Colin Lang In 2022, the provincial government of Québec enacted Bill 96: “An Act respecting French, the official and common language of Québec.”[1] Bill 96 amended Québec’s Charter of the French Language and ushered in sweeping reforms to Québec`s official language policy, with the ultimate goal of making French the…

Halle Busch On January 29, 2025, less than a month into his second presidential term, President Donald Trump issued a memorandum titled “Expanding Migrant Operations Center At Naval Station Guantanamo Bay To Full Capacity.”[1] The memo, issued by the White House, directed the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of…

Abbey Jordahl **Trigger warning: this post includes extremely graphic content related to sexual assault.** “Shame must change sides.”[1] With just four words, Gisèle Pélicot rocked the world with her unfathomable bravery. For almost a decade, she endured a shocking nightmare, one that was orchestrated by the person she should have…

Maggie Rogers In October 2024, Italy passed a bill that criminalizes surrogacy for Italian residents, no matter where the surrogacy is performed.[1] Surrogacy on Italian soil has been illegal since 2004,[2] but this new law makes it a universal crime,[3] a designation typically reserved for crimes against humanity. Giorgio Meloni,…

Candace Dasanna Between 2002 and 2020 approximately half a million noncitizens were deported from the United States for drug offenses, many of which involved only minor charges.[1] These deportations were carried out under the Immigration and Nationality Act[2] (hereinafter “the INA” or “the Act”), which mandates deportability for individuals convicted…

Sarah Grosse Perdekamp The first juvenile court in the world was established in the United States, in Cook County, Illinois, in 1899.[1] This and other reforms were an outgrowth of the “child savers” movement of the late 19th century.[2] The movement’s legal implications were significant and shifted the focus of…