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The Politics of Justice: Revisiting Brady
In 1963, a team of Maryland prosecutors failed to disclose an admission by homicide defendant Donald Boblit, setting in motion a case...
Mandatory Arbitration and the Growing Power of Corporations
The Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) was created by Congress in 1925 in order to validate the enforceability of arbitration agreements....
Click Here to Divorce: Online Dispute Resolution for Family Disputes?
Despite this rapidly changing age of technology, the legal system still remains inefficient, expensive, and bureaucratic, presenting...
Pepper v. Apple Inc. The Decision That Could Change Apple Forever
On Monday, June 18th, 2018, the United States Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal of Pepper v. Apple Incorporated, an intricate case...
Standardizing Marijuana Metrics: Challenging Law Enforcement’s System of Perfunctory Oversight
Current marijuana impairment metrics are not only questionable because they reveal shortcomings within modern jurisprudence, but also...
Shelby County v. Holder: Implications of a Weakened Voting Rights Act
African Americans’ right to vote under the Fifteenth Amendment was reaffirmed with the establishment of the far-reaching Voting Rights...
Labor Rights in the 21st Century: Classifying Gig Economy Workers Under U.S. Labor Laws
Over the past decade, companies such as Uber, Grubhub, and TaskRabbit have disrupted pre-existing markets and transformed the dynamics of...
Extending Plyler v. Doe: Undocumented Immigrants and Postsecondary Education
In 1982, the case Plyler v. Doe nullified a Texas statute designed to deny public education to undocumented children. In Plyler, the...
Masterpiece Cakeshop’s Failure to Establish Legal Precedent Allows Discrimination Against the LGBTQI
Masterpiece Cakeshop LTD v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission was a 2012 case from Lakewood, Colorado that pits First Amendment rights to...
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