Category: Arizona State Law Journal Blog

By Iris (Yeonjae) Lim.The Trump administration dramatically changed the asylum system during the past four years, and with the new Biden administration, asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border are hoping for a change. More specifically, many people are wondering what…

By Chandler Smith.The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) requires companies to provide shareholders with proxy statements containing information they can use to make informed decisions at annual meetings. Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc. (“ISS”) is a proxy advisory firm that shareholders…

IntroductionWith the pandemic wreaking havoc across the country and social justice rightfully occupying the spotlight of the last months, the 2020 Presidential Election focused primarily on the issues of COVID-19 response, economic recovery, and criminal justice reform. However, the often-discussed…

By Molly Walker. The beginning of 2021 was met with a continual rise in cases of COVID-19 across the United States, and Arizona was no exception. According to the Arizona Department of Health Services, there were 758,404 active COVID-19 cases…

By Aurora Walker.Inauguration Day is a long-standing tradition in the United States, marking the transition of presidential power from one individual to another. It is typically surrounded by many officialinaugural events, culminating in the inauguration ceremony. On Wednesday, January20, 2021,…

By Renee Guerin.The Constitutional Challenges:Since the COVID-19 virus arrived in the United States in early 2020, federal and state authorities have implemented a variety of regulations aimed at slowing its spread. A number of the most successful regulations—like stay-at-home orders,…

Introduction As of January 29, 2021, over 500,000 Arizonans have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. However, the state is still reporting over 4,000 new cases of COVID-19 per day and has remained number one in the…

By Taylor Hamel.Though the sun was not blazing over Arizona’s desert landscape on the chilly afternoon of January 22, 2021, the state’s residents were. That is because January 22 was the first day of the legal sale of recreational marijuana…

By Sean Krieg.Businesses’ liability protection from corona virus related claims has been a major point of contention in federal stimulus package debates. Firms point out—rightly so—that many small- and mid-sized businesses cannot afford to weather a large influx of claims…

Nathaniel Rubin, 1L It’s time for an overhaul of qualified immunity in America. Police misconduct, particularly relating to their use of force with communities of color, has been at the forefront of the national conversation for almost a decade. Society…