by JOLT | Dec 30, 2021 | Blog Posts
By Alyssa Thompson Introduction Since 1997, select states have been collecting DNA samples from particular arrestees.[1] Between 2006 and 2011, twenty-three states passed legislation authorizing this practice.[2] As of 2013, thirty states and the federal...
by JOLT | Dec 28, 2021 | Blog Posts
By Nate Gilmore The Fourth Amendment reads in part that “[t]he right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated. . . .”[1] This has been the bedrock of privacy protection...
by JOLT | Dec 23, 2021 | Blog Posts
By Troy Fowler It seems like every day we see another public figure elect to take some or all of their compensation in Bitcoin. I consider their incentive for doing so, and how such compensation is treated from an income tax standpoint. Bitcoin is Insulated...
by JOLT | Dec 21, 2021 | Blog Posts
By Ben L. Culpepper After January 6, 2020, big tech took unprecedented measures to prevent the spread of misinformation on their platforms.[1] These measures included banning then-president Trump from using their websites, along with Amazon entirely dispensing...
by JOLT | Dec 16, 2021 | Blog Posts
By Walker Upchurch The United States is embroiled in an opioid crisis, and throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, it has only gotten worse. According to the Center for Disease Control, during a 12-month long study, the provisional data showed that during COVID,...
by JOLT | Dec 14, 2021 | Blog Posts
By Drew Apperson On June 14, 2021, the Commonwealth of Virginia’s State Corporation Commission (“SCC”) approved Phase IB of Dominion Energy’s (also known as Virginia Electric and Power Company, or VEPCO) plan for electric distribution grid transformation...
