By: Rachel Wydra, Volume 104 Staff Member I.  ROGER STONE AND PRESIDENTIAL INFLUENCE OVER CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS One of the more recent developments in the long saga of the Mueller investigation was the filing of two different government recommendations for the sentencing of Roger Stone.[1] Stone,  a long-time Republican advisor and ally of President Donald Trump,…

By: Matthew Cavanaugh, Volume 104 Staff Member Michael Rosen really wanted a pair of headphones. So much so, in fact, that he filed a lawsuit against Continental Airlines (now United Airlines).[1] In 2011, Rosen, an attorney, brought four separate claims against the airline based on its refusal to allow him to purchase a $3 pair…

By: Nick Wolfson, Volume 104 Staff Member Although undocumented immigrants are more likely than citizens to be the victims of crimes committed in the United States, undocumented immigrants are less likely to report those crimes to law enforcement.[1] Fear of removal (deportation) is one reason why many victims choose not to report even the most…

By: Michael Arin, Volume 104 Editor Riot Games, the publisher of the games League of Legends and Valorant, recently released their North America Community Competition Guidelines,[1] which detail conditions for the use of their intellectual property during third-party organized competition.[2] The guidelines include restraints on trade that go to the heart of the independent tournament…

By: Dan Otsuki, Volume 104 Staff Member Take a moment and consider you are watching a high-profile, maybe even celebrity criminal trial streaming online. Imagine further the jury, after months of listening to testimony and days of deliberating, comes back with a guilty verdict. We at home, riveted to our various screens, take a deep…

By: Cat Ulrich, Volume 104 Staff Member Minnesota has a long tradition of protecting minorities from discrimination[1], including those in the LGBTQ+ community.[2] One of the most important tools Minnesota has to protect against discrimination is the Minnesota Human Rights Act (MHRA).[3] MHRA states that it is the public policy of the state that persons…

By: Alina Yasis, Volume 104 Staff Member In the past few decades, advances in psychology and neuroscience have provided us with empirical data supporting the commonsense notion that the brain of a child or adolescent differs significantly from an adult brain.[1] Since the landmark decisions of Miller v. Alabama and Montgomery v. Louisiana, our legal…

By: Jonathan Baker, Volume 104 Staff Member When the Framers adopted formal protections to free speech with the ratification of the Bill of Rights in 1791, information exchange and dissemination primarily occurred through “individuals talking one to another, . . . addressing town meetings[,]” or the publication of “handbills, newspapers and periodicals of a few pages, printed…

By: Jenna Hensel, Volume 104 Staff Member “Confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh!” said President Donald Trump in a political ad posted to Facebook.[1] This is one of many political ads posted on social media by politicians. Social media companies such as Twitter are not regulated by the government.[2] This means that unlike government entities, social media…

By: Geoff Koslig, Volume 104 Staff Member The Fourth Amendment’s drafters could have scarcely imagined social media and the internet.[1] For decades, courts have struggled to apply the Amendment to searches of or utilizing new technologies.[2] Recently, courts have struggled with how the Fourth Amendment affects searches of the vast amount of data generated by…