Beyond The Judgement

Beyond The Judgement

By Eva Eapen and Pari SidanaGovernment
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Beyond The Judgement episodes

  • Gun Rights, Wrongs, & Domestic Violence (US v. Rahimi)

    Welcome back to Tiers of Scrutiny! On today's episode, we discuss a 2nd Amendment case--United States v. Rahimi. Check out the links below for a little extra reading on the case. See you in two weeks :)


    https://www.oyez.org/cases/2023/22-915

    https://www.aclu.org/cases/united-states-v-rahimi

    13 min
  • 5th Amendment Woes (McElrath v. Georgia)

    In this episode, hear us discuss McElrath v. Georgia, an upcoming SCOTUS case regarding an acquitted defendant who the state of Georgia wants to retry in criminal court. Sound like a Double Jeopardy issue to you? Us too. Tune in for more.

    8 min
  • Trump Too Small? (Vidal v. Elster)

    Question at hand: Does the refusal to register a trademark under 15 U.S.C. § 1052(c) when the mark contains criticism of a government official or public figure violate the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment?



    10 min
  • The End of Affirmative Action & The Asian-American Paradox

    In this episode, we discuss the fall of affirmative action and our predictions of what will happen to college applications next. We simultaneously explored the role of Asian Americans and the model minority myth in both upholding and ending the practice. By no means do we have all the answers to the effect that the end of the policy will have on institutions and opportunities for underrepresented minorities and those in the majority. This episode is a contentious one but we didn't want to shy away from our thoughts and opinions so please be respectful when engaging in discourse. At the end of the day, people are sacred and ideas are not.


    Here are the references we used:

    https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w26316/w26316.pdf

    https://www.bu.edu/ciss/2023/07/03/college-are-already-unequal-will-ending-affirmative-action-make-it-worse/

    https://www.axios.com/local/san-francisco/2023/07/03/affirmative-action-supreme-court-california#

    https://www.npr.org/2023/07/02/1183981097/affirmative-action-asian-americans-poc

    http://care.gseis.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/care-brief-raceblind.pdf

    https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.0038-4941.2004.00284.x

    http://www.jstor.org/stable/42956064

    http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt7rqbv

    Fisher v. University of Texas. (n.d.). Oyez. Retrieved July 7, 2023, from https://www.oyez.org/cases/2012/11-345

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/15/legacy-colleges-universities-black-brown/

    https://www.law.com/almID/1202676210690/

    https://calmatters.org/education/2018/07/californias-gone-without-higher-ed-affirmative-action-since-1996-blackenrollment-at-top-ucs-never-recovered/

    https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/handle/10822/1062947?show=full%20own%20original%20research.

    Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College. (n.d.). Oyez. Retrieved July 7, 2023, from https://www.oyez.org/cases/2022/20-1199

    https://thespearheadmagazine.com/how-the-model-minority-myth-affects-us-all/

    https://repository.law.umich.edu/mjrl/vol11/iss2/7

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/06/29/affirmative-action-banned-what-happens/

    32 min
  • A Win For Tribal Sovereignty: Haaland v. Brackeen

    Welcome back to Tiers of Scrutiny! Listen here for a breakdown of Haaland v. Brackeen, a SCOTUS case regarding ICWA (The Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978). If interested in more background information, check out the following links:

    https://www.oyez.org/cases/2022/21-376

    https://www.aclu.org/cases/brackeen-v-haaland

    7 min

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