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Planned Obsolescence: The Supreme Court And Partisan Redistricting, Ethan Schafer
Planned Obsolescence: The Supreme Court And Partisan Redistricting, Ethan Schafer
Honors Projects
Partisan redistricting, more commonly known as gerrymandering, is the act of a political party in power using its majority to draw district maps in such a way that it stays in power or increases its power. The United States Census takes place every ten years as mandated by Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution, when the maps for state and national Congress are redrawn to better allocate representation among the people. Examples of this include the two cases that are discussed in Rucho v Common Cause, the redistricting case from 2019. In this case, both the Democrat-controlled government …
Governing The Internet: The Extraterritorial Effects Of The General Data Protection Regulation, Sasa Jovanovic
Governing The Internet: The Extraterritorial Effects Of The General Data Protection Regulation, Sasa Jovanovic
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The advent of the commercial Internet has introduced novel challenges to global governance because of the transnational nature of shared data flows, creating interdependence that may result in inter-state cooperation or competition. Data protection laws that are designed to ensure citizens’ right to privacy are one of the primary tool used by states to extend control over data flows. The European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (2016) is widely regarded as the strongest data protection law in the world, and therefore may serve as a barrier to the openness of the Internet. The GDPR is both an instance of …