Photo courtesy of Deposit Photos. Ninth Circuit Rejects Request for Immediate WeChat Ban By Sarah Thomas The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a request by the Trump Administration to immediately ban Chinese-owned WeChat from smartphone app stores.[1] This request came on an appeal from the District Court for […]
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NFL Injury and Franchise Tag Considerations
Photo provided courtesy of Pixabay.com. NFL Injury and Franchise Tag Considerations Christina Pici In November of 2018, I wrote a Juris Article titled “NFL Contracts and a Glimpse into Le’Veon Bell’s Contract Dispute.” The focus of this article was Le’Veon Bell’s contract dispute with the Steelers. For those unfamiliar with […]
Local Attorney Heather Heidelbaugh Discusses Her Vision For Running A Traditional AG Office While Touting Experience and Restraint.
Photo provided courtesy of Heather Heidelbaugh. By: David McPeak As the Presidential election barrels toward the finish line, and with few statewide races in Pennsylvania, the contest for Attorney General (“AG”) is taking center stage. Local “Super Lawyer” Heather Heidelbaugh of Mt. Lebanon is running a competitive race. [1] In […]
Census Count 2020: A Legal Battlefield
Photo provided courtesy of unsplash.com By Shreya Desai, Staff Writer The Unites States Constitution mandates that Congress carry out a census every ten years, counting each person residing within the country and its territories. [1] The count is to be conducted by a non-partisan government agency, the United States Census […]
Emergency Powers of the State Executive During a Pandemic
By Josh Larkin, Staff Writer Since early this year, the country has endured numerous challenges relating to public health and safety due to the global pandemic of COVID-19. Nationally, over 200,000 people have died while having, or presumed to have had, COVID-19.[1] At the time of writing this article, Pennsylvania […]
Judge Barrett on Constitutional Interpretation
Barrett on Constitutional Interpretation Falco Anthony Muscante II On September 26, President Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals to fill the vacancy on the United States Supreme Court resulting from Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death.[1] Justice Ginsburg served as an Associate Justice […]
The Notorious RBG’s Majority Opinion–Opera is Supreme
The Notorious RBG’s Majority Opinion–Opera is Supreme By: Annie J. Rago, 3E Not only has the United States Supreme Court lost one of the most influential justices of our time; so, too, has the opera world lost an ardent supporter. From the very young age of 11, Justice Ginsberg […]
Eviction moratoriums are expiring. What comes next?
Photo provided courtesy of Unsplash.com By Sarah Thomas, Staff Writer In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, elected officials are grasping for solutions to stave-off a mass wave of evictions. [1] Mandated business closures have left many Americans without a paycheck [2] , causing renters and homeowners to struggle to […]
Coronavirus and the Residential Real Estate Market
Photo provided courtesy of Unsplash.com By Elizabeth Fitch, Feature Editor When asked how he envisions the real estate market will change over the course of the next few months, Sam Chaudhry, real estate broker and managing partner at Remax, confidently stated, “real estate is still on fire.” [1] While […]
Expanding and Fine-Tuning Pennsylvania’s Clean Slate Law
Pictured provided courtesy of Pixabay By: Margaret Potter, Feature Editor In June 2019, Pennsylvania became the first state to adopt a law that utilizes technology to automatically seal certain criminal records from public view. [1] This law was created with public support to help remove barriers that having a public […]