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But See Guiney: Revisiting Mandatory Random Suspicionless Drug Testing of Massachusetts Public-Sector Safety-Sensitive Employees in Light of House Bill 2210

Jun 6, 2011 | Notes, Number 2, Print Edition, Volume 44

Symposium-The Massachusetts Constitution of 1780 On August 29, 2007, a grease fire in West Roxbury killed two members of the Boston Fire Department. According to media reports of the autopsy results, the firefighters were under the influence of alcohol and drugs at...

Gun-Shy Originalism: The Second Amendment’s Original Purpose in District of Columbia v. Heller

Jun 6, 2011 | Notes, Number 2, Print Edition, Volume 44

In District of Columbia v. Heller, the Supreme Court held that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms for self-defense. In doing so, the Court settled the long-debated question of whether the Second Amendment applies outside the...

When Rape Isn’t Like Combat: The Disparity Between Benefits for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder for Combat Veterans and Benefits for Victims of Military Sexual Assault

Jun 6, 2011 | Notes, Number 2, Print Edition, Volume 44

This Note begins by describing the process for seeking benefits as a disabled veteran in the United States. It next examines how PTSD due to sexual assault is subject to a higher level of scrutiny in the benefit application process. The Note then considers the...

Miscarriage of Justice: Appellate Review of Unpreserved Constitutional Objections to the Admission of Evidence in Massachusetts

Jun 6, 2011 | Notes, Number 2, Print Edition, Volume 44

This Note argues that, absent objection at trial, the Massachusetts courts should review admission of objectionable evidence as potential ineffective assistance of counsel, rather than as error under the miscarriage of justice standard. Part II.A discusses the impact...

The EEZ Solution to Striper Management: Why the Federal Government Should Ban the Commercial Harvest of Striped Bass Once and For All

Jun 6, 2011 | Notes, Number 2, Print Edition, Volume 44

The striped bass has long been a symbol of America’s coastal bounty. During his maiden voyage into the Chesapeake Bay in 1608, Captain John Smith observed of the striped bass, “I myself at the turning of the tyde have seen such multitudes that it seemed to me that...