In February 2022, Ksenia Karelina, a Russian-American dual citizen, was detained and sentenced to 12 years in prison. Her supposed crime? A $51.80 donation to Razom for Ukraine, a humanitarian aid organization based in New York. Karelina sought to aid victims of violence after Russia launched its widespread invasion of Ukraine.

In 2016, Nevada voters were asked, “Shall the Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS) be amended to allow a person, 21 years old or older, to purchase or sell marijuana paraphernalia, given that the state imposes a 15 percent excise tax on wholesale sales of marijuana?” Fast forward to 2024, 8 years since the marijuana tax was implemented, Nevada’s national funding ranking has only gone up to 46th in public education funding and remains 50th in public education spending. Where is the marijuana money going?

The Night Watch fell victim to a centuries-old botched aesthetic procedure when it could not fit within the space, so these individuals removed chunks of it and eventually lost track of those missing pieces. A museum in the Netherlands acquired The Night Watch and started a successful multi-million dollar initiative to restore the painting for the first time. This revolutionary restoration exists as the product of Artificial Intelligence.

In the American judicial system, “you have the body,” or, in Latin terms, the writ of habeas corpus; but do you? In 2023, the Jones v. Hendrix Supreme Court 6-3 ruling decided that imprisoned people who have filed for post-conviction relief can be barred from filing a second time, even if they’re innocent of the crime they have been incarcerated for

I’m Annie Vong, and I served as Editor-in-Chief of UNLV’s Undergraduate Law Review during the 2023-2024 academic year. Having passed the torch to another dedicated student, I wanted to express an infinite amount of gratitude for everything and everyone in this club has taught me.

When an average person is asked to picture a courtroom, what are they likely to see? The truth is, courtroom trials in real life are different from what’s presented to us through video games or prime-time TV, and life-changing cases more often than not boil down to arguments over the definitions of certain terms and phrases rather than the constant revelations of mind-blowing plot twists.

On a chill December evening in 1773, a group of Boston revolutionaries boarded a merchant ship, dumping over three hundred chests of tea overboard in an act of defiance against British taxation. While the Boston Tea party was immortalized in the American mythos, it would be only the first of many protests in America’s history, from the Stonewall riots to the Vietnam War demonstrations, to shape freedoms and politics.

In the digital age, the intersection between privacy rights and law enforcement’s investigatory power presents complex legal challenges, particularly concerning the contents of personal electronic devices. The Fourth Amendment protects individuals against unreasonable searches and seizures. Yet, the parameters of these protections become blurred when differentiating under what circumstances can personal data from digital devices be used as evidence. 

Many companies’ workers have exercised their rights to collectively organize and bargain – a right bestowed to them under the National Labor Relations Act of 1935. Aside from ensuring these rights be available to workers across the United States, the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 also established the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) – a government agency designed specifically to enforce employees’ rights and adjudicate their disputes. However, a death sentence may be imposed on almost 90 years of the NLRB’s authority and commitment to workers’ rights have recently come together to raise their swords against the federal agency’s constitutionality.