Phoenix Barker – Dating back to 2017, the Department of Defense (“DoD”) began to undertake steps to keep up with the changing character of war in the age of technology, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. Specifically, one of the steps assumed by the DoD was to expedite the adoption of cloud computing technologies. Patrick Shanahan, […]

Daniel Rico – As the partial government shutdown approaches the three-week mark, much work has grounded to a halt and about 800,000 federal employees are feeling the effects. Because consumer spending makes up nearly 70% of economic activity in the United States, a primary channel in which the shutdown effects Americans is through the withheld […]

Kayla Heckman – In 2012, the United States Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act, also known as “Obamacare,” as a valid exercise of Congress’ taxing power. In this notable 5-4 decision, the majority held that the individual mandate was unconstitutional under the Commerce Clause and under the Necessary and Proper Clause but that it […]

Megan Valent – In his 2019 State of the Union speech, President Trump addressed one of his proudest accomplishments—The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. On December 22, 2017, the most significant overhaul of the U.S. tax code in 30 years was enacted. Among its many changes, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act lowered the corporate […]