Author Archives: Olivia Fox

The Thermonuclear Presidency and the Unitary Executive: A Pandora’s Box in a Racialized Nuclear Order

By: Alex Marban As the unitary executive theory regains traction, the President’s sole authority over nuclear weapons illustrates how the racialized foundations of national security magnify the existential stakes of concentrated executive power.[1] Executive power reaches its peak in national security matters, as the President’s Article II authority combines the Commander-in-Chief and foreign affairs power […]

How Florida’s Proposed Vaccine Mandate Ban Reallocates Risk and Hollows out a Public Health Framework Through Executive Action

By: Jacqueline Havran Florida executive leaders are planning on becoming the first state to eliminate all vaccine mandates. Framed as a victory for individual liberty and medical freedom,[1] the proposal is a dramatic departure from decades of public health policy and practice.[2] One may ask how can executive actors lawfully dismantle core public health protections […]

The Fourth Amendment Protects People, Not Places… How Far Does That Protection Go?: Analyzing The Supreme Court’s Recent Decision in Case v. Montana.

By: Steven Budman             “[T]he Fourth Amendment protects people, not places… .”[1] This quote from Justice Stewart’s opinion in Katz v. United States has been one of the most, if not the most, influential rulings from the U.S. Supreme Court regarding the Fourth Amendment. Historically, the Court’s interpretation of the Fourth Amendment had been textual, […]

From South Park to Sora: How AI is Rewiring Economics of Creativity

by: PJ Chandra OpenAI’s new text-to-video system, Sora, represents one of the most significant steps in generative AI to date. It can produce realistic video scenes, copy artistic styles, and generate short films from just a few lines of text.[1] The tool’s public debut caused an immediate cultural reaction including an entire South Park episode, […]