Written by: Jesus Miguel Palomares
Researched by: Moorisha Bey-Taylor
Edited by: Matthew Schroettnig
Managing Editor: Kirk Strohman
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.” – Second Amendment, U.S. Constitution
There are few issues in America today as polarizing as firearms, [...]
Written By: Jennifer Hill
Research By: Casey E. Sanders
Edited By: Stephen Robbins
Managing Editor: Kirk Strohman
Chances are, you are one of the 100+ million people who watched Super Bowl XLIV on Sunday. To say it was big is an understatement – it was a day of record breaking. Along with being the most-watched television program since the [...]
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 [...]
Each week we select a legal term or phrase that’s commonly misunderstood, interesting, or that gives a fancy name to a simple idea. This week’s word is the latter.
Written by: Kirk Strohman
How many times have you attended a sporting event and heard the fans launch verbal assaults on the referee for errant calls? If [...]
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: Brady Iandiorio
Researched by: Tracy Frazier and Steve Glista
Edited by: Jay D. Hall
Managing Editor: Kirk Strohman
Internet piracy doesn’t have the pedigree of the swashbucklers of old nor does it have the grimness of present day pirates. And soon it may lose one of its largest purveyors. The Pirate Bay is a website that has [...]
Only one state has officially codified net neutrality and the FCC has only recently weighed in on the issue. Inherent to this argument is a discussion on whether the internet can be regulated at all-by telecom companies or the government. The battle over net neutrality raises other fundamental questions, such as: Has equal access to the internet become a fundamental right? Do telecom companies have a duty to provide equal access over an infrastructure massively invested in and from which a profit should be expected?
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: Amy E. Seely
Researched by: Kirk Strohman and Dean Micknal
Edited by: Nick Caleb and Tracy Frazier
Managing Editor: Lauren E. Trent
Each October in the United States, grocery stores beef up their candy displays, and thrill-seekers go searching for the scariest movie, creepiest haunted house, or spookiest ghost story. Indeed, horror movies about the Devil and [...]
Written by: Eric Wasik
Researched by: Edward S. Bushnell and Kirk Strohman
Edited by: Peter Fehrs and Casey King
Managing Editor: Lauren E. Trent
Every four years an invisible, omnipresent visitor arrives. You cannot escape it. It interrupts your peace as you are watching television in your living room. When you drive to work, it follows you. It [...]
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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