By Amber Tindall, Staff Writer In 1934, during the long cleanup of the stock market crash of 1929, the United States Legislature enacted the Securities Exchange Act (The “SEA”) to regulate the aftermarket sale of securities.[1] The SEA created the Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to regulate securities exchanges by promulgating and […]
By: Cassidy Crawford, Staff Writer It is few and far between to find someone that does not partake in at least some form of social media. Whether your app of choice is Facebook, or you find yourself gravitating more towards the likes of TikTok, it is likely that you engage […]
By: Danielle Reeves, Staff Writer While access to books is growing in accessibility for the public, prisons continue to ban books, restricting access to the content of their choosing. Some book bans secure the safety of the prison and the inmates, while others are banned for unknown reasons. Across the […]
By: Deanna Hall, Staff Writer On September 24, 2024, Marcellus Williams was executed by the state of Missouri using lethal injection. Williams was convicted in 2001 for the murder of a news reporter, Felicia Gayle, in 1998. However, there were many who doubted his guilt, including prosecutors in St. Louis. […]
By Abigail Palotas, Staff Writer Diversity programs have been under attack since the U.S. Supreme Court banned affirmative action in college and university admissions in 2023.[1] While the Court’s opinion only applied to educational institutions, its effects have spread to other industries. The legal field, which has been historically acknowledged as […]
By: David Quinn, Staff Writer Juris Magazine’s David Quinn conducted an interview with Professor Wesley Oliver, Director of the Law and Computing Program, to discuss the Law and Computing Concentration and how lawyers can benefit from understanding coding. Some portions of the following interview have been edited or omitted for […]
By Grayson Jones, Staff Writer As the 2024 election heats up, CNN has described the coming election as “the closest of the century.”[1] The nation is on a knife’s edge, as both Democrats and Republicans hope their candidate wins. However, even with a fairly comfortable 2-point margin in the popular vote […]
By Delaney Szekely, Staff Writer Behind a green velvet curtain in Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art, there is an exhibit of priceless artifacts.[1] However, there is a specific entry ticket one must have to enter this exhibit. To enter, you must identify as female. No men can enter the Ladies […]
By Kat Gingolaski, Staff Writer On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in a major escalation of the conflict that began when Russia annexed Crimea in 2014. Since then, 41 countries have given military, financial, and humanitarian support to Ukraine including the EU, members of the G7,[1] and countries who previously […]
By Kat Gingolaski, Staff Writer Photo courtesy of Pixabay.com TikTok was released to the world in September 2016, and by 2018 was the most downloaded app in the United States.[1] It currently has 1 billion active monthly users worldwide and is in 141 of 155 possible countries.[2] As of January […]