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Unlawful Orders and Unaccountable Wars: Reforming Military Justice in the Shadow of Atrocity

The United States’ earliest codification of military discipline, the Articles of War of 1775, reflected...

The Legal Erasure of Indigenous Americans: U.S. Courts, Land Theft & the Need for Reparations

This paper explores the U.S legal system and its theft of Native land. Land acknowledgments...

Stay W.O.K.E.: A Legislative Rewrite to the STOP W.O.K.E. Act

On July 1, 2022, HB 7, the Stop W.O.K.E. Act became law in the state...

Reclaiming What Is Theirs: A Legislative Rewrite on Osage Nation Headright Ownership and Transferability

Unbeknownst to the Federal Government, lying beneath the surface of much of Osage grazing land...

Proposing Legislation in Response to the Illinois Pretrial Fairness Act 1-Year Reports

The Illinois Pretrial Fairness Act (PFA) was introduced as Illinois legislation in 2021 and became...

Passport Privilege & the Barriers It Creates

Passport privilege is a series of benefits or restrictions placed on a person’s ability to...

Missouri Voting Law: Barrier for Voters

The purpose of this white paper is to inform and educate individuals of current suppressive...

Kentucky Constitution Amendment 1, November 2024: Restrictive Citizenship Voting Requirements

Kentucky’s Amendment 1 proposed excluding those from voting who are not citizens. Although federal law...

Jim Crow Takes Costco: The Food Apartheid examined through the lenses of oppressive systems

Oppressive systems, reinforced by legislation, have created a Food Apartheid, previously known as a food...

Deconstructing Equality: An Analysis of Trump’s Executive Orders

People of the United States have the right to be racially inclusive, gender inclusive, and...

Beyond Bail: The Necessity for Cash Bail Abolition and Humane Reforms

Cash bail invites discrimination based on income in pretrial detention, is counterintuitive, and costs states...

Autonomía Prestada, Soberanía Negada: The Puerto Rico Federal Relations Act of 1950 and the Legal Fiction of Commonwealth Status

This white paper examines the constitutional and democratic foundations of Puerto Rico’s political status, focusing...
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