By: Lily Wear The Biden Administration recently approved their tenth offshore wind project in federal waters. This approval will lead to 15 gigawatts of energy being produced from offshore wind in the US, half of the goal that Joe Biden set at the beginning of his term. Offshore wind has been touted by many, including the… Read More The 2024 Election and the Future of Federal Offshore Wind Technology and Leases
By: Alexandra Evarts In the weeks after former President Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election, Fox News perpetuated the narrative that there was rampant voter fraud in the election. In particular, Fox News hosts spun this narrative around one culprit: Dominion Voting Systems (“Dominion”), a creator of election technology used in the 2020 election.… Read More Dominion Voting Systems’ Defamation Lawsuit Against Fox News Could Change the National Conversation Around Fake News and the First Amendment
In order to decrease the spread of false information in relation to the election on November 3, 2020, several social media platforms took measures to censor any misleading information. While the First Amendment protects the freedom of speech, private companies such as social media platforms do not fall under the First Amendment due to their nongovernmental status. Thus, they are allowed to censor what is posted.… Read More 2020 Election: What Social Media Platforms are Doing to Stop the Spread of Fake Results
A brief look at telecommunication regulation and the legality of unsolicited political campaign text messages. The recent influx of Peer-to-peer unsolicited messages exists in a legal gray area not yet clearly regulated. … Read More The Text is Coming from Inside the House: How Politicians Blow Up Our Phones