Kelly Hyman’s Blog
Democrats Successfully Introduced Two Articles of Impeachment Against Trump
Less than one hundred days after House Democrats announced a formal impeachment inquiry, Judiciary Committee Chair Jerry Nadler announced on December 10, 2019, that two articles of impeachment will be presented to the Senate. The Senate will determine if President...
Facebook Says It Will Allow Falsified Advertisements
Facebook's announcement in September 2019 that it would allow politicians to lie in ads on its platform ignites more controversy for the social media giant. CEO Mark Zuckerberg has already faced Congress over breaches of privacy. But the company was quick to start...
Big Data Breaches = Big Payouts
No one wants to hear that a company they do business with has suffered a data breach. In the past few years, people around the world have been shocked to hear that major insurance companies and credit bureaus have been able to be breached. The idea that someone has...
Attempts To Oust The Impeachment Whistleblower
Republicans are on a rampage, demanding the whistleblower's name. There are many legal protections that protect the anonymity of whistleblowers in any investigation, but that hasn’t stopped the outcry for the identity of the person who wrote the memo that helped to...
Vaping Under Fire: Former Executive Sues Juul
Juul, one of the world's largest vaping companies, has come under fire repeatedly in 2019 for allegedly marketing their products to underage consumers - and now, a lawsuit filed on the 29th of October alleges that Juul shipped out over a million nicotine cartridges,...
Net Neutrality Laws & Where They Stand
Net neutrality has changed from a technical concept into a politically charged issue. The 2015 net neutrality rules had barred internet providers from blocking or charging internet companies to favor some sites over others. After the 2016 election, President Donald...
Is a Trump Impeachment Imminent?
Depending on where you stand on the political spectrum, the prospect of Donald Trump's impeachment at the hands of Congress may seem either totally imminent or utterly impossible. While Trump's opponents in the Democratic Party view recent revelations about the...
Hong Kong’s Brave New World: China’s Crackdown on Protestors Reaches a Breaking Point
In recent months, protests in Hong Kong regarding the Chinese government's influence over domestic affairs within the region have been anything but calm, but over the past week, tensions between protestors and riot police forces have undoubtedly reached a breaking...
California’s New NCAA Player Laws
For quite some time, there has been an ongoing debate over whether student-athletes participating in collegiate sports should be paid for their efforts. Recent actions by the State of California are taking steps to ensure that student-athletes are finally given some...
The President Can’t Block Twitter Users
The political atmosphere in America seems to grow more tumultuous by the day. The Bill of Rights is an important document in American politics as it establishes the rights of all-American citizens. The very first Amendment is the Freedom of Speech, therefore Trump's...