Kaden Carr Edited by Keerthi Chalamalasetty, Jasmine Iyer, Judge Baskin, and Sahith Mocharla I. Introduction “A people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.” — James Madison , Letter to W. T. Barry,  August 4, 1822 [1] Issued during the early period of American public education, Madison’s pronouncement underscores the importance of free expression as a foundation of democracy. Since their inception, public universities h

Dani Bowen Edited by Jordan Perlman, Ananya Singh, Mac Kang, and Sahith Mocharla Despite its intention, the Supreme Court’s September 8, 2025 decision on the Noem v. Vazquez-Perdomo  lawsuit created a new set of challenges for the American public to face. Noem  effectively allows Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to use and incorporate factors such as appearance, occupation, and language to contribute to arrests, functionally taking racial profiling from paria

Eleanor Chou Edited by Samantha Tonini, Braxton Bullock, Judge Baskin, and Sahith Mocharla Thoughts, creative expression, and personal data have been regarded as inviolable and private, understood to be owned by the individual under an array of legal protections. Therefore, for years, individual thoughts have been considered beyond the scope of intellectual property law. However, emerging advancements in neurotechnology are challenging this notion. One such advancement is se

Kayden Green Edited by Jordan Perlman, Samuel Huron, Judge Baskin, and Sahith Mocharla In May 2025, The Washington Post  published an exclusive report documenting the first-known widespread facial recognition program utilized by law enforcement in the United States [1]. Project NOLA, a nationwide crime-prevention nonprofit, built a private network of over 200 facial recognition cameras that scan the public around the clock––and until April, 2025––automatically alerted New Or

Saanvi Siddhi Edited by Jordan Perlman, Luis Carvajal Picott, Judge Baskin, and Sahith Mocharla Once confined to company boardrooms and niche financial forums, sustainable investment and disclosure have become state policy, fundamentally altering how billions in public funds are managed. When states end up determining which investment philosophies are acceptable, economic freedom becomes inseparable from political conformity. Investing strategies once deemed neutral, togethe

Michael Hren Edited by Keerthi Chalamalasetty, Dillon Murti, Mac Kang, and Sahith Mocharla Introduction Microsoft and Constellation announced a deal in September 2024 to reopen the Three Mile Island Unit 1 nuclear reactor, which had been shut down since 2019. Largely driven by a growing need for energy, the reopening of Three Mile Island exemplifies the recent renaissance of the United States’ nuclear sector. Earlier in 2024, Congress passed the ADVANCE (Accelerating Deploym

Tristan Ramon Edited by Keerthi Chalamalasetty, Marissa Ambat, Mac Kang, and Sahith Mocharla On October 31 2025, while most were opening their front doors to trick-or-treaters, the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City shut its door on Custodia Bank. In a two-to-one decision, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals granted the Federal Reserve discretion over whether cryptocurrency-focused banks, like Custodia, may reach into the Federal Reserve’s enormous pumpkin bucket of deposito

Caris Gray Edited by Keerthi Chalamalasetty, Harper Whittemore, Judge Baskin, and Sahith Mocharla In May of 2013, Tyson Timbs was charged with two counts of felony dealing and one charge of conspiracy to commit theft. After being sentenced to a year of house arrest, five years of probation, and $1,200 in fines, the state of Indiana sought to forfeit and seize Timbs’ $42,000 Land Rover SUV. Eventually, Timbs v. Indiana  was argued in 2018 in front of the United States Supreme