Feb 24, 2013 | Notes, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 46
Under early common law, many states punished assisted suicide as murder. In 1994, however, the Supreme Court of Michigan drew a legal distinction between the concepts of murder and assisted suicide. Despite this distinction, forty-seven states still prohibit...
Feb 24, 2013 | Notes, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 46
The development of digital technology has created a unique set of problems for courts attempting to determine whether certain practices pertaining to search and seizure of digital forensic evidence are violative of the Fourth Amendment. The significant inherent...
Feb 24, 2013 | Notes, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 46
The passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank), signed into law by President Barack Obama on July 21, 2010, was Congress’s response to the 2007 global financial crisis. This crisis was primarily caused by the inflation of...
Feb 24, 2013 | Notes, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 46
In 2010, voters in Oklahoma overwhelmingly approved an amendment to the Oklahoma State Constitution that barred the consideration of “international law or Shari’a Law” in Oklahoma state courts. Before it took effect, a Muslim named Muneer Awad successfully challenged...
Feb 24, 2013 | Notes, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 46
The Supreme Court’s 2011 decision in J. McIntyre Machinery, Ltd. v. Nicastro marked the first time the Court explored personal jurisdiction in a “stream-of-commerce” conflict since its 1987 decision in Asahi Metal Industry Co. v. Superior Court of California. While...