Supreme Court

Alarm bells should ring as DeSantis sends State Guard to the border

PantherNOW Editorial Board Governor Ron DeSantis has resurrected an ancient armed group that was disbanded after World War two. Its core purpose is to serve as the state’s very own rescue entity in case of a natural disaster, but its recent deployment to the southern border ignites a backlash questioning the perverted political intent behind […]

The White House’s Pride Month Gift: Rolling Back Transgender Protections

Robert Crohan/Staff Writer As the LGBTQA+ community and straight allies alike celebrate Pride Month, the Trump Administration took it upon itself to remove protections for transgender Americans across many areas: hiring, health care and even the military. This was not purely out of coincidence, tied into other legislation of a different cause: the White House […]

Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court threatens minority rights

Gabriella Capalbo/ Contributing Writer Christine Blasey Ford should not be a name remembered only by women. On Thursday, Sept. 27, testimony was heard to determine the validity of the accusation of sexual assault against Brett Kavanaugh, who was up for a seat in the Supreme Court. In a short time, this case became a topic […]

Originalism is the most democratic constitutional philosophy

Eduardo Alvarez/ Asst. Opinion Director It’s frustrating, it’s grueling and it’s unpopular. But originalism is what the country needs. Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings have rekindled old debates between the two mainstream views regarding constitutional interpretation: one says that the meaning of the text ought to change with the times, and another; originalism, says that we […]

Yes, we’re coming after Roe v. Wade

Ernesto Antunez/ Contributing Writer Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court has the Left up in arms over the possibility that their most sacred cow, “the right to abortion” be revisited or overturned. Even the Right’s normally boisterous voices like Prager University; instead of delighting in the most nerve wrecking epileptic fit the Left has […]

Girl Power & Gunpowder

Feeling patriotic in the month of BBQ and bottle rockets, an 18-year-old girl tries enlisting in the Selective Service, but enters into a legal battle with the Supreme Court after gender-based denial. By filing a class action lawsuit, the young woman referenced as E.K.L. questions the constitutionality of the obligatory defense of Old Glory. Sexist […]

Wedding Cake Controversy

Wedding bells ring in court hearings rather than harmony this summer as a Colorado judge rules a bakery guilty of discrimination after refusing to cater a same-sex wedding.

Divorcing Government from Marriage

As the #LoveWins and #EqualityForAll campaign spread, I cannot discount those who were left out: the polyamorous, the incestuous, those who do not wish to enter a union where gov. and lawyers are involved.

Raisins Raise Awareness of Gov. Interference

In a rare win for private property this week, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of raisin farmers’ refusal to give the state their extra produce without just compensation.

Defending Private Discrimination, Corrective Power of Capitalism

Last week, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Muslim woman who wore a hijab to an Abercrombie & Fitch interview, and was consequently denied the job . . . As fashionable as it is to leave the gov. to find fault with everything, it is an indirect supplement that supports dishonesty.

LGBTQA Initiatives to hosts workshop on Defense of Marriage Act

Multicultural Programs and Services LGBTQA Initiatives are hosting a set of workshops to provide awareness and education to students and faculty about the issues arising that affect the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and ally community.

Court strikes down Defense of Marriage Act

Last Wednesday proved to be a major victory for the gay rights movement in the United States, when the Supreme Court had a 5-4 ruling to take out a section of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which denied federal benefits to same-sex couples.
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