The winter 2022 edition of The Legal Eagle is now available. The Legal Eagle’s fall issue contains articles on bullying on Instagram, school choice and legalizing marijuana in New Jersey. A PDF of The winter issue can be downloaded or individual articles can be read and printed out from The Legal Eagle’s blog, The Lowdown.
Any questions, contact the editor of The Legal Eagle, Jodi L. Miller. She can be reached via email at jmiller@njsbf.org.
Here are the headlines from the winter 2022 issue:
Social Media Platforms Profit From Damage to Teens
Instagram and its parent company, Facebook Inc., rebranded as Meta, have faced increasing calls to rein in social media practices that promote hate speech and online bullying. Additionally, documents obtained and published by The Wall Street Journal demonstrate that Facebook continues to pursue younger Instagram users despite internal data showing the platform’s detrimental effects on teenagers. READ MORE
Balancing First Amendment Religious Issues in the Courts
In freedom of religion cases, the issues usually come down to a balance between the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause and its Free Exercise Clause. The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution states: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion (Establishment Clause), or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; (Free Exercise Clause). READ MORE
Adult Marijuana Use Now Legal in New Jersey
In February 2021, New Jersey became the 14th state to legalize adult marijuana use when Governor Phil Murphy signed into law the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act. New Jersey legislators had attempted and failed to legalize marijuana in the Garden State twice. READ MORE
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