Over the past several years, the concept of government shutdowns has become more mainstream in the news and political discussions as party polarization creates legislative obstacles. Government shutdowns occur when the United States Congress fails to pass a bill outlining the federal government's spending for the upcoming fiscal year…

A constitutional foundation altered, shaken, and dismantled. Since the decision of Roe v. Wade in 1973, the United States has recognized abortion as a constitutional right. This was then reaffirmed in Planned Parenthood v. Casey in 1992…

Curiosity may not kill, but it always leads to a search for answers that can be found at the tip of one's fingers. This begins with a website called Google, a popular search engine that has taken over everyday lives. Its market share of searches is consistent at 90% on computers and 95% of searches on phones. The success was short-lived…

In a press release dated March 31, 2025, the United States federal government announced that they would be performing a “comprehensive review” of federal grant money and contracts given to Harvard University. This review, led by the Departments of Education, Health and Human Services, and the U.S. General Services Administration, aims to combat and eliminate “anti-Semitic” harassment on college campuses…

The question of what is to be done with regard to training Large-Language AI models (LLMs) on copyrighted data is a question that has permeated the minds of content creators around the world, and none more so than authors…

On September 8, 2025, the Supreme Court in Noem v. Perdomo ruled in a 6-3 decision permitting federal immigration officials to conduct detentive investigative stops based on four reasonable-suspicion factors…

The Gilgo Beach murder case began when a woman named Shannan Gilbert went missing. While searching for Shannan amongst the Long Island marshes, investigators found four new bodies. The women were all wrapped in burlap near Gilgo Beach. They suspected that the same person was behind the death of the four women…

"Deepfakes" are videos, photos, or audio that are generated with AI. The face-swapping technology that Deepfakes are known for has resulted in the creation of many explicit videos where the face of the original pornactor has been replaced with someone else's, usually without consent…

In March 2025, Federal Trade Commission Commissioners Rebecca Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya received emails from the Trump administration that outlined their immediate removal from the agency without cause…

For more than a century, the NCAA has defended the principle of "amateurism" as the line that distinguishes college sports from professional athletics. Athletes could receive scholarships, housing, and modest stipends, but never direct compensation for their efforts. That system has been unseated with remarkable speed…

Former Congressman George Santos has been in the news hundreds of times since he was elected as representative for New York's third congressional district. Mostly, these stories discuss Santos' many lies. For instance, Santos once said he was Jewish, but that was soon disproved…

In United States v. Rahimi, the United States Supreme Court upheld a federal statute, 18 U.S.C. § 922( g) (8), which prohibits individuals who have a domestic violence restraining order from possessing a firearm.

The Three-Strikes Rule, commonly known in North Carolina as the Habitual Felon Act, enacted in 1994, has shaped how the state punishes repeat offenders. The law states that a defendant receives a mandatory sentence enhancement if they are (1) convicted in federal court of a violent felony and (2) have two or more prior convictions in federal court if one is a serious or violent felony.

Two teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA) have found themselves in competition, but this time, it involves a different type of court. The New York Knicks, LLC, have brought a lawsuit against six defendants, all associated with the Toronto Raptors in some capacity.

The Trump Administration's recent tariffs are causing significantly unstable markets for companies across the country due to new import duties on products from nations all over the world. There have been up to 145% tariffs placed on Chinese goods and 10% tariffs for a majority of other countries.

Gambling has been around for centuries, but recently, it's become easier than ever for people to lose big, and they can do it from the comfort of their own homes. Gambling apps or “Social Casinos” like DraftKings and High 5 Games are very popular due to their addictive nature and their excessive, often false, advertisements.

Every year, more than 90% of all federal and criminal cases are resolved through a plea bargain. In North Carolina this rate is even higher, reaching 95% on average in recent years. In fiscal year 2022, 98% of North Carolina’s criminal cases were resolved by plea deals, underscoring the system’s reliance on negotiated justice…

The 2025 Supreme Court case City and County of San Francisco v. Environmental Protection Agency is a major ruling that cuts back on how much control the EPA has under the Clean Water Act (CWA)…

Today, it is hard to rationalize the 17th-century witch trials because the American legal system has operated with due process for almost two hundred years. “Due process” encompasses many aspects of the judicial system, such as procedural action and constitutional rights, but broadly, it guarantees a fair trial.

Ronnie Long, a resident of Concord, North Carolina, spent 44 years incarcerated for a crime he did not commit…