By Grayson Shaw PO ’25 On Wednesday, September 15th, the United States announced the sale of nuclear submarines to the Australian government in order to advance their deterrent capabilities against Chinese influence in the Pacific. Complicating these matters, Australia had previously negotiated a deal with France over the sale of standard submarines, and the US had not communicated this...
By Leonora Willett (CM ’25) Nearly 50 years on, the landmark 1973 decision Roe v. Wade is far from settled. With the support of anti-abortion groups, state legislatures are passing newer and more restrictive laws counter to Roe v. Wade. With the changing composition of the Supreme Court, women’s Constitutional rights to an abortion are in question. With the support of Texas Alliance...
By Ana Deckey (CMC ’22) Partisan gerrymandering is a wily evil that distorts our democracy. However, in 2019, the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution does not protect us from partisan gerrymandering and its anti-democratic effects. This ruling was handed down in Rucho et al v. Common Cause; in the case, citizens of Maryland and North Carolina argued their state governments acted...
By Grace Fan (PO ’23) The need for education reform has never been clearer. From the response of the Trump administration to the Black Lives Matter movement to the outrage and pushback that the movement garnered, Americans must reckon with the pitfalls of their current education system. Schools are where the youth are supposedly introduced to the tools necessary for success and are...
The college admissions scandal of 2019, Operation Varsity Blues, revealed just how far wealthy parents were willing to go to secure spots for their children at elite universities. While money has always shored up a student’s chances in the college admissions game, the scandal highlights a particular anxiety amongst the White upper class that increased competition and interest in educational...
Camryn Fujita (SCR ’21) The Netflix documentary Seaspiracy that came out this past March was not the first attempt to question whether environmental food labels really reflect the “sustainable” practices they claim to guarantee. Although Seaspiracy has faced heavy criticism for selective reporting and their portrayal of aquaculture, climate change, and the state of the ocean, one useful...
Kathryn Parker (SC ‘23) Human genetic data is in high demand for cutting-edge medical research, and genetic testing is important to diagnose and treat many diseases. As a result, genetic privacy laws are a necessity to protect the basic rights of citizens. However, in the United States, while genetic discrimination is expressly prohibited, privacy is not enforced. So, what can be done to protect...
Despite the United States making efforts for the past half a century to combat gender discrimination, sex-based prejudice still runs rampant in American society. The government and its courts have disseminated a sex-based slant on rights and freedoms that in reality, protect men far more than women. This bias has resulted in the federal government allowing various forms of gender discrimination...
The Peer Review is part of a new series in which we shine the spotlight on the students behind the CJLPP. To view other Peer Review issues, click on the tag below. Sean Volke is a Print Edition Editor at the Claremont Journal of Law and Public Policy, and a fourth-year student at Pomona College. He’s been a part of the Journal for 5 semesters! How/why did you get involved with the CJLPP? In the...
By Jon Burkart (PO ‘24) In 2008, the Great Recession struck. And in its wake, upwards of 20 states cut public spending: Ohio was one of them. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic struck. And while the future remains uncertain, one thing is clear: austerity is returning. In some states, it has already made a return. On May 6, 2020, just months into the pandemic, Ohio’s Republican Governor Mike DeWine...
