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MOVING 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”…
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…
Read MoreKEEPING THE “BENEFIT” IN BENEFIT CORPORATIONS:
How and Why New York State Should Continue to Foster and Develop Benefit Corporation Legislation
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreDelivering 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...
Read MoreTime 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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