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Balancing the Right to Protest with the Right to Be Heard
by Hanna Krueger Free speech is one of the most sacred rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and nowhere has it been more revered than on college campuses, with sit-ins and student activists arrested fighting for the right to free speech and political action on...
Courts to Decide the Fate of Two National Monuments
by Maria Wood For more than a century, U.S. presidents have declared national monuments, which preserve land that protect endangered species, ecosystems or historical artifacts. Now, lawsuits waiting to be heard in Washington, DC federal court may ultimately decide...
When You Can’t Believe Your Eyes
by Michael Barbella There is a saying that “seeing is believing” and another that says the “camera doesn’t lie.” New technology is challenging both notions. In April 2019, former President Barack Obama issued a public warning about phony digital content and reality...
E-Cigarette Debate Is Lighting Up
In the fall 2014 edition of The Legal Eagle, we published a story (E-Cigarettes—To Regulate or Not to Regulate) on the relatively new e-cigarette industry and its appropriateness for kids. Since that article was published, there have been several studies regarding the...
Net Neutrality: Keeping the Internet Flowing Freely
In today’s fast-paced world consumers expect a speedy Internet service. The days of waiting endlessly for a website to load are a thing of the past. Or, are they? In the spring 2015 edition of The Legal Eagle, we published a story (Keeping the Internet Neutral) on...
Right to Protest Forms a More Perfect Union
In the winter 2018 edition of The Legal Eagle, we published a story (Limiting Protest Silences Dissent) about limiting protests, specifically National Football League (NFL) players taking a knee during the national anthem to protest social injustice and brutality...
Importance of Protecting Clean Water
There is no reference to the right to clean water in the U.S. Constitution; however, the United Nations General Assembly does recognize a “human right to water.” In the winter 2017 edition of The Legal Eagle, we published a story on the clean water crisis in United...
Development of Gene Editing Advancing Rapidly
If you could eradicate a disease from the human race would you do it? It seems like an easy question to answer. In reality, it’s not so simple. In the spring 2017 edition of The Legal Eagle, we published a story on the ethics of gene editing. Since then, researchers...
Making Voter Registration Automatic
There are currently more than 200 million registered voters in the United States. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau conservatively estimates that more than 20 percent of eligible voters are not registered. The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of...