Photo provided courtesy of the Office of Duquesne University President Ken Gormley By Margaret Potter, Feature Editor The year 2020 has been marked by tremendous loss, and the highest court in our land has been no exception. On September 18, 2020 Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman to […]
The Notorious RBG’s Majority Opinion–Opera is Supreme By: Annie J. Rago, 3E Not only has the United States Supreme Court lost one of the most influential justices of our time; so, too, has the opera world lost an ardent supporter. From the very young age of 11, Justice Ginsberg […]
Photo provided courtesy of Unsplash.com By Sarah Jane Morrison, Staff Writer Recently, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg called for a “start over” attempt to pass the Equal Rights Amendment (“ERA”). [1] The proposed text of the ERA is as follows: “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied […]
By: Brandon Schall, Staff Writer Currently, 30 states have capital punishment laws for certain crimes.[1] In recent years, four state legislatures, have abolished their death penalty and replaced it with life imprisonment, those states include, New Mexico (2009), Illinois (2011), Connecticut (2012), and Maryland (2013).[2] Additionally, Nebraska’s legislature abolished […]
