over the last few years, particularly in the forms of government benefits fraud and identity theft. White collar criminals have targeted government benefits such as the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program, the [...]

Public Policy vs. The Constitution: Confronting Minor Victims of Sexual Assault

January 14, 2023

Ratified in 1791, the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution sets forth rights related to criminal prosecutions. The amendment requires a speedy and public trial as well as an impartial jury; it also encompasses the confrontation clause. The Confrontation Clause provides that “in all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right…to be confronted with the witnesses against him.” The purpose of this provision is to allow defendants to question their accusers in [...]

Cops, Not Robbers: The Clash Between No-Knock Warrants and the Castle Doctrine

January 2, 2021

The use of no-knock warrants has increased exponentially over the last few decades, highlighting a fatal clash between no-knock warrants and the castle doctrine. The killing of Breonna Taylor has sparked public outcry and has thrust two competing legal principles – the no-knock warrant and the castle doctrine – into the public eye.  Law professor Michael Mannheimer noted in an article with the Washington Post that a gunfight can occur between the police and a homeowner and “no one will [...]

A Break in Tradition

April 14, 2019

In a historic moment in North Carolina’s judicial history, Justice Cheri Beasley was sworn in as the next Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina on March 7th, 2019.  Her appointment is historic in two ways: (1) upon her appointment, Chief Justice Beasley has become the first African-American woman to hold the position in the State’s history; and (2) her appointment breaks the long-held state tradition of appointing the senior associate justice to the position. THE FIRST [...]

A guide to Canada’s recent legalization of recreational marijuana

April 1, 2019

With the passage of the Cannabis Act, Canada just became the first G7 nation to legalize recreational marijuana use for adults on a federal level.   Under the new policy, Canadian adults may legally possess up to 30 grams of marijuana in public.   On October 17, 2018, Canada passed the Cannabis Act, legalizing the recreational use of marijuana for adults.  According to the Canadian Department of Justice, the Cannabis Act “creates a strict legal framework for controlling the [...]

NYPD demands Waze navigation application disallow users to mark the location of police officers

March 23, 2019

Criticism over the popular GPS navigation application, Waze, has been renewed once again.  The unique mapping application provides users with features unavailable on Google or Apple maps.  Waze allows users to mark the presence of red-light cameras, vehicles stopped in or on the shoulder of the roadway, police officers, and speed traps.  While using the application, spoken notificationsalert you to other users’ “tags” as you approach them.   Waze allows users to mark the location [...]

A divided court and a controversial travel ban: Trump v. Hawaii

March 23, 2019

Those following American politics will have heard of President Donald Trump’sProclamation No. 9645, a travel ban on nationals from eight foreign countries, including Chad, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Syria, Venezuela, and Yemen.  On June 26, 2018, the controversial travel ban was fortified in a 5-4 decision by the Supreme Court in Trump v. Hawaii. (2018).   President Trump’s Executive Orders   On January 27, 2017, immediately after taking office, President Trump issued Executive [...]

Better than Resilience: Getting Ahead of the Struggle

March 22, 2019

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A critical analysis of the tension between psychological resilience and the typical characteristics of law students and lawyers suggests that a more proactive approach is needed to resolve the pervasive mental health problems we are reluctant to admit. [...]

Pot & Patents: How the Federal Government has Monopolized Marijuana

March 15, 2019

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The growing conflict between America’s drug enforcement policies and the federal government’s control of the marijuana-based pharmaceutical market is laden with contradictions and a healthy dose of bureaucratic hypocrisy.  On one side of the conflict is the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), which holds a patent for the development of marijuana-based medicines.  The agencies that enforce the federal drug laws are on the other side of the conflict, loudly insisting that [...]
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