Smart on Crime: Raising the Juvenile Justice Age
Last week, Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy proposed raising the juvenile justice age from 17 to 20, and the evidence suggests that...
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Review of Recent SCOTUS Ruling on the False Claims Act
What would you do if your employer acted unethically? Would you let it go or would you say something? Benjamin Carter, a whistleblower...
Ban the Box: A Necessary, Bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform
Last week, President Barack Obama announced that he would take executive action to prohibit federal employers from asking about a job...
Supreme Court to Rule on Race-Based Jury Selection
Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for a case that will determine the integrity of anti-discrimination protections in the...
Pennsylvania Death Penalty Moratorium Controversy
In recent years, the constitutionality of capital punishment in certain states has been a contentious issue. Those in opposition to the...
Impact of Individual State Laws Regarding Undocumented Immigrants
As the battle over immigration and President Obama’s executive action continues, states are increasingly forced to choose sides. States...
The Abercrombie Case: Assumptions v. Direct Knowledge for Religious Accommodations
The Supreme Court heard a case on February 25th about a Muslim teenage girl who was not hired by Abercrombie “because she wears a hijab,”...
Disbarring the Bar?
The Bar Examination, a long-standing comprehensive test to become qualified to practice law, has recently become a hot topic of...
SCOTUS Challenge to Obamacare Round Two- What you need to know about King v. Burwell
Everyone remembers the highly-publicized 2012 challenge to the Affordable Care Act, or "Obamacare," where conservative Chief Justice John...
Does CISA Violate Our Privacy and Civil Liberties?
Senior Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein introduced the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2014 (CISA) for consideration to the...
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