March 2024

Safeguarding Your DNA: Senate Legislation Seeks to Tackle Bio-Security of Genetic Data, but not federal use?

By The American Contemporary The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs has recently released a statement on a new bipartisan effort to protect sensitive genetic data from being used, stolen, or exploited by foreign entities. The proposed legislation, which passed the committee on March 6th 2024, would ban bio-technology companies from operating in …

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Proposed Voting Laws: A Safeguard for the Republic or Federal Control of Votes?

By The American Contemporary The Senate Judiciary Committee has recently released a proposed bill tackling voting accessibility and regulation of voting procedure. The bill, entitled “The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2024” is largely reactionary to the Supreme Court Ruling in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee which was adjudicated in 2021, and …

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