Pretrial detention is an oft-questioned policy that truly stands at odds with central American values, regardless of what the Supreme Court says, or really doesnt say. When one is arrested, the arresting officer is supposed to be able to demonstrate probable cause to justify the arrest. Generally (theres variation across states), the accused […]
Residents of Louisiana are intimately familiar with the annoying Formosan termite, but now theres a new pest by the name of Formosa. Formosa Plastic Group (FPG), a petrochemical company, has plans to build a new facility in St. James Parish, a parish at the heart of Cancer Alley.” The community is predominantly Black and incredibly […]
Its not easy to be a graduate worker at Tulane. Solidarity Tulane, a Tulane graduate worker-lead organization, has made that loud and clear. Their primary goal, at the moment, is fighting for fully subsidized health insurance for all Tulane graduate workers. Their website states that, this is part of our campaign to eliminate all health […]
An oft-forgotten right within the U.S. legal system is the right of jury nullification. At least, this right has existed in every state other than Oregon and Louisiana, which until recently were the only states that did not require unanimous verdicts in criminal cases. Jury nullification is defined by Professor Travis Hreno as, when a […]
My Toxic Mardi Gras a headline no one here wants to read, but the possibility was brought up at yesterdays city council hearing for R-21-239, the Resolution for Clean Air. Luckily, yesterdays city council ruling brings us one step closer to minimizing that possibility. On June 28, 2021, the Jefferson-Orleans-Irish Channel Neighbors for Clean […]
Last Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Fulton v. Philadelphia that the city of Philadelphia improperly applied anti-discrimination laws against the Roman Catholic charity, Catholic Social Services (CSS), for denying eligibility in foster adoption to same-sex parents. Chief Justice Roberts clarifies the tension at-hand in his delivery of the Courts opinion: Because the […]
Waste collection is undoubtedly one of the dirtier jobs of our society, but an absolutely essential one. As an essential service, this fact becomes clearest when it begins to waiver, as the residents of New Orleans East, Lakeview, the 9th Ward, and other locales are now intimately aware of. Trash has been piling up for […]
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