Introduction The Supreme Court has been confronted with several cases questioning social media platforms’ authority. In Murthy v. Missouri,[1] two states and five social media users sued Executive Branch agencies and officials for allegedly pressuring social media platforms to restrict protected speech.[2] This case involved social media platforms’ systems for restricting and labelling what many […] Continue Reading >
Disentangling Drug Rescheduling, Decriminalization, and Legalization
Disentangling Drug Rescheduling, Decriminalization, and Legalization
Introduction During a virtual town hall meeting in 2020, then-vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris said that if voters elected Joseph Biden as President, their administration would decriminalize marijuana.[1] Four years later, during the 2024 election, Republican candidate Donald Trump wrote, “[I]t is time to end needless arrests and incarcerations of adults for small amounts of marijuana […] Continue Reading >
Introduction In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization,[1] the Supreme Court rejected the almost fifty-year recognition of constitutional protection for abortion rights under the Fourteenth Amendment. The rejection of Roe v. Wade[2] has led to widening disparities in access and escalating interstate conflict, with consequences for patients, providers, and the political climate.[3] This Essay describes […] Continue Reading >
Disentangling Drug Rescheduling, Decriminalization, and Legalization
Introduction Law can generate data in two principal ways.[1] First, creating law generates data. Legislatures hold hearings, write reports, and pass laws. Agencies issue notices, take comments, and promulgate rules. Parties file pleadings, and courts hear cases, create transcripts, and publish decisions.[2] Second, law can require the production of data. For example, securities laws require […] Continue Reading >
Introduction In recent years, myriad software tools, often proprietary, have been adopted by state actors in the criminal justice system to produce evidence ranging from recidivism risk assessments to facial recognition to probabilistic genotyping.[1] Courts considering the admissibility of software-based forensic evidence have routinely failed to appreciate the importance of software validation.[2] Instead, they often […] Continue Reading >