Constitutional Law
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Interjurisdictional Abortion Wars: Will North Carolina Get Caught in the Crossfire?
The “interjurisdictional abortion wars” that the Dissent in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization warned the country about have arrived.[1] On… Read More
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Caught in the Middle: North Carolina’s Struggle Over the Education Freedom Tax Credit
There are seemingly few matters that get people more invested in politics than laws concerning their children. Frequently, though, there… Read More
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Posts by Police: Disciplining Law Enforcement for Speech on Social Media
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., once wrote that a man has “a constitutional right to talk politics, but he has… Read More
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North Carolina in Court: Attorney General Jeff Jackson, Suing the Trump Administration, and the Limits of State Litigation
By: Sydney Basden The Tar Heel State keeps ending up in court—on purpose. North Carolina Attorney General (“AG”) Jeff Jackson… Read More
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Fuller House: The Three-Parent Family in North Carolina
15 Wake Forest L. Rev. Online 25 Trinity J. Chapman “The family, that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never… Read More
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Art or Addiction: The Consequences and Constitutionality of Age Verification Laws
By: Jack Liechty Context 73% of teenagers aged thirteen to seventeen have watched pornography online.[1] 53% have seen it before the… Read More
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Good-Faith Filings, Solvent Debtors, and the Bankruptcy Clause
15 Wake Forest L. Rev. Online 1 Nicholas R. Rader Introduction Corporations may, as a result of their operations, incur… Read More
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Legislating the Bench: North Carolina’s Next Separation of Powers Battle
By: Andrew Ring On February 7, 2025, North Carolina Governor Josh Stein (Stein) filed a complaint in state court challenging… Read More
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Speaking of Justice: Paralegals’ First Amendment Challenge to North Carolina’s Unauthorized Practice of Law Rules
By: Anna Lants On December 16, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina dismissed… Read More
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On Thin Ice: Trump’s Funding Freeze and the Fight Over Presidential Power
By: Virginia Brown The first two weeks of President Donald Trump’s (“Trump”) second term have been marked by a flurry… Read More
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TikTok on the clock, but the party has stopped–the U.S. Supreme Court has officially ruled to uphold legislation to ban TikTok effectively.
On January 10th, the Supreme Court of the United States (“Supreme Court”) heard arguments about whether the Protecting Americans from… Read More
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Thou Shall Not: Would today’s Supreme Court uphold precedent that displays of the Ten Commandments in classrooms are unconstitutional?
Chris Whipple Background Earlier this month, a local school board in North Carolina failed to pass a policy requiring public… Read More