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LRPLSA
Las Raíces Pre-Law Student Association
formerly La Raza Pre-Law Student Association
at University of California, Davis
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Mar 12, 20233 min read
Free speech or not? Turning Point USA
Recently a widespread of tweets, media posts, and discussions have circulated around the shocking news concerning Charlie Kirk, the...
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Feb 12, 20233 min read
Say His Name: Tyre Deandre Nichols
Tyre Deandre Nichols was a 29-year-old Black man. Nichols was borned and raised in Sacramento, California. In the year 2020, he moved to...
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Jan 16, 20231 min read
Welcome/ Welcome Back!
La Raza Pre-Law Student Association wishes you all a Happy New Year! We hope this year is full of love, joy, and prosperity! Manifesting...
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Dec 6, 20222 min read
School's out? UAW Student Worker Strike
Written by Sianna Vega, a UC Davis student and general member of La Raza Pre-Law Student Association The fierce cheering and social force...
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Nov 11, 20223 min read
DACA Final Ruling Update
Back in June 2012, during the Obama administration, an executive order was signed creating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals...
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Sep 30, 20222 min read
Welcome to La Raza Pre-Law Student Association!
Welcome incoming and returning Aggies to La Raza Pre-Law Student Association! This is the Political Chair speaking! My name is Brenda...
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Jan 24, 20224 min read
Thoughts on the 1917 Espionage Act and why it should be repealed
Credit: gvshp.org By Brandon Blanco The 1917 Espionage Act was passed by Congress and signed by President Woodrow Wilson on June 15th,...
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Jan 6, 20226 min read
Updates on Steven Donziger case
By Brandon Blanco (Political Chair) In December of last year, Human Rights attorney Steven Donziger was released from federal prison in...
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Oct 1, 20214 min read
Updates on Julian Assange’s investigation and thoughts about the situation
By Brandon Blanco - Political Chair. A disturbing and a bombshell Yahoo News article released on September 26th details how CIA officials...
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May 29, 20212 min read
5/29 - Predictive Policing
Introduction This week has been a year since the murder of George Floyd in May 2020 and I want to get into how has the justice system not...
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May 15, 20213 min read
5/15 - Qualified Immunity
Introduction Weeks ago, on April the 20th, Derek Chauvin was found guilty of all three charges for the murder of George Floyd in June...
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Apr 24, 20212 min read
4/24 - Should Protest be criminalized:
Background: This week, Florida’s Republican governor Ron Desantis signed a law HB 1, which calls the “strongest anti-rioting in the...
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Apr 16, 20213 min read
4/16 - Reforms of the Supreme Court
Introduction: Last week, Joe Biden signed an executive order to create a bipartisan commission on whether the supreme court can be...
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Apr 9, 20213 min read
4/9 - Should the Homeless be subject to criminalization?
Source: KABC 7 Los Angeles Introduction: Last week in the City of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) cracked down on...
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Mar 19, 20213 min read
3/19 - Should Rap Music be Censored?
Introduction: This week, Cardi-B and Megan Thee Stallion performed in the annual Grammy Awards with the WAP song (I won't spell it out...
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Mar 5, 20214 min read
3/5 - Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee
Background: In 2016, the Democratic National Committee or DNC sued Arizona over the Arizona election laws dealing with both the...
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Feb 26, 20213 min read
2/26 - Department of Homeland Security v. New York
Facts of the case: Recently this week, the U.S. supreme court has started to hear arguments of an immigration case regarding the issue of...
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Feb 17, 20214 min read
2/17 - Campaign Finance laws
Background: In January of 2008, a conservative non-profit corporation, Citizens United, released a documentary that depicted how Hillary...
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Jan 29, 20213 min read
1/29 - Libel in today's era
Introduction: This week on Monday the 25th, former Trump lawyer and ex-mayor of New York City Rudy Giuliani is being sued by the Dominion...
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Jan 15, 20213 min read
1/15 - Legality of Voter ID
Introduction As the U.S. elections are now officially over, we begin to look back on how voting has become politicized. We as Americans...
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