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How can we rest assured?

Sharon Jonnalagadda ’29, Guest Columnist September 17, 2025

On Sept. 8, the U.S. Supreme Court paused a ruling from a federal judge that barred Los Angeles immigration officers from stopping civilians for searches based on race, language, job or location. In Noem...

GRAPHIC: BLADIMIR LEMUS ’26/THE HAWK

What you should know: Shadow docket

Grace O’Meara ’27 September 17, 2025

The U.S. Supreme Court issued the decision in Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo (2025) to allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement to resume raids in California, in which immigration officers may “interrogate...

GRAPHIC: CARA HALLIGAN ’25/THE HAWK

Gun violence prevention shouldn’t be political

Jake Richfield ’27, Opinions Editor February 19, 2025

The Second Amendment of the Constitution confers the right “to keep and bear Arms” to the people of the United States; however, the civil liberties granted by the Bill of Rights are not, and should...

graphic of a judge dropping hammer in front of a woman

Arizona’s reinstated 1864 abortion ban is inherently un-American

Caroline Trimble ’26 April 24, 2024
Disrupting the balance between interests
GRAPHIC: ALLY ENGLEBERT ’25/THE HAWK

Who should determine environmental laws?

Taylor Stech February 21, 2024
Congressional power, agency control
GRAPHIC: GABRIELLA GUZZARDO ’23/THE HAWK

The Supreme Court in focus: The start of a new term 

Patrick Adams October 26, 2022

The Supreme Court reconvened on Oct. 3 after its summer recess to begin a term that brings both new cases and a new associate justice. In just her first week, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has already...

GRAPHIC: CASEY WOOD '23/THE HAWK

WYSK: Ketanji Brown Jackson nominated for Supreme Court

Calvin Huisentruit March 2, 2022

On Feb. 25, Ketanji Brown Jackson was nominated by President Joe Biden to be the next Supreme Court Justice.  Why is there a vacant seat on the Supreme Court?  Justice Stephen G. Breyer,...

ILLUSTRATION: CASEY WOOD '23/THE HAWK

A Seat at the Table: An Ode to the Notorious R.B.G.

Tayler Washington September 22, 2020

Countless Redbubble stickers featuring Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s quotes about women deserving a place in politics line women’s laptops across the country, an indication of the countless barriers...

What happens to a vacant seat on the Supreme Court?

What happens to a vacant seat on the Supreme Court?

Devin Yingling September 22, 2020

Why is there a vacancy on the Supreme Court?  Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died of complications with metastatic pancreas cancer on Sept. 18. Ginsburg was appointed to the Supreme Court...

Abortion access faces the Supreme Court

Abortion access faces the Supreme Court

Regina Schliep October 22, 2019

The implications of June Medical Services v. Gee The Supreme Court announced on Oct. 4 that it will hear June Medical Services v. Gee, a case that challenges a 2014 Louisiana law requiring abortion providers...

What does “Justice” mean?

What does “Justice” mean?

Erin Fenzel September 24, 2019

How Justice Kavanaugh continues to maintain his undeserved power U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh represents white male privilege in its most extreme form, and yet he sits on the Supreme Court....

The Notorious RBG lives

The Notorious RBG lives

Megan Piasecki February 4, 2019

Why the blunder on Fox and Friends was a good thing after all When describing media slip-ups, the levels of embarrassment can range from accidentally slipping a curse word to showing an obituary for a...

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