Jul 3, 2007 | Notes, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 40
A conflict exists between the goals of the Massachusetts special education program and the requirements of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS). The special education program in Massachusetts ensures that school systems identify and address the...
Dec 14, 2006 | Lead Articles, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 40
The most stunning and successful experiment in direct popular sovereignty in all history is the American jury. Properly constrained by its duty to follow the law, the requirement of jury unanimity, and evidentiary rules, the American jury has served the republic well...
Dec 6, 2006 | Notes, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 40
On January 31, 1994, Edward Borrero, age fifteen, and Terrance Robinson, age sixteen, attempted to rob an American Mail Box Etc. store in Silver Spring, Maryland. When a neighboring store owner intervened, Borrero shot and killed him and injured the American Mail Box...
Dec 6, 2006 | Lead Articles, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 40
Congress has made patent law pursuant to the constitutional power to promote the progress of science by securing, for a limited time to inventors, the exclusive right to their discoveries. Antitrust laws, however, ensure that a free economy best promotes the public...
Dec 6, 2006 | Lead Articles, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 40
The sentiments embodied in the above statements, unfortunately, represent the everyday reality in some criminal specialty and treatment courts across the country. Over the past ten to fifteen years, many judges, court officials, legislators, academics, and other...
Dec 6, 2006 | Notes, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 40
On any given evening, new reports warn Americans and the World of a spectrum of potential natural and man-made disasters which, if realized, could result in widespread devastation. These threats include a bioterrorist attack, an outbreak of an avian flu pandemic, or...