by: Matthew Andersen, 1L Contributor In the wake of President Barack Obama’s re-election victory on Nov. 6, nearly 1 million Americans, from all 50 states, have signed petitions to secede from the United States of America. The ironic part of signing petitions for secession is that it is all being […]
by: Jenna R. Smith, Staff Writer Earlier this year, Justice Elena Kagan, writing for the majority of the United States Supreme Court in Miller v. Alabama, held that mandatory laws requiring lifetime incarceration without the possibility of parole to children convicted of homicide violated the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel […]
Recently a woman in Ohio was caught, first on videotape and then by a police officer, avoiding a school bus’ stop sign by driving onto the sidewalk.[1] She did not want to wait the extra minute for school children to safely get off the bus before continuing on her way. […]
by: Adam Petrun, 3L Contributor The United States Supreme Court is poised this term to evaluate what is arguably the most significant issue facing the Court since its groundbreaking case of National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius handed down this past July. In Fisher v. University of Texas, the […]
by Cara Murphy, Staff Writer If you plan on taking the New York bar examination after January 2015, you will need to do more than learn New York law and prove that you are of moral character; you will need to show that you devoted fifty hours to pro-bono work. […]
by: Michael McGraw, Assoc. Print Editor Any Pennsylvania residents who have made online purchases since the beginning of September may have noticed the ostensibly sudden emergence of a “sales tax.” While many people have considered online purchases “tax-free,” as of September 1, 2012 the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue (“Department of […]
by: Phil Luciano, Staff Writer Those who have ears, let them hear. Those who have bare upper lips, let them be warmed. As many Duquesne Law students may have noticed, the overall style of our humble law school has dramatically increased in the month of November. Small, subtle works of […]
by Mary O’Rourke, Staff Writer On October 31, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral argument on two cases concerning whether a dog sniff is considered a “search” for Fourth Amendment purposes. The Court has ruled on this issue before, and has constantly held that dog sniffs are […]
by Samantha Cavalier, Assoc. Print Editor Colorado and Washington became the first two states in the country to end the prohibition of marijuana with the passage of amendments earlier this week that legalize adult recreational use of the drug. “Voters have spoken and we have to respect their will,” said […]
by Chrissy Giuliano, 3L Contributor Think like a lawyer: The one thing every professor first year said we would learn. When I first heard this phrase during orientation, I had no idea what it meant. As my first year dragged on, I developed a jaded view of the phrase, believing […]
