Kentucky has not yet legalized sports gambling. In early 2020, there was a bill with bipartisan support and enough votes in the General Assembly to pass should it be called to the floor. However, Republican leadership in the Senate refused to call the bill without the support of their caucus. Kentucky’s neighbors have chosen to do so and are experiencing financial rewards, despite the desperate economic context created by a pandemic. It is in the best interest of Kentuckians and Kentucky’s economy to legalize sports betting. It is time for Kentucky to get in the game.

On September 17, 2020, the Kentucky Supreme Court heard oral arguments from attorneys representing Governor Andy Beshear and various Kentucky businesses regarding Beshear’s use of emergency power to combat the spread of COVID-19 in Kentucky. Various challenges have been made to their validity, including Attorney General Daniel Cameron's argument that they violate the nondelegation doctrine...

On October 7, the U.S. Supreme Court held oral arguments for Google v. Oracle, a copyright case that could have massive implications for technology companies. The issues involved are complex, but essentially boil down to whether copyright protection extends to a software interface.

In May of this year, 85,000 Florida felons who dutifully completed their sentences registered to vote, only to find another barrier to reclaiming their right to participate in American democracy. But despite a citizen supermajority voting to amend the state’s constitution and allow felons to regain their right to vote, Amendment 4’s purpose was thwarted when the state legislature passed a bill that arguably instituted a “poll tax”…

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a mother, a wife, a feminist icon, a Supreme Court Justice, and as Chief Justice John Roberts said, “a rockstar,” passed away on September 18, 2020. Through her fight for gender equality, one that began many years before she took her place on the bench of the highest court in the nation, she has left behind a legacy.