By: Margaret Potter, Staff Writer Two years after taking office, the Trump administration enforced quotas on immigration judges in 2018 requiring each judge “…to clear seven hundred cases a year or get docked points on their performance evaluations.”[1] In addition to this burden on immigration judges, then Attorney General […]
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Scotland Considers Exiting from Brexit
By: Andrew Beluk, Staff Writer Since June 2016, Americans received an incredible amount of news coverage concerning Brexit, the infamous and controversial plan for Great Britain to leave the European Union (“EU”). While it is understandable that the news focused on England, it made it easy to forget that […]
Making Sense of the Census Citizenship Question
By: Samantha Dorn, Staff Writer A federal judge in New York will soon make a decision on the issue of whether the Trump administration violated federal law when it added a citizenship question to the 2020 census.[1] According to the Commerce Secretary, Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., the proposed question […]
Attorney Billing: Billable Hours vs. Fee Per Service
By: Sarah Morrison, Staff Writer Think about planning a monthly budget; rent, utilities, insurance, groceries, gas, and savings. Some of these expenses are fixed, others are variable. [1] However, many of the variable expenses can actually be translated into fixed expenses with budget plans available through most utility […]
Warner Brothers Records Re-Sign Lil Pump After Costly Contract Error
By: Trey Bloomfield, Staff Writer Whether or not you’ll admit that you’re responsible for one of the 830 million YouTube views of Florida rapper Lil Pump’s 2017 hit video “Gucci Gang,” you’re probably aware of the face-tatted eighteen-year-old that has taken over the mainstream music industry.[1] Last January, Lil […]
PA Animal Cruelty Statutes Updates: An Overview
By: Stephen Hodzic, Staff Writer The Pennsylvania animal abuse cruelty statutes went through a significant overhaul in 2017 with the addition of Libre’s Law.[1] The law included several provisions, including a significant increase of the penalty for aggravated animal cruelty – an individual charged with a violation of this […]
Working to End Discrimination Against Disabled Voters
By: Elizabeth Echard, Staff Writer Currently, forty million Americans have a disability.[1] Of those forty million disabled Americans, sixteen million voted in 2016.[2] That shows a mere 40% of disabled citizens vote, compared to the 58% of United States citizens, as a whole, that voted in 2016.[3] Many issues […]
Net Neutrality: Legislation and Responses
By: Brandon Schall, Staff Writer On February 26, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted the Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet rules, known as Net Neutrality.[1] The FCC approved the rules with a 3-2 vote, along party lines.[2] The FCC ultimately adopted the rules and released the order […]
Pennsylvania Sets Its Gaze to Phase out Hazing
By Andrew Beluk, Staff Writer In many movies about college, there is a common step between rushing a fraternity or sorority and becoming an official member; hazing. The pledges in these films are generally required to drink a dangerous amount of alcohol or participate in some cult-like ‘ritual’, […]
Staunchly Structured SCOTUS – Is There a Better Way?
By: Rachel Pressdee, Staff Writer During a period of time when the news has been bleak and heartbreaking, some of our hearts skipped a beat upon reading the terrifying headline; “Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospitalized . . .”[1] Of course, everyone received the same piece of news. However, not everyone […]
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