Wake Forest Law Review

18Oct

Mr. President’s Memes: The Nickleback Mishap Through the Lens of Lenz

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By Victoria Dishner What do President Trump and Nickelback have in common?  They have received worldwide recognition, garnered internet fame, and reaped the criticism of many Americans.  Recently, this duo made the news after a Twitter tiff involving a Nickelback meme.[1]  The Nickelback meme, beloved by the Internet community, features a clip from a music […]

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16Oct

The Supreme Court’s Renewed Fight on Abortion Rights

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By Jon McLamb Although the abortion rights controversy continues to present day, the fight for such rights was renewed on October 4, 2019 when the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in June Medical Services v. Gee.[1]  The case involves a Louisiana abortion statute that places additional requirements on physicians who perform abortions. […]

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11Oct

LGBTQ+ Community Awaits Court of Appeals Opinion That May Finally Grant Domestic Violence Protections

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By Emily Yates Imagine the following scenario: A woman, we’ll call her M.E., attempts to break up with her boyfriend, T.J..  After hearing that M.E. no longer wants to be with him, T.J. becomes physically aggressive.  He gets in M.E.’s face, screaming at her and threatening physical violence.  Somehow, M.E. manages to get T.J. out […]

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10Oct

Forever 21 Lives! Bankrupt Doesn’t Mean Closure

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By Skyler Shields “Forever 21 is closing! Where am I going to get my clothes?” exclaim shoppers across the United States.  Luckily, the answer is that you can probably still get your clothes where you used to – Forever 21.  On September 29, 2019, Forever 21, the fifth largest specialty retailer in the United States,[1] […]

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9Oct

Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity Protections

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By Chris Flurry A Michigan funeral director, a Georgia county bureaucrat, and the family surviving a New York skydiving instructor represent a series of litmus tests brought before the Supreme Court of the United States on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019.[1] The Supreme Court heard oral arguments for three cases, all of which generally consider whether […]

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4Oct

Hustle the Hustlers: Anti-SLAPP and the Film Medium

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By Grayson O’Saile With art comes controversy, and the movie Hustlers, starring Jennifer Lopez, is no exception.  Hustlers, released September 13, 2019, is a crime drama, focusing on a group of strippers who drug Wall Street clientele in order to steal and abscond with the clients’ money.[1]  While seemingly fantastical, the movie is based on […]

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2Oct

Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration from Detaining Migrant Children Indefinitely

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By Madison Woschkolup On September 27, 2019, U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee for the Central District of California blocked the Trump administration from enacting a new regulation that would allow migrant children to be held in detention centers indefinitely.[1]  The regulation, which is several hundred pages long, was proposed in Fall 2018 and would specifically […]

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1Oct

The Modern War on Terrorism: Utilizing Social Media to Promote the Terrorist Agenda

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On June 18, 2019, thirty-nine year old Mediha Salkicevic appeared before Judge Catherine Perry in St. Louis, Missouri and was sentenced to seventy-eight months in prison.[1]  Four years prior, Salkicevic was involved in a conspiracy to provide resources to Abdullah Ramo Pazara,[2] a member of the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham/Syria (ISIS/ISIL).[3]  Such resources […]

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27Sep

Shedding Their Rights at the Schoolhouse Gate: How a North Carolina Cheer Team is Renewing a Decades-Old Debate

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By Kyle Brady Known for clever cheers and creative school spirit, high school cheerleaders rarely garner national attention, spark protests, or tap into the highly polarized political fabric of our country. One North Carolina squad, however, managed to accomplish this incredible feat with one photo. What was so scandalous and controversial about this photo? The […]

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24Sep

Band-Aids, Baby Products, and Blatant Deception: Johnson & Johnson’s $572M Oklahoma Opioid Epidemic Verdict

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By Mary-Kathryn Hawes As Walter Bender, Deputy Sheriff in Montgomery County, Ohio stated: “[O]pioids reach every part of society: blue collar, white collar, everybody. It’s nonstop. It’s every day. And it doesn’t seem like it’s getting any better.”[1] It is estimated that forty-six people die from opioid overdoses involving prescription opioids every day, with methadone, […]

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20Sep

“Take the Marijuana Out of It; It’s Not Marijuana:” Law Enforcement, Farmers, Smokable Hemp, and Probable Cause in North Carolina

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By Katharine Batchelor On August 20, 2019, the North Carolina House passed its version of Senate Bill 315, the North Carolina Farm Act of 2019, sending it to the North Carolina Senate for a vote.[1] The bill, intended originally to expand the industrial hemp industry in North Carolina, revises the definition of “hemp product” to […]

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