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 […]
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, […]
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, […]
By: Taylor Allison Background The Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that “excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.”[1] While the Constitution does not guarantee bail, it mandates that when bail is granted, it cannot be excessive.[2] A criminal defendant may be released on […]
