Photo courtesy of Pixabay.com. By Margaret Potter, Feature Editor On February 25, 2020, the anti-affirmative action organization Students for Fair Admissions (“SFFA”) filed a petition for a writ of certiorari, asking the Supreme Court to hear its appeal of a United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit’s […]
Photo provided courtesy of the Office of Duquesne University President Ken Gormley By Margaret Potter, Feature Editor The year 2020 has been marked by tremendous loss, and the highest court in our land has been no exception. On September 18, 2020 Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman to […]
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 […]
Photo provided courtesy of Unsplash.com By Margaret Potter, Blog Editor Imagine your state is holding an election, and you are seeking to exert your constitutional right to vote. But wait – the past month has been filled with turmoil regarding a global pandemic that has resulted in thousands of deaths […]
By: Margaret Potter, Blog Editor Enacted in 1972, the Clean Water Act (the “CWA”) has provided for the federal protection of the “waters of the United States” for over forty years.[1] Under the CWA, the federal government can regulate water quality standards and implement pollution control to protect the integrity […]
By Margaret Potter, Blog Editor On October 28, 2019, a North Carolina state court ruled that the state’s current congressional district maps could not be used in the upcoming March primaries.[1] The three-judge panel in Wake County ruled that proceeding with the current congressional maps would be “improper”.[2] In […]
By: Margaret Potter, Blog Editor The contentious relationship between the two Pennsylvania healthcare giants, UPMC and Highmark, is a story well known to all Western Pennsylvanians for the past several years. In an unlikely turn of events, the two health insurance companies were able to come to common ground and enter […]
By: Margaret Potter, Staff Writer On February 19, 2019, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a concurring opinion in McKee v. Cosby in which he urged the Supreme Court to reconsider its seminal decision in New York Times v. Sullivan.[1] In McKee v. Cosby, actress Katherine McKee sued comedian Bill Cosby, whom […]
By: Margaret Potter, Staff Writer In recent news, it seems as if every day there have been incidents of hate crimes reported throughout the nation from mailed pipe bombs to various people of political power, to the shooting of two black people in a grocery store in Kentucky, and […]
By: Margaret Potter, Staff Writer With each news cycle, there are new reports of sexual harassment or assault allegations in spheres spanning from the entertainment world, to politics, to our local communities, academic institutions, and churches. When the public learns of these allegations through news sources and social […]
