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The AU Legislation & Policy Brief

A Publication of The American University Washington College of Law

Judicial System

The Supreme Court Will Answer the Question How Political Can Judges Be

April 19, 2020 Ayana Anderson

The United States prides itself on maintaining an independent judicial system. In Justice Sotomayor’s controversial dissent in Wolf v. Cook County, she alluded to the Court’s bias towards granting the […]

Infecting Our Favorite Devices: Are Our Phones Spying on Us?

April 15, 2020 Carmen Huff

NSO Group Technologies Ltd. is an Israeli company that creates technology.[1]  It says it sells its technology exclusively to government intelligence and law enforcement agencies to prevent and investigate terrorism […]

Because of Sex: Overcoming Workplace Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation

March 24, 2020March 24, 2020 Samantha Sloane

On October 8, 2019, the Supreme Court of the Unites States (SCOTUS) heard oral arguments on two Civil Rights Act cases related to discrimination on the basis of sex.[1] One […]

Misinterpreted Power: National Injunctions

March 23, 2020March 24, 2020 Brian Walsh

As more of the nation’s policy is adjudicated and forged not in the legislature but the judiciary, judicial remedies have invited more scrutiny. One of the most controversial remedies is […]

June v. Gee, The Alabama Abortion Law, and the Future of Reproductive Rights in America

March 8, 2020 Kate Brennan

 What was once considered the strictest abortion law in America has been struck down in Alabama. On October 29, 2019, Judge Myron Thompson, for the District Court for the Middle […]

A Judicial Dilemma: Cash Bail and Its Imperfect Alternatives

February 3, 2020February 5, 2020 Allison Zack

Last summer, I worked as a law clerk for the Honorable Truman Morrison, a Senior Judge in the District of Columbia and former Chair of the Board of Directors at […]

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