SILENT AND AMBIGUOUS: THE SUPREME COURT DODGES CHEVRON AND LENITY IN ESQUIVEL-QUINTANA V. SESSIONS By: David Hahn, Volume 102 Staff Member[1] Twenty-year-old Juan Esquivel-Quintana—a lawful permanent resident from Mexico—had consensual sex with his sixteen-year-old girlfriend.[2] This violated California’s statutory rape statute,[3] and he pled no contest in state court.[4] The Immigration and Nationality Act makes…

BIG BROTHER[1] DHS: IMMIGRANT SOCIAL MEDIA DATA COLLECTION AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGES IT FACES By: Paul Baxter, Volume 102 Staff Member With the advent and growth of social media, more and more of us put aspects of our lives online for all to see.[2] Many do not understand the implications of this until something goes…

CARPENTER, YOUR iPHONE, AND THE FOURTH AMENDMENT By: Peter Estall, Volume 102 Staff Member A man robs a string of electronics stores. While investigating the robberies, the government arrests several suspects, one of whom confesses to the robberies.[1] The robber gives his cellphone number to the police; the FBI review his call records, and obtain…

PRISON FOR THE INNOCENT: THE ‘NEWLY DISCOVERED EVIDENCE’ STANDARD THROUGH THE LENS OF NASH V. RUSSELL By: Alexa Ely, Volume 102 Staff Member Since 1989, there have been over 2,120 exonerations with nearly 18,450 years lost in prison by innocent men and women in the United States criminal justice system.[1] Wrongful convictions can stem from…

‘TRANSGENDER NEED NOT APPLY’[1]: HOW THE SESSIONS MEMO THREATENS ESSENTIAL WORKPLACE PROTECTIONS FOR TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS By: Libby Bulinski, Volume 102 Staff Member On October 4th, 2017, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a memorandum stating that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act does not prohibit discrimination based on gender identity in the workplace.[2]…

SCANDAL IN THE NCAA: A FIDUCIARY TALE By: Andrew Escher, Volume 102 Staff Member Common wisdom holds that sports bring people together. In circumstances as varied as a Texas high school at a Friday night football game or an entire country during the Olympics, athletics gives disparate groups of people reason to find common cause.…

INVESTIGATING JUROR MISCONDUCT IN MINNESOTA By: Melanie Johnson, Volume 102 Staff Member In the American criminal justice system, jurors are expected to be unbiased. [1] It’s an issue most often litigated pre-trial during the jury selection process as counsel for the defendant and state grapple over diversity of the jury venire or defects in voir…

STARTED FROM THE BOTTOM: WHAT DRAKE’S FAIR USE WIN MEANS TO THE FUTURE OF MUSIC SAMPLING By: Veena Tripathi, Volume 102 Staff Member True, just like it’s probably easier to snap a picture with that camera [looks at camera] than it is to actually paint a picture. But what the photographer is to the painter…

YOUR CAR IS WATCHING YOU: SHOULD THE POLICE NEED A WARRANT TO FIND OUT WHAT IT KNOWS? By: Clayton Carlson, Volume 102 Staff Member Out of all the things that people own that could be spying on them, they seldom suspect their cars. If you have purchased your car within the past few years, however,…

PATENT APOCALYPSE: WILL OIL STATES RESURRECT THE VICTIMIZED PATENT RIGHTS OF IPR? By: Clint Maynard, Volume 102 Staff Member Where does a patent go to die? Some patent holders might say the Patent Trials and Appeals Board (PTAB). Since the enactment of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act [1] (AIA), patent holders have seen the rise…