This November, one line could change California dramatically. Proposition 16 reads simply “That Section 31 of Article 1 [of the California Constitution] thereof is repealed”. And yet on a ballot packed full of controversial issues, Proposition 16 could be the most controversial of them all. In this installment of On the Ballot, we discuss Affirmative […]
Tag: Supreme Court of the United States
Drawing the Life Out of the Fourth Amendment
The Supreme Court has once again avoided ruling on the substance of state law and rather stuck to taking an easier, less-controversial road of constitutional jurisprudence. In this case, it was the Fourth Amendment’s protections and the consent doctrine that was sacrificed. In Mitchell v. Wisconsin, the Court ruled that drawing blood from an unconscious […]
How an Unlikely Partnership Could Save the Supreme Court
We live in a time of nearly unparalleled political animosity. The words “Trump Supporter” or “Trump Appointed” in reference to a person often cause left-leaning individuals to disregard any merits that person has, and the same being true of conservatives with Obama Appointees. That makes it not just refreshing, but vital, to the health of […]
Low Vaccine Rates: How Our Past Is Catching Up to Us
America is under attack from enemies we’ve known about for quite some time now. In the year 2000, the United States was able to declare that measles had officially been eliminated from the country. Fast-forward 14 years later, the United States is caught up in the throes of one of the largest measles outbreaks in recent […]