Criminal ProcedureEvidenceFeaturedFirst Amendment
October 20, 2025By Nadia Bernal
The recent public conversation flooding news and social media outlets around singer d4vd, highlights how quickly song lyrics can become entangled with criminal suspicion.[i] David Anthony Burke, professionally known as d4vd, is an American singer and songwriter whose rise to fame was largely shaped by online culture.[ii] He first gained attention by creating Fortnite gameplay […]
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Constitutional LawFeaturedFirst Amendment
October 1, 2025By Zachary Schindler
On July 29, 2025, a federal court approved a 6.13 million dollar settlement after video footage and student testimony confirmed that protestors had cordoned off auditorium entrances during a demonstration, creating a self-labeled “Jew Exclusion Zone” at the University of California Los Angeles (“UCLA”).[i] Jewish students and faculty reported being verbally harassed, blocked from accessing […]
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Constitutional LawFederal Trade CommissionFirst AmendmentHealth Care
September 26, 2025By Jordan Basit
The modern beauty industry occupies a curious position at the intersection of constitutional law, consumer protection, and gendered health risks. Advertising for cosmetics, whether glossy television spots or viral TikTok endorsements, enjoys robust protection under the First Amendment as commercial speech. Yet this protection often shields marketing for products later revealed to contain toxic ingredients […]
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Constitutional LawFeaturedFirst Amendment
March 26, 2025By Donovan Smith
On January 7, 2025, Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg (“Zuckerberg”) announced the discontinuation of the company’s fact-checking program on social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram. Meta will now rely on its 3.2 billion daily users to identify and correct inaccurate or false posts.[i] This system is similar to the one used by […]
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