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High school, the Frontier for Voting Rights!
President Trump stepped to the podium on Thursday night to once again question the integrity of United States elections, once again making one thing clear, every eligible American must use their 15th amendment rights. Despite its importance, a survey for Statista finds only 43% of the 18–24 category voted in the 2024 presidential election. A deeper view into the same survey reveals a deep discrepancy among voters based on race. The survey showed white young adults voting at a
EJ Simmons
4 days ago3 min read
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High school, the Frontier for Voting Rights!
President Trump stepped to the podium on Thursday night to once again question the integrity of United States elections, once again making one thing clear, every eligible American must use their 15th amendment rights. Despite its importance, a survey for Statista finds only 43% of the 18–24 category voted in the 2024 presidential election. A deeper view into the same survey reveals a deep discrepancy among voters based on race. The survey showed white young adults voting at a
EJ Simmons
4 days ago3 min read
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How Media Outrages You
There’s something crucial to learn when you take the time to consider: what media have you consumed in the past couple of hours? Consider the variety of content that’s available to the average user; one might go through Instagram, Netflix and see what’s on some major streaming channels. The truth of it is that each of these sources presents widely different perspectives for the mind; different emotions, and different things to internalize. Though most of us might dislike bein

Saanvi Hitlamani
4 days ago5 min read
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NRSC v. FEC, a Shifting Campaigning Landscape
On June 30, 2026, the Supreme Court ruled in the landmark National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission case. A conservative 6–3 majority found that federal limits on coordinated campaign spending by political parties are unconstitutional under the First Amendment. This ruling stands in direct contradiction to the 2001 FEC v. Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee decision (Colorado II), which had originally upheld federal spending limits on
EJ Simmons
6 days ago3 min read
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The Case of Anonymity v. Legality
Oyez, oyez, oyez. Though it’s likely a very unfamiliar word, it’s the one spoken three times to begin the proceedings of the Supreme Court; the highest judicial court in the United States. Within the building sit the nine justices, each with a vote that can reshape the country- and such a claim has been proven to be true. In the past few years, the United States has in fact been reformed by several landmark rulings by the Supreme Court; these cases varied from a woman’s acces

Saanvi Hitlamani
Jul 205 min read
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Learning Law and Pursuing Passions in 2026: High Schooler Edition!
Despite knowing that law school means late night studying, hundreds of pages of textbook reading, LSAT and Bar Exam prep, and the infamous Socratic method, young people are clearly not deterred from applying. According to the Law School Admissions Council, in the 2025-2026 testing year, there were 202,437 individuals registered to take the LSAT. This number of registered LSAT-takers has been rapidly rising for a long time. Law school is unique because it brings together a ver

Ruby Mathew
Jun 254 min read
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