By Sanjana Kumar — The climate crisis has been described internationally as “the greatest human rights challenge of the 21st century.” Despite this, there has been great difficulty in legally recognizing it as such. This article focuses on existing variability across paradigms used to assess climate suffering, exploring the legal basis for framing bureaucratic failure to address preventable harm as a violation of human rights. While the principle of a human rights framework exists withi...| Princeton Legal Journal
By Ava Chen — In 2023, the large language model GPT-4 passed the Uniform Bar Examination, scoring in the 90th percentile of real-life test takers. From demonstrating legal expertise to crafting convincing deep-fakes, the capabilities of artificial intelligence are exponentially skyrocketing beyond human intelligence. Artificial intelligence is advancing at a pace that not only challenges traditional legal frameworks but also risks entrenching existing societal inequities and reinforcing mon...| Princeton Legal Journal
By Daniel Zayas — In February 2025, the war on drugs that the United States has prosecuted since the Nixon administration reached a new degree of fervor with the designation of several Mexican drug cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs). President Trump first floated the idea of designating the cartels as such during his previous administration, and one of his key campaign promises during his recent electoral campaign was to crack down on the cartels.[1] He followed through on th...| Princeton Legal Journal
By Carolina Pardo — When Robert E. Lee went to negotiate his terms of surrender at the Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865, he stopped at the sight of a brown man amongst the Union generals. Everyone held their breath waiting for Lee’s response. The Confederate general extended a hand and said, “I am glad to see one real American here,” to Ely S. Parker, Grant’s Native American military secretary. Parker replied, “We are all Americans.” Although General Lee recognized Parker ...| Princeton Legal Journal
By Hriday Unadkat – January 27, 1967, was a momentous day in Washington, London, and Moscow. Just ten years after the first-ever satellite, the Sputnik spacecraft, was launched into orbit, delegates from the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union met together and signed the first-ever treaty establishing norms in space—the Outer Space Treaty.| Princeton Legal Journal
By Kaya Weerasuriya — “I've got a pen, and I've got a phone.” President Barack Obama used this phrase as a metonymy for two actions he considered to be most effective for enacting change—the “pen” symbolizing his presidential capability to issue executive action, and the “phone” signifying his ability to mobilize public support during times of congressional deadlock. He used these dual actions across wide-ranging issues during his two terms, pertaining to economic, social, and...| Princeton Legal Journal
By Nathaniel Marks — The unlawful deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador and the subsequent failure of the Trump Administration to return him (despite being ordered by a court to do so) seems to many to be the final straw for the constitutional order: the President is actively ignoring his responsibility to uphold the law. This situation with court orders is new; what is not new is the Executive’s selective nonenforcement of the law. For as long as the President has been charg...| Princeton Legal Journal
By Arah Cho — In Federalist No. 70, Founding Father Alexander Hamilton championed the concept of “energy in the executive,” arguing that a strong, decisive president was essential for effective governance. More than 200 years later, President Donald J. Trump’s leadership appears to embody this principle through his aggressive approach to decision-making. Within just the first 100 days of his second term, Trump has unilaterally declared a record-setting eight national emergencies and i...| Princeton Legal Journal