Criminal Law—Innocent Third Parties Deserve Greater Fourth Amendment Protections Than Criminal Suspects and Defendants—Commonwealth v. Draheim, 849 N.E.2d 823 (Mass. 2006)

Jun 7, 2013 | Case Comments, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 41

Advances in science have revolutionized crime detection, indelibly affecting Fourth Amendment jurisprudence. Forensic identification techniques are continually refined, and accordingly, the concomitant constitutional considerations continue to grow.  As technological...

Puzzling Logic: The Constitutionality of Congress’s “Logic Puzzle” E-Mail Filters

May 26, 2008 | Notes, Number 4, Print Edition, Volume 41

Anyone with a Hotmail or Yahoo account is well acquainted with the inconvenience and irritation of e-mail inboxes brimming with unwanted offers of opportunities to earn thousands while working from the comfort of home, ways to improve sexual stamina, or miracle...

In the Cause of Union Democracy

May 26, 2008 | Lead Articles, Number 4, Print Edition, Volume 41

Symposium—The Employment and Labor Law Professor as Public Intellectual: Sharing Our Work with the World It is an honor to be a part of this symposium, but I have to admit that I am a little embarrassed by its title.  I have certainly never thought of myself as a...

Immigration Law—Withholding Automatic Asylum for Spouses or Partners of Victims of China’s Coercive Family-Planning Policies—Shi Liang Lin v. U.S. Dep’t of Justice, 494 F.3d 296 (2d Cir. 2007)

May 26, 2008 | Case Comments, Number 4, Print Edition, Volume 41

Section 601(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigration Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA) amended the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) definition of “refugee” to include victims of coercive family-planning policies.  In the 1997 decision In re C-Y-Z-,...

Constitutional Law—Spectator Attending Athletic Event Voluntarily Consents Under Fourth Amendment to Pat-Down Search at Stadium Entrance—Johnston v. Tampa Sports Authority, 490 F.3d 820 (11th Cir. 2007)

May 26, 2008 | Case Comments, Number 4, Print Edition, Volume 41

The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government.  The Fourth Amendment states, “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable...

A Theory of Adjudication: Law as Magic

May 26, 2008 | Lead Articles, Number 4, Print Edition, Volume 41

At least since the Legal Realists’ early twentieth-century critique, legal theorists have struggled to understand the relationship between law and reason.  Other disciplines can help with that project.  The longstanding trend toward economic analysis is one...