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Standing or Flopping? The Implications of a Venture Capital Fund’s Contest on Race-Based Grants
By: Olivia Arline Background and Decision Last year, in American Alliance for Equal Rights v. Fearless Fund, The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit struck down a venture capital fund’s contest that provides grants to black women-owned businesses. Fearless Fund (Fearless) is a venture capital fund that seeks to “bridge the gap in […]
Justice without Sight? Evaluating California’s New Race-Blind Charging Law
By: Bella Tambornino California’s Race-Blind Charging Act promises a bold experiment in criminal justice reform: a prosecutorial process free from racial bias. Enacted in September 2022 through Assembly Bill 2778 (“AB 2778”), the law requires prosecutors to make charging decisions “based on information, from which all means of identifying the race of the suspect, […]
Standing or Flopping? The Implications of a Venture Capital Fund’s Contest on Race-Based Grants
By: Olivia Arline Background and Decision Last year, in American Alliance for Equal Rights v. Fearless Fund, The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit struck down a venture capital fund’s contest that provides grants to black women-owned businesses. Fearless Fund (Fearless) is a venture capital fund that seeks to “bridge the gap in […]
Justice without Sight? Evaluating California’s New Race-Blind Charging Law
By: Bella Tambornino California’s Race-Blind Charging Act promises a bold experiment in criminal justice reform: a prosecutorial process free from racial bias. Enacted in September 2022 through Assembly Bill 2778 (“AB 2778”), the law requires prosecutors to make charging decisions “based on information, from which all means of identifying the race of the suspect, […]
Digital Stop-and-Frisk: Wearable Technology and its Implications on the Fourth Amendment
By: Juliana Gorina Wearable technology has become ubiquitous, seamlessly integrating into daily life through devices like smartwatches, rings, and now even glasses. These tools make it effortless to monitor our health, document our routines, and capture the smallest details of our day. Yet this very convenience raises pressing concerns about the intersection of emerging technology […]
Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz: Testing the Limits of 287(g)
By: Arianna Roque In August 2025, a federal district court judge momentarily halted operations at Florida’s controversial immigration facility following reports of environmental violations and concerns about damage to surrounding wetlands.[1] Nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz,” the injunction was later stayed by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.[2] While the environmental debate initially captured the courts and […]
Dark Pleas and Faulty Forensics: The Role of Flawed DNA Evidence in Coerced Guilty Pleas
By: Sydney Perkins Post-conviction proceedings reveal a striking asymmetry. While the introduction of scientifically invalid forensic evidence can easily secure a conviction, newly discovered evidence undermining that conviction rarely guarantees relief. Such evidence, rather than securing immediate exoneration, frequently becomes the basis for coercive prosecutorial bargaining. Consider the following scenario: after spending nearly […]
