Wake Forest Law Review

22Feb

When the Free Speech, Free Exercise, and Establishment Clauses Collide: Setting the Stage for Kennedy v. Bremerton School District and Its Potential Impact on Public Employees’ First Amendment Rights

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By Jonathon Beatty What happens when a public-school employee’s free speech and free exercise rights run contrary to the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment?[1]  The Supreme Court will answer that question in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District[2] and shed light on the intersection of the Free Speech, Free Exercise, and Establishment Clauses.[3]  Specifically, the […]

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17Feb

Will the Peace on the Korean Peninsula Act Really Bring Peace?

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By: Inyoung Park Why is America involved in the Peace Treaty between South and North Korea? On June 25, 1950, the Korean War broke out when approximately 135,000 North Koreans, backed with support from China and the Soviet Union, stormed past the 38th parallel line that was dividing the Democratic South and the Communist-controlled North […]

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15Feb

Ghislaine Maxwell’s Last Resort – Moves for a New Trial Based on Juror Misconduct

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By Hanna Diamond On December 29, 2021, Ghislaine Maxwell, a British socialite, was convicted on five counts of sex trafficking and “other charges for recruiting and grooming teenage girls” for Jeffrey Epstein.[1]  Maxwell is facing sixty-five years in prison,[2] and her sentencing date is June 28, 2022.[3]  Maxwell may be awarded a second chance in […]

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10Feb

Judicial Non-Recusal: An Opportunity for Reform

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By: Chandler Reece Since ancient times, people have recognized the need for judges to be impartial.[1]  On a related topic, Alexander Hamilton wrote that the “complete independence of the courts of justice is peculiarly essential in a limited constitution.”[2]  Two recent North Carolina cases have revealed areas for reform to further ensure impartiality in the […]

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8Feb

How North Carolina Is Moving Towards LGBTQ+ Equality, Yet Falling Behind

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By Maggie Martin 2016 brought with it a bleak reality for LGBTQ+ individuals living in North Carolina as the North Carolina General Assembly proposed House Bill 2 (“HB 2”), better known as the “Bathroom Bill.”[1]  HB 2 allowed local boards of education to establish multiple occupancy, single-sex bathrooms based on biological sex, as stated on […]

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3Feb

How a Federal Cannabis Pardon Could Rectify the Injustices Waged by the War on Drugs

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By: Emily Wilmink In 1971, President Richard Nixon launched the “War on Drugs” that drastically increased the role of the federal government in controlling illegal drug use.[1] However, this measure led to the mass incarceration of nonviolent drug offenders, and today, continues to shape a federal system that disproportionately convicts communities of color.[2] Within this […]

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1Feb

Bankrupting Hate: The Charlottesville Civil Suit

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By Laura Merriman On November 23, 2021, after four years of waiting, a jury in Sines v. Kessler found that fourteen individuals and ten white supremacist organizations conspired to commit racially motivated violence in Charlottesville, Virginia during the “Unite the Right” rally on August 12, 2017.[1]  The rally, organized to protest the removal of a […]

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27Jan

The Pandemic is Not Over, but the Child Tax Credit Expansion Is.

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By: Joseph C. Johnson The child tax credit, found in § 24 of the Internal Revenue Code, normally provides taxpayers with a credit that reduces their overall tax liability for a given taxable year.[1] This credit is applied per qualified child.[2] The amount of credit to be applied to the taxpayer’s tax liability is subject […]

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25Jan

Fake It Till You Make It: When Silicon Valley’s Culture Turns Criminal

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By Maryclaire M. Farrington It’s a tale as old as time: the Ivy League dropout turned tech icon.[1]  Media’s maître d’ of tech, Elizabeth Holmes, was fawned by Forbes, Fortune, Time, and the New Yorker, to name a few.[2]  Nearly twenty years after founding Theranos Inc.,[3] her name flashes through the media again.[4]  However, this […]

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20Jan

Is Osha Overstepping? The Vaccine Mandate That Perplexed the Circuit Courts Offered the Supreme Court a Rare Opportunity to Clarify OSHA’s Emergency Rulemaking Authority

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By: Tanner Henson  In 1970, Congress enacted the Occupational Safety and Health Act (“OSH Act” or “the Act”), a sweeping piece of legislation, aimed at “assur[ing] so far as possible every working man and woman in the Nation safe and healthful working conditions[.]”[1] To enforce the new legislation, Congress created a new government agency, the […]

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18Jan

Michelle Carter and Inyoung You: Massachusetts Paving the Way for Criminal Liability in Encouraging Suicide

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By Morgan Kleinhandler There is no doubt that the advance of modern technology has allowed for an increase in the interconnected nature of American society.[1]  Specifically, the popularity of smartphones has allowed for a new level of immediate interconnectedness that was previously impossible. [2] With this rise in technology has come a new form of […]

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19Nov

The Legal Implications of Travis Scott’s Astroworld

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By: Nick Christopherson Travis Scott’s recent Astroworld music festival drew an estimated 50,000 fans to NRG Park in Houston on Friday, November 5.[1] Beginning in 2018, with the release of Scott’s new album, Astroworld, the annual music festival was an immediate hit and solidified Scott as an A-list celebrity for years to come.[2] The concert […]

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