Jan 5, 2023 | The Legal Eagle Lowdown
by Michael Barbella The framers of the U.S. Constitution could never have imagined social media; however, the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution does apply to online speech as well as the spoken or written word. Social media companies, however, have First...
Jan 4, 2023 | The Legal Eagle Lowdown
by Daryl E. Lucas Whether you’re for or against the use of corporal punishment in schools, the one thing everyone probably agrees on is that the practice is not easily forgotten if it’s been used on you. In an opinion piece for NBC News’ blog, S.C. Beckner, an...
Jan 4, 2023 | The Legal Eagle Lowdown
by Maria Wood The National Climate Assessment, a congressionally mandated report, which was released in November 2022, revealed that over the past 50 years America has warmed 68% faster than the planet as a whole. In addition, the report showed that the U.S. has...
Sep 8, 2022 | The Legal Eagle Lowdown
by Suzi Morales In June 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the right of a football coach employed at a public school to pray on the field after games. The Court’s decision illustrates the complexity of interpreting the five clauses in the U.S. Constitution’s First...
Sep 7, 2022 | The Legal Eagle Lowdown
by Maria Wood “Three strikes and you’re out” doesn’t just refer to baseball, it also applies to those who commit serious crimes in the Garden State. New Jersey is one of 28 states that have three strikes laws on the books. Passed in 1995, New Jersey’s Three Strikes...
Sep 7, 2022 | The Legal Eagle Lowdown
by Michael Barbella Increasingly, the nation’s courts need to look to the U.S. Constitution to interpret laws dealing with 21st century technology as digital devices become entrenched in everyday life, as well as in criminal activity. Computers, cellphones, and other...
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