Many people are now thinking twice before tossing their old MetroCards. In May of 2013, the New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) enacted a…
About 36 lives in the United States might be saved in the upcoming year because of a critical drug shortage. Saved. That is because the…
On August 24, 2012, a San Francisco jury, after just two and a half days of deliberation, settled the widely debated Apple v. Samsung lawsuit…
We all look at magazines thinking, “I bet she doesn’t even look like that in real life.” We criticize magazines for distorting our perception of…
On October 9, 2012, Malala Yousafzai, an educational activist, was shot by a member of the Taliban for attending school in Pakistan’s rural Swat Valley….
It is often said that the wheels of justice turn slowly, but when the federal government shut down on October 1, 2013, were they ever…
A Brief Look into the Development of Water Law in India from a Rights-Based Perspective On July 28, 2010, the United Nations General Assembly passed…
Interpreting Fisher vs. University of Texas at Austin After Abigail Fisher was denied acceptance to the University of Texas at Austin, she sued, leading the…
With the United States v Bradley Manning trial underway, the issue of whistleblowers has been once again brought to the legal forefront. Recently, the Obama…
By insisting the NSA’s actions are legal, the Obama administration ignores years of Supreme Court precedent Last week, The Guardian and The Washington Post exposed…
Tackling the DC Circuit Under the Obama Administration On June 4, President Obama announced three nominations to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District…
Matthew L. Myers is President of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. Over the last 25 years, Mr. Myers has participated in virtually every major United…