by: Lauren Gailey, Associate Editor On January 24, 2013, Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto announced that she is reconsidering her office’s arguments against same-sex marriage in a case currently before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit “are likely no longer tenable.” Masto, a Democrat, felt […]
by: Lauren Gailey, Associate Editor On January 24, 2013, Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto announced in a statement that her office’s arguments against same-sex marriage in a case currently before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit “are likely no longer tenable,” despite the fact that […]
by: Alexander Hyder, 2L Contributor Last Tuesday, January 28, a group of Northwestern football players petitioned to the National Labor Relations Board seeking approval as a labor union. The move was the latest in a series of events aimed at rectifying the current amateurism rules governing major college sports—an industry […]
by: Kevin Lorello, 2L Contributor Less than a month after the state Supreme Court invalidated significant portions of the Act 13 drilling statute, the Commonwealth Court found another important policy initiative to be unconstitutional in Applewhite v. Commonwealth. In an opinion by Judge Bernard McGinley, the court struck down Act […]
by: Amy Coleman, Staff Writer Not long ago, the argument for the legalization of marijuana was projected only on the fringe of professionals. A young lawyer could not openly discuss such matters without fear of the potential characterization a senior partner might find in his or her a pro-legalization argument. […]
by: Judy Hale Reed, Staff Writer The first two posts of this series laid out the problem of human trafficking in general and in Pennsylvania, and then explored Pennsylvania laws. This post will focus on what we can all do to help stop human trafficking, or modern slavery, looking in-turn […]
by: Brittany Kriebel, Staff Writer While many of us were ringing in the New Year with our loved ones, infant Olivia Coats’ parents made the difficult decision to take her off life support, saying their goodbyes to her for the last time at a hospital in Houston, Texas. On December […]
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by: Justin Norris, Staff Writer Background Carol Anne Bond, a microbiologist from Lansdale, Pennsylvania, was excited when she learned that her friend, Myrlinda Haynes, was pregnant. That is, until she discovered that Haynes slept with her husband, Clifford Bond, and was having his child. (a) Her pleasure turned to revenge. […]
by: Meghan Collins, Graphic Designer “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance…”[1] Title IX has been a monumental force for […]
