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The Legal Eagle Lowdown
It’s a Warming World—What Can Be Done?
by Jodi L. Miller There is no question that the Earth is warming. According to the World Meteorological Organization, the warmest seven years on record have all occurred since 2015, with 2016 and...
Climate Change Litigation Heats Up as Temperatures Rise
by Michael Barbella The mercury’s gradual climb over the last four decades has not only made the planet hotter overall, it also has triggered an increase in climate change-related lawsuits. The...
Holding Corporations Accountable for Climate Change
by Emily Pecot Everyone can play a part in combatting climate change. Corporations, however, are uniquely positioned to play an even bigger role and are facing pressure to take meaningful and timely...
Garden State Leads the Way on Climate Change Education
by Suzi Morales When Egg Harbor Township High School science teacher Jim House began teaching environmental science 12 years ago, his class was one that students often took just to get another...
Social Media Platforms Profit from Damage to Teens
by Emily Pecot 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....
Balancing First Amendment Religious Issues in the Courts
by Michael Barbella 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...
Adult Marijuana Use Now Legal in New Jersey
by Maria Wood 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,...
Supreme Court Takes on the Case of the Cursing Cheerleader
by Suzi Morales Imagine if your high school drama became the subject of a U.S. Supreme Court decision. That’s what happened in June 2021 when the Court decided Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L.,...
Understanding Ranked-Choice Voting
by Robin Roenker Recently, voters in New York City used ranked-choice voting (RCV) to select the winner of the Democratic primary race for mayor. While New York may be the largest U.S. city to have...
Balancing Remote Learning and Student Privacy
by Maria Wood In 2020, when schools across the country were forced to abruptly disband in-person learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic, school districts, administrators and teachers scrambled to...
Juvenile Sentencing at the U.S. Supreme Court
by Michael Barbella For decades, the U.S. Supreme Court has treated the issue of sentencing juveniles differently than the sentencing of convicted adults. Since 2005, the Court has decided five...
Tech Companies Under Fire for Anticompetitive Practices
by Michael Barbella Advances in the technology industry have made leaps and bounds in a short period of time. Google, founded in 1998 by two Stanford graduate students in a garage, now employs more...