Freedom of the Press in Hungary & the United States: A Comparative Review

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Zane McNeill & Riley Clare Valentine

Volume 27.2 (download PDF)

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This paper compares both Hungary’s and the United States’ treatment of journalists’ freedom of expression and freedom of speech. Journalists in both Hungary and the United States face specific threats to these freedoms. Journalists face political pressure in Hungary and animosity and scrutiny in the United States under private consolidation. Additionally, coverage that is critical of the state and supports marginalized communities faces heightened scrutiny. Nonetheless, we contend that journalists within the United States have potential options in protecting their freedom of expression such as those indicated in Rodriguez-Cotto v. Pierluisi-Urrutia.

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Combatting the Sexual Abuse to Prison Pipeline: Eliminating the Sex Offender Registration Requirement for Children who Have Been Victims of Sexual Abuse

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Katherine I. Puzone

Volume 27.2 (download PDF)

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A recent study entitled The Sexual Abuse to Prison Pipeline: The Girls’ Story published by The Human Rights Center for Girls, the Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality and the Ms. Foundation for Women highlighted the correlation between high rates of sexual abuse of girls and girls’ involvement in the juvenile justice system. Sexual abuse is one of the most accurate predictors of girls’ entry into the juvenile justice system. Girls under eighteen are at very high risk of becoming victims of sexual violence. One in four American girls will experience some sort of sexual violence before the age of eighteen. Fifteen percent of victims of sexual assault are under the age of twelve. Girls between the ages of sixteen and nineteen are four times more likely to be victims of sexual assault. Tragically, many of these victims end up as defendants in the juvenile justice system for behavior that is a direct result of the trauma they suffered. Victims of sexual abuse sometimes go on to commit sex offenses. This often requires registration as a sex offender which mandates registration for children as young as fourteen. This article proposes an exemption to registration for children who have been victims of sexual abuse. Recidivism rates for juvenile sex offenders are significantly lower than those for adult sex offenders. This is largely because children’s brains are still developing. Exempting victims of sexual abuse from registration as a sex offender is consistent with goals of therapeutic jurisprudence and would give young victims a chance to start their adult life without being labeled as a sex offender.

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Statement in Solidarity with Columbia Law Review and Rabea Eghbariah

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We, the 2024-2025 CUNY Law Review Editorial Board, stand in solidarity with the Editorial Board of the Columbia Law Review, in their publication of novel legal scholarship by Palestinian lawyer, Rabea Eghbariah. Eghbariah’s article, Toward Nakba as a Legal Concept, offers a legal analysis of “Nakba” and directly addresses the horrific history of the Nakba and the plight of the Palestinian people. We commend the student editors at Columbia for their editing and publication of a work that centers the Palestinian experience and the violence Palestinians have suffered under Zionist colonization.The article importantly speaks to the genocide that has been unfolding before our very eyes.

Given CUNY Law Review’s explicit social justice mission, it is our moral obligation to stand in solidarity with oppressed people and speak up when efforts to bring visibility to that oppression are met with censorship. Legal scholarship has historically silenced the most vulnerable and marginalized people. Censoring writers like Eghbariah is reflective of that system of oppression. We condemn the actions of Columbia Law Review’s Board of Directors in censoring and silencing the Editorial Board and Eghbariah.We also condemn the Board of Directors’ disclaimer statement and support the strike of their student editors. Shutting down the website in response to the publication of Eghbariah’s article was not only contrary to principles of academic freedom and free speech, but also contributes to the erasure of Palestinian voices amidst the genocide of their people and destruction of their land. 

Censorship is a hallmark of oppression and cowardice, and it will not stifle the movement for Palestinian liberation. We acknowledge the courage of Columbia Law Review as we move forward and continue our mission of centering voices which propel social justice. Palestinian voices matter and have the right to be published. 
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Special Edition: Attacks on the Administrative State

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Rebecca A. Delfino, Silencing the Administrative State: A Critique of Missouri v. Biden

Ally Coll and Astrid Aune, Farmworkers on the Frontline: The Ongoing Attack Against the Administrative State’s Authority to Protect Workers’ Rights

Matthew Amani Glover and Joshua Laurick Ingram, The Pitfalls of Liberalism at Large: Democracy, the (Administrative) State, & Liberalism’s Undying Support of the United States Political Economy

Silencing the Administrative State: A Critique of Missouri v. Biden

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Rebecca A. Delfino

Special Edition: Attacks on the Administrative State

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Farmworkers on the Frontline: The Ongoing Attack Against the Administrative State’s Authority to Protect Workers’ Rights

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Ally Coll and Astrid Aune

Special Edition: Attacks on the Administrative State

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The Pitfalls of Liberalism at Large: Democracy, the (Administrative) State, & Liberalism’s Undying Support of the United States Political Economy

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Matthew Amani Glover and Joshua Laurick Ingram

Special Edition: Attacks on the Administrative State

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Editors’ Note

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Leora Johnson and Salimah Khoja, Editors-in-Chief

Volume 27.1 (download PDF)

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Adjusting the Focus: Addressing Privacy Concerns Raised by Police Body-Camera Footage

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Dalton Primeaux

Volume 27.1 (download PDF)

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Many public safety advocates have called for the use of police body cameras to document the interactions between officers and the public. In light of the documented incidents of police violence and misconduct, some advocates and policy experts have urged law enforcement to use body cameras to discourage future wrongdoing and create a record of when such incidents do happen. In some states, body camera footage is considered public record and can be obtained upon request. Most policies concerning requests for the release of body camera footage require the chief of police to grant permission for sharing the video with parties outside of the police department, but there is little guidance regarding if and when distribution should be allowed. As a result, victims are at risk of complete exposure during incredibly vulnerable moments in their lives. Protecting the privacy of victims and others captured in footage is one concern undergirding resistance to expanding such programs.

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Compensatory Preliminary Damages: Access to Justice as Corrective Justice

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Sayid R. Bnefsi

Volume 27.1 (download PDF)

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The access to justice movement broadly concerns people’s ability to resolve legally actionable problems. To the extent that individuals seek resolution through civil litigation, they can be disadvantaged by their unmet need for legal services, particularly in high-stakes cases and complicated areas of law. In part, this is because legal services and litigation are cost-prohibitive, especially for indigent plaintiffs. As a result, these individuals are priced out of litigation and, by extension, unable to use law to seek justice.

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