Whose Baby is It Anyway?

Whose Baby is It Anyway?

Adoption cases in the United States have always been relatively complex and often muddled in jurisdictional debates. On June 25, 2013, the Supreme Court ended…

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Green or Just Greedy?

Green or Just Greedy?

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…

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Die Another Day

Die Another Day

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…

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Tech Patents: Rotten to the Core

Tech Patents: Rotten to the Core

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…

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How Skinny is Too Skinny?

How Skinny is Too Skinny?

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…

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Educating Girls in Pakistan

Educating Girls in Pakistan

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….

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Shutting Down Justice

Shutting Down Justice

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…

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Save the Children

Indian Water Law

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…

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Dave Wilson

Affirmative Action Continues Under Scrutiny

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…

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A Long Struggle for Whistleblower Protection

A Long Struggle for Whistleblower Protection

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…

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The Precedent on PRISM

The Precedent on PRISM

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…

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Refuting the Smears

Refuting the Smears

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…

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