Braun v. Wal-Mart – Pennsylvania Supreme Court Case
Braun v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Appeal Ruling in Wal-Mart A recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling is leaving former Wal-Mart employees with reason to celebrate. The Court recently upheld the lower courts ruling in favor of the former employees in Braun v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. The appeal primarily hinged on whether the trial court used […]
Brittany Maynard Right to Die
Brittany Maynard Right to Die While much of the country has spent time debating the moral implications of a fetuss right to be born, California lawmakers have begun the discussion regarding an adults right to die. This discussion gained national attention when a 29-year-old woman in Oregon declared that she would be participating in Oregons […]
Larry Swearingen Appeals Texas Death Row Sentence
Appeal by Death Row Inmate Larry Swearingen On December 8, 1998 Melissa Trotter was seen leaving Montgomery College. She was not seen again until January 2, 1999 when her body was discovered in the Sam Houston National Forest by hunters. On July 11, 2000, a Montgomery County jury sentenced a man named Larry Swearingen to death […]
Jackson State University Dr. Vivian Fuller Accused of sexual harassment
Jackson State University Dr. Vivian Fuller Accused of sexual harassment Jackson State University, located in sunny Alabama, has faced a different type of heat recently, this time in the courtroom. The Jackson State Director of Athletics, Dr. Vivian Fuller, has been accused of sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment. To date there have […]
Texas Abortion Appeal Reaches Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal
Appeal Arguments on Abortion Once again, Texas abortion clinics have found themselves in the courtroom. And as before, they are fighting a battle just to keep their doors open. In fact, this time critics claim that the most recent legislative initiative would close at least half of the Lone Star States abortion clinics. The new […]
Omegle & Julissa Romero
Omegle & Julissa Romero In response to highly publicized child abductions, the United States Congress passed the Missing Childrens Assistance Act in 1984. From this Act the National Resource Center and Clearinghouse on Missing & Exploited Children was formed to use the federal governments tracking resources to locate such children. This Clearinghouse is a resource […]
Officer Under Investigation – Nathanial Robinson
Nathanial Robinson: Officer Under Investigation To Serve and Protect In light of recent highly publicized police shootings of civilians, United States police forces have faced an extremely heightened sense of scrutiny. From Missouri to Ohio and New York to Arizona, police officers, acting in the name of law enforcement, have been the cause of civilian deaths […]
Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability Documentation
Non-Reporting By The Numbers The United States Congress enacted a piece of legislation in 2000 titled The Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability Documentation (TREAD). The law came out of the Firestone tire and Ford Explorer era during which many Americans were seriously injured or killed as a result of poorly fitted tires. The purpose was to […]
Clint Lorance Sentenced to a 20-year period of imprisonment for his conduct during deployment in Afghanistan
Clint Lorance: All is Not Fair in Love & War In August of 2013 a soldier named Clint Lorance was sentenced to a 20-year period of imprisonment for his conduct during deployment in Afghanistan. Lorance had enlisted in the military right after high school serving as a military police soldier in Iraq, South Korea, Georgia, […]
Mallorie’s Law in Texas
Mallorie’s: New Year, New Laws January 1st is often the magic date when last years bills become this years laws. The tiresome work of the 2014 Texas legislators will now become the rules under which 2015 Texas residents conduct themselves. Sometimes these laws are underpublicized, leaving the public unaware of the new codes of conduct. […]
