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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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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...
La Raza Pre-Law Student Association
Mar 12, 20233 min read
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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...
La Raza Pre-Law Student Association
Feb 12, 20233 min read
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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...
La Raza Pre-Law Student Association
Jan 16, 20231 min read
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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...
La Raza Pre-Law Student Association
Dec 6, 20222 min read
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DACA Final Ruling Update
Back in June 2012, during the Obama administration, an executive order was signed creating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals...
La Raza Pre-Law Student Association
Nov 11, 20223 min read
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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...
La Raza Pre-Law Student Association
Sep 30, 20222 min read
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Thoughts on the 1917 Espionage Act and why it should be repealed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,...
La Raza Pre-Law Student Association
Jan 24, 20224 min read
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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...
La Raza Pre-Law Student Association
Jan 6, 20226 min read
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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...
La Raza Pre-Law Student Association
Oct 1, 20214 min read
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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...
La Raza Pre-Law Student Association
May 29, 20212 min read
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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...
La Raza Pre-Law Student Association
May 15, 20213 min read
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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...
La Raza Pre-Law Student Association
Apr 24, 20212 min read
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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...
La Raza Pre-Law Student Association
Apr 16, 20213 min read
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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...
La Raza Pre-Law Student Association
Apr 9, 20213 min read
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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...
La Raza Pre-Law Student Association
Mar 19, 20213 min read
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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...
La Raza Pre-Law Student Association
Mar 5, 20214 min read
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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...
La Raza Pre-Law Student Association
Feb 26, 20213 min read
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2/17 - Campaign Finance laws
Background: In January of 2008, a conservative non-profit corporation, Citizens United, released a documentary that depicted how Hillary...
La Raza Pre-Law Student Association
Feb 17, 20214 min read
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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...
La Raza Pre-Law Student Association
Jan 29, 20213 min read
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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...
La Raza Pre-Law Student Association
Jan 15, 20213 min read
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