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Read MoreFORMERLY INCARCERATED YOUTH: The Unknown Collaterals of The School to Prison Pipeline
True or False?: Every child in the United States, who wishes to attend general public school, is allowed to enroll.
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Read MoreSection 1557 of the Affordable Care Act: How Confusion in Interpretation Can Lead to Unfair Outcomes for Litigants
“[T]he key [point] is the fact that [the Affordable Care Act] is going to eliminate discrimination based on gender and preexisting conditions.”
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Read MoreSt. John’s Law Hosts a Constitution Day Symposium on Religious Freedom
Last week, leading scholars in the fields of law, religion, politics, and ethics came together at St. John’s Law for a Constitution Day symposium on “Religious Freedom Today.”
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Read MoreBurwell v. Hobby Lobby: The Dangers of Protecting First Amendment Rights of Corporations & The Rapid Expansion of “Corporate Personhood”
Imagine Occupy Wall Street protests…
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Read MoreAmerican Society and Gun Control
In recent years, Americans have been murdered in mass shootings at an alarming and increasing rate. While mass shootings are always devastating, regrettably, they are nothing new to Americans. Gun violence actually seems to be an accepted part of American culture.
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Read MoreMOVING THE CHAINS: WHY EMPLOYEE STATUS FOR COLLEGE ATHLETES IS NECESSARY TO ENSURE THEIR PROTECTION
As a group whose efforts generate large amounts of revenue, the “student-athlete”…
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Read MoreA PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS: THE ANTI-REVENGE PORN ACT
Imagine one morning, after you grab your usual iced latte and are waiting for the 7 train to head to work on Madison Avenue, you check your Twitter and decide to peak at your ex-boyfriend’s Twitter account. You unexpectedly find a naked photo of yourself…
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Read MoreKEEPING THE “BENEFIT” IN BENEFIT CORPORATIONS:
How and Why New York State Should Continue to Foster and Develop Benefit Corporation Legislation
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The Most Discriminatory Laws You’ve Never Heard Of
The Supreme Court recently decided in favor of same-sex marriage in the long awaited case of Obergefell v. Hodges. As a supporter of LGBT rights, this decision makes me uneasy. I worry this decision will be seen as the end of the gay rights movement. Mission accomplished, time to go home. The gay rights movement has been…
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Delivering Gideon: Giving Birth to Humane Immigration Laws.
by Makousse Ilboudo “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me: I lift my lamp beside the golden door.” – Emma Lazarus “We don’t detain pregnant women.” That was the initial response of an El Paso, Texas immigration detention center officer back in 2013 when asked about the number of pregnant detainees in immigration detention centers, according to the American...
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Time For A Change: The NFL’s Non-existent Policies on Human Trafficking During the Super Bowl
By: Christina Campolo Human trafficking is the illegal movement of people, typically for the purposes of forced labor or commercial sexual exploitation. For example, imagine a young girl, being kidnapped off the street, drugged by pimps, and sold for sex. Sex trafficking is prevalent around major sporting events like the Super Bowl. In fact, on February 2, 2015, the evening after the Super Bowl, Football Hall of Famer Warren Sapp was arrested in Arizona for allegedly soliciting a prostitute...
Read MoreFull of Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing: Prioritizing Free Speech over Safety in McCullen v. Coakley
by Jacqueline Ahearn On June 27, 2014, abortion clinic protestors stepped victoriously over the brightly painted yellow lines surrounding clinics, shaking signs and pamphlets and approaching all who ventured near. This was the first time since 2000 that protestors could engage patients with impunity, held back only the day before by a buffer zone law which had protected people entering the clinic. Clinics reported higher rates of no-shows that day and in the weeks that followed, and for over...
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VACCI [NATION]: PARENTS CLING TO A “RIGHT” NOT GUARANTEED
by Kayla Hardesty In early 2015 “The Happiest Place On Earth,” felt more like “The Scariest Place On Earth” with at least 117 reported cases of measles being linked to the famous California theme park, Disneyland. These 117 cases spread to at least seven other states as well as two neighboring countries. Measles is a highly contagious air borne disease; after exposure to only one infected person, as many as 90% of unvaccinated individuals can catch the deadly disease....
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Student-Athletes or Athlete-Students?
by Anthony J. Holesworth On September 21, 2013, Northwestern University’s starting quarterback at the time, Kain Colter, wore a wristband with the letters “A.P.U” (All Players United) during a game. This simple act was the seminal event in what has become the highly publicized effort to unionize Northwestern’s scholarship football players. Northwestern quarterback Kain Colter, sporting his A.P.U. wristband For years, many considered it a phenomenal deal to receive a full scholarship to play sports in college. Most high...
Read MoreCongratulations to Christina Piecora, 2015 Recipient of the Justice Harold Birns Award
St. John’s University School of Law’s Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development would like to congratulate Christina Piecora, the 2015 recipient of the Justice Harold Birns Award, given at graduation to the student who publishes the best note in a student journal. This marks the second consecutive year in which a member of JCRED has earned this tremendous honor. Christina’s note, “Targeting the Vulnerable: Prison Sexual Assault – Our Constitutional and Moral to Protect Prisoners From This Cruel...
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