Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

U.S. Supreme Court adopts first ever code of conduct

U.S. Supreme Court adopts first ever code of conduct

Noah Willoughby, Staff Writer November 21, 2023

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a Code of Conduct to govern themselves on Nov. 13. This is the first Code of Ethics ever implemented on the high court after its justices fell under scrutiny for accepting...

Supreme Court stays under scrutiny

Supreme Court stays under scrutiny

Allana Llabres, Assistant Social Media Manager November 21, 2023

On Monday, Nov. 13, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) announced that a code of conduct was being put into effect. This was in response to increasing criticism regarding perceived ethical...

Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action, UTSA admissions unaffected

Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action, UTSA admissions unaffected

Jessica McLaren, News Editor July 21, 2023

The Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in higher education institutions on June 29, reversing decades of precedent used in admissions processes since 1978.  UTSA President Taylor Eighmy has...

The case of inaccurate convictions

The case of inaccurate convictions

Misty Olawunmi, Staff Writer October 18, 2022

After spending nearly 23 years in prison, Adnan Syed is now a free man. Syed, the subject of the hit podcast “Serial,” was convicted in 2000 for the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee. According to NPR, his...

Overturning fundamental SCOTUS rulings and what this means for the future

Overturning fundamental SCOTUS rulings and what this means for the future

Riley Carroll and Aisla McKay July 6, 2022

When we initially began writing this co-op piece, the majority draft leak intending to overturn the landmark civil rights case Roe v. Wade had just been released. Now that the decision has continued, Roe...

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Why the ad hominem attacks against Amy Coney Barrett don’t preserve RBG’s legacy

Bella Nieto, Assistant News Editor October 20, 2020

The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg ushered in movements of grief and outrage, both because of the loss of an icon for feminism and the Trump administration’s politicization of Ginsburg’s passing....

Public charge rule echoes xenophobia

Public charge rule echoes xenophobia

Ana Lorant, Staff Writer February 4, 2020

The Trump administration is making headway on their aggressive anti-immigration stance after a 5-4 Supreme Court decision, on Monday, Jan. 27, in favor of implementing a new public charge rule that would...

A sign made by a protestor: Confirm Kavanaugh

Young Americans for Freedom protest in front of McKinney Humanities building

Arnulfo Caballero October 10, 2018

‘Confirm Kavanaugh’ UTSA’s chapter of Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) held a protest in front of the McKinney Humanities Building on Oct. 4 to express their views on Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s...

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Kavanaugh Confirmation Catastrophe

Rudy Sanchez October 10, 2018

On Saturday, Oct 6, the United States Senate voted (50-48) to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh as the 114th Supreme Court Justice after an FBI investigation concluded they could not find any sufficient evidence...

Brett Kavanaugh

Critique of the Week: Hon. Brett Kavanaugh

Chase Parsons October 3, 2018

I would hope that nearly everyone at UTSA is aware of what has been going on in American politics in the last few weeks. The most disturbing of these developments has been the political assassination of...

Supreme Court hears same-sex marriage cases

April 2, 2013

Last December, the Supreme Court decided it would include two cases on the 2013 docket that would have major implications on the status of same-sex marriage in the United States. The cases...

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