By: Kathy Johnson The coronavirus outbreak has led to heightened anxiety worldwide. Even though it is not as deadly as the flu, the coronavirus is novel and not yet well understood, which makes it frightening. In the United States, some Asian Americans have faced discrimination because others connect their sneezing or coughing with the coronavirus.... Continue Reading →

By: Jens Camp The United States has repeatedly abandoned its duty to Tribes—not just as a trustee but also as a world power—to recognize and protect tribal sacred sites and their homelands from the unwarranted, devastating natural resource exploitation that harm tribal citizens.[1]  Tribal communities across the United States have suffered some of the cruelest... Continue Reading →

By: A.J. Privitt Proposition 205 – The Tucson Families Free and Together Initiative A sanctuary city is a city that “has limited the extent to which it will volunteer resources in support of federal immigration enforcement agents’ responsibility to enforce federal immigration law.”[1] Recently, in 2019, the city of Tucson voted no on becoming a... Continue Reading →

By: Bryan Shapiro After the appointment of County Attorney Bill Montgomery to the Arizona Supreme Court, Maricopa County, the fourth largest county in the country, was left without an elected County Attorney. [1]. In the interim, Governor Ducey appointed Allister Adel to fill the position, but, in the 2020 election, the voters will decide who... Continue Reading →

By: Caitlyn Heter In 2015, the Supreme Court held in a 5-4 decision “that same-sex couples may exercise the fundamental right to marry in all states.”  Obergefell v. Hodges, 135 S. Ct. 2584, 2607 (2015).  Justices who dissented were concerned in part with taking away the authority of states to define marriage, and in part... Continue Reading →

“The First Step in Solving Any Problem is Recognizing There is One[1]” ... or, is it? Analyzing the judicial punting regarding fossil fuels and Juliana v United States  By: Annabelle Abel Introduction   On January 17, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit released an opinion illuminating the current social and... Continue Reading →

By Zach Stern In order to comply with Supreme Court precedent since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976[1], states are required to implement procedures that narrow the group of people eligible for death.[2] The reason for this is obvious: the death penalty should be reserved for the worst offenses and the worst offenders.... Continue Reading →

By: Nicolas Jesús Monarrez Human trafficking victims are afforded many protections from both state and federal government. While on paper, these protections seem to provide the results desired, many fall short, leaving victims of human trafficking to make difficult decisions which may risk their safety. This is true in Arizona and is a large civil... Continue Reading →

By: Julieta Carrillo Somewhere, there is a girl taking paper towels from a public restroom and stuffing them into her underwear to prevent her period from soaking her clothes. A 15-year-old girl told her sexual-health counselor that she had to use socks and gloves from lost and found bins for her period because she could... Continue Reading →