Jane Susskind is a Judicial Law Clerk at Nevada Supreme Court.
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In an op-ed piece for The Week, Peter Weber found comparing Bernie Sanders to Ron Paul more appropriate than comparing Sanders to any other presidential candidate from a previous election. However, is this a fair and accurate comparison? Bernie Sanders, like Ron Paul, is relying solely on grassroots efforts and
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On Wednesday, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of state laws barring elected judges from directly asking for campaign donations. “Judges are not politicians, even when they come to the bench by way of the ballot,” Chief Justice Roberts wrote in the decision, joining the court’s four liberal justices
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Comcast has officially called off its $45.2 billion deal with Time Warner, a deal that opponents argued would have created an unfair monopoly on the cable and broadband industry. The New York Times The fierce net neutrality debate that dominated the public space in 2014 could be a driving
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Not a day goes by that Americans don’t use the Internet. We trust the Internet with our credit card information, to manage our stock options, to share highly sensitive information across international borders, to send personal photos and information to loved ones. We even relinquish the fate of our
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During an appearance on Fox & Friends on Wednesday, conservative commentator Ann Coulter suggested that voting should be harder for the general population, advocating for the administration of literacy tests as a prerequisite for voting. "There is nothing unconstitutional about literacy tests,” Coulter said during a discussion about poorly
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It is now commonly accepted that a majority of Americans support the legalization of marijuana, with states like Colorado and Washington taking the first steps in making recreational marijuana socially (and legally) acceptable. What is less clear is why such a dramatic shift has taken place in our society. An
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The recent Pew Research Center study analyzing trends in party affiliation among Americans has made its rounds in the media, with different news sources drawing different conclusions, depending on their slant. One fact that remains constant in the reporting of the study: Americans are increasingly deciding not to affiliate with
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On Sunday’s episode of HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, comedian and reporter John Oliver traveled to Moscow to visit Edward Snowden, who is residing in Russia after leaking NSA documents to the media. In what is undeniably one of the most candid interviews we’ve seen
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It took just 7 days for Indiana Governor Mike Pence to cave to the social and moral pressure to revise the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). “Over the past week this law has become a subject of great misunderstanding and controversy across our state and nation. However we got here,
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California is now in its fourth year of a dire drought, with no sign of relief in the future. Almost the entire state - 98 percent - is suffering from the drought, in the form of strained drinking water, increased risks of fires, and little to no snowfall. “This historic
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The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that doctors and health care providers cannot sue to force a state to raise reimbursement rates for Medicaid services. NPR reports that the 5-4 decision comes as a heavy blow to those who provide these services as many doctors and health care companies say stagnant
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U.S. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid announced Friday that he will not seek re-election in 2016, leaving a gap in the Democratic leadership and an open seat in a battleground state. In a farewell video, Reid said the eye injury he sustained in January gave him pause to think