Jan 30, 2020 | 2019-2020, Blogs
States first started enacting laws requiring personal registration of voters in the late nineteenth century. Since 1993, Massachusetts law requires that an individual voting in any election must register to vote twenty days prior to the day of the election. At the...
Jan 30, 2020 | 2019-2020, Blogs
In 1973, the Supreme Court recognized that the right of privacy inherent in the Fourteenth Amendment’s guarantee of due process encompasses a woman’s right to choose to have an abortion. Since then, states have continually attempted to infringe upon women’s...
Jan 30, 2020 | 2019-2020, Blogs
We have all heard the expression “in the wrong place at the wrong time” at some point in our lives. The phrase can mean something as minor as getting stuck in a terrible traffic jam or something as life-altering as being suspected of a serious crime. Thankfully, the...
Jan 30, 2020 | 2019-2020, Blogs
The reckless use of Twitter by certain C-Suite corporate executives has not only put those executives at the mercy of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), but has exposed their companies to corporate liability as well. Look no further than the Elon Musk saga....
Jan 22, 2020 | 2019-2020, Blogs
The Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment prevents a state from executing a prisoner who is incompetent. The Supreme Court in Madison v. Alabama, a recent 5-3 decision written by Justice Kagan, held that total amnesia of a crime does not, by...
Jan 21, 2020 | 2019-2020, Blogs
Historically, the Fourth Amendment has struggled to balance the rights of individuals to live a private life free from government intrusion with the government’s interest in maintaining a safe, crime-free society. Balancing these interests is largely dependent upon...
