By: Jordan Taylor Published: September 3, 2025 Johnny Cash famously sang about shooting a man in Reno just to watch him die.[1] Freddie Mercury confessed to putting a gun against a man’s head and pulling the trigger.[2] Taylor Swift even talks about murdering her best friend’s husband and then cleans up the scene.[3] None of… The post Guilty Rhymes, Innocent Minds: Rap Music, Racial Bias, and the Danger of Treating Lyrics as Criminal Evidence appeared first on American University Journa...| American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
By: Danielle Kimel Published: August 9, 2025 Despite popular depictions of Artificial Intelligence[1] (AI), systems that can think, feel, and learn like a human are still fictional.[2] Nonetheless, does a creator have to be a human being for their work to receive intellectual property protection? For patent and copyright, courts agree that the answer is…| American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
By: Taylor Brewer Published: August 7, 2025 In 2024, Florida was one of the many states to propose an amendment to its state Constitution to protect the right to abortion.[1] Amendment 4 would have both protected abortion up to the point of viability and permitted abortion after viability to protect the patient’s health.[2] While the…| American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
By: Sarah Pape Published: June 7, 2025 “I’m leaving with love, peace and light, . . . thank you for supporting me, love all of you.”[1] Those were the last words of inmate Kenneth Smith before the State of Alabama killed him using nitrogen gas in 2024.[2] It took him around thirty-two minutes to die.[3]…| American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
By: Hannah Seligman Published: June 7, 2025 In early January, on the subreddit r/workingmoms, user @bcd_wxy shared a post titled “Traveling for work to a state that potentially denies or delays medical care while pregnant?”[1] In the post, she shared that she was pregnant with her second child and her company was in the process…| American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
By: Adonte Yearwood Published: June 4, 2025 Examining Congress’ administration of federal welfare programs demonstrates a robust attempt at combatting poverty and its (Congress’) continued discrimination against thousands of needy Americans living in the United States territories (hereafter, “territorial residents”). Five islands comprise America’s overseas territories: Guam, American Samoa (“Samoa”), the Commonwealth of the Northern…| American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
By: Nimesh Wijewardane Published: June 1, 2025 Jared Harrison was driving to work when he was pulled over for a traffic violation.[1] When Harrison rolled down his window to speak with the police officer, the officer smelled marijuana.[2] Police searched the vehicle and found a loaded revolver and marijuana products.[3] Harrison was arrested and indicted…| American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
By: Jamelia Watson Published: May 29, 2025 In December 2016, one month after the presidential election, the Meta company launched its fact-checking program to identify and address viral misinformation across social media platforms and to clear hoaxes that have no basis in fact.1 Seven years later, in 2025, during what seemed to be the era…| American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
By: Madeline Wahlgren Published: May 23, 2025 Over the course of history, Supreme Court justices have had great liberty in choosing when to recuse themselves from hearing a case before the Court.[1] Many justices have faced public criticism for their failure to recuse themselves from certain cases.[2] On the United States Supreme Court, recusal occurs…| American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
By: Kate Kramer Published: May 20, 2025 On February 3, 2025, D.C. Superior Court Judge Tanya Jones Bosier made an unprecedented move when she ordered that the trademark “PROUD BOYS” be transferred to the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church (“Metropolitan AME Church”) as a part of a lawsuit between the Church and the…| American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
By: Carol Morales Roca Published: May 20, 2025 Under the scorching southern Cuban sun, Guantánamo Bay is now expected to house not only individuals seized during extraterritorial antiterrorism initiatives and Cuban and Haitian fleeing migrants seized at sea, but also a number of non-U.S. citizens.[1] This new influx of migrants to Guantánamo follows President Trump’s…| American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law