Discussion of Congress’ handling of the estate tax lapse and the possible effects of both inaction and any future action.

Written by Stephen Robbins
Edited by Daniel Kwak
Researched by Stephen Robbins and Brady Iandiorio
Managing Editor: Jennifer Hill
Americans have donated more than one billion dollars to relief efforts in Haiti since the January 12th earthquake, with even more pouring in from around the world.
Roslyn Hees from Transparency International has called this sudden influx of money “a perfect [...]

This is Part I of a two-part focus on Haiti. In Part I, Stephen Robbins discusses issues from the state of affairs in Haiti before the earthquake on January 12, 2010, to international and domestic reform, to U.S. – Haiti relations, and finishes by discussing the foundation that needs to be laid for a “fresh start” to be realized. Part II will be posted on theLegality.com next week.

Written By: Daniel Kwak
Research By: Jesus Miguel Palomares
Edited By: Ben Albers
Managing Editor: Kirk Strohman
Despite the amount of behind-the-back trash-talking and whispered secrets passed along in e-mails between friends, we feel at ease because our electronic correspondence is secure, right? While most take solace in the fact that their e-mail accounts can only be accessed with [...]

Written by:  Adam Gottlieb
Researched by:  Daniel Kwak
Edited by:  Eric Blaine
Managing Editor:  Mary Anne Nash
America is losing the war on drugs.  Over the past 40 years, the United States Government

has spent more than $2.5 trillion dollars fighting the “war on drugs” yet the number of drug users in the United States has risen to a [...]

Written by: Daniel Kwak
Researched by: Adam Gottlieb
Edited by: Kirk Strohman
Managing Editor: Lauren E. Trent
The threat of piracy has been around as long as ships have been carrying goods across water. Recent events on the high seas show that the days of dramatic attacks and heroic rescues live on today, sans eye-patches and wooden legs. Earlier [...]

Written by: Tracy Frazier
Researched by: Daniel Kwak
Edited by: Casey King
Managing Editor: Lauren E. Trent
The internet is the Wild West of free-flowing information-few rules apply and everyone is trying to stake their claim. To many, the internet is the quintessence of free speech and the First Amendment. Others worry that this free expression-shielded by user names [...]

Written by: Kirk Strohman
Researched by: Casey E. Sanders
Edited by: Daniel Kwak
Managing Editor: Mary Anne Nash
Executive orders can be as socially important as integrating the armed forces or simply a means of calming public anxiety in the face of the “Y2K problem.” They can be effective tools to block financing to terrorist organizations or authorize controversial [...]

Written by: Edward S. Bushnell
Researched by: Daniel Kwak and John Deininger
Edited by: Casey E. Sanders
Managing Editor: Mary Anne Nash
There are some legal jobs where you just have to get your hands dirty. Criminal defense attorney Robert Simels may have such a job – he’s known for defending high-profile alleged criminals, [...]

Written by: Nick Caleb
Researched by: Casey E. Sanders
Edited by: Stefanie Herrington, Daniel Kwak, and Eric Blaine
Managing Editor: Amy E. Seely
ATTENTION:  The final buzzer may have just sounded on the Wall Street Era.
The global marketplace is in the midst of a serious financial crisis of which the effects are in no way limited to American International [...]

THE LEGALITY ONLINE LAW JOURNAL

Fall 2009 Editorial Board

Editor-In-Chief

Brady Iandiorio

Managing Editors

Articles Editor

Mary Anne Nash

Matthew A. Schroettnig*

Kirk Strohman

Jennifer Hill**

Contributing Editors

Benjamin Albers**
Amanda Husted**
Stephen Robbins**

Eric Blaine
Daniel Kwak
Casey E. Sanders

Moorisha Bey-Taylor**
Jesus Miguel Palomares**
Adam Shelton**

Tracy Frazier

* Indicates a Co-founding member of the Legality.
** Indicates a new member of the Legality.

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