Jan 17, 2012 | Notes, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 45
Article XVII of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights guarantees a right to keep and bear arms for the common defense. The Supreme Judicial Court (SJC)—Massachusetts’s highest court—has interpreted article XVII as preserving a right to keep and bear arms in...
Jan 17, 2012 | Notes, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 45
Approximately eighty-two years after Justice Brandeis’s dissent in Olmstead v. United States, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the warrantless placement of a global positioning system (GPS) on a criminal suspect’s vehicle did not...
Jan 17, 2012 | Notes, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 45
Since the emergence of “modern” medicine in America at the turn of the twentieth century, political debate has raged over reforming and expanding access to the healthcare system. While the movement enjoyed limited victories over the years, the Patient Protection and...
Jan 14, 2012 | Notes, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 45
In August 2010, Deadspin.com, a sports and entertainment website, published leaked financial records for a number of Major League Baseball (MLB) clubs, including the Pittsburgh Pirates, Florida Marlins, Tampa Bay Rays, and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. According to...
Jan 14, 2012 | Notes, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 45
Residents of the states bordering the Gulf of Mexico have more in common with their part of the sea than only salt content. Affecting the well-being of Gulf residents, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill was the largest in United States history, and efforts to respond to...
