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Louisiana Judge Crams Some Gay Marriage Down Your Throat

by Sam Ritchie

• September 24, 2014

According to opponents of marriage equality for same sex couples, the 40 pro-equality rulings since last year’s landmark Windsor decision are the product of “activist” judges out to cram gay marriage down our collective throats….

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Paws & Laws: The Very Real Link Between Domestic Violence and Pet Abuse

by Stephanie Schroeder

• September 24, 2014

Earlier this month, Jets’ Michael Vick, notorious for his criminal dogfighting operation, publicly stated that he believed Ray Rice deserved a second chance. Turns out, the link between domestic violence and animal abuse is less…

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The Good Wife: Best Black Letter Law Course on TV

by Cindy Hong

• September 23, 2014

It’s back to school season. For law students, this means shopping classes and making tough choices— Admin Law or Federal Income Tax? Eight a.m. lecture Monday and Wednesday, or three-hour Friday seminar? Fortunately, for those…

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Legal Briefs: What’s Happening In the Law?

by Simone Seiver

• September 22, 2014

Looking ahead… Barry Bonds, the disgraced baseball star of doping scandal fame, was convicted in 2011 of obstruction of justice for offering incomplete answers in his testimony before a grand jury. But the conviction may soon be…

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There’s Something Rotten in Newark

by Jess Burnquist

• September 19, 2014

Beginning in May of this year in Newark, New Jersey, the Newark Students Union began to mobilize and stage a series of sit-ins and protests in response to frustrations about their school district and what…

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Australia Versus the U.S.—Who’s Got More Right to Be Racist?

by Katherine Thompson

• September 17, 2014

When I was in the third grade, my teacher bought some goldfish as class pets, and allowed the class to name them through a majority vote. We brainstormed a list of names and then voted…

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Legal Briefs: What’s Happening in the Law?

by Life of the Law

• September 15, 2014

Each week, we bring you updates on the legal world.  Looking ahead… The Ray Rice legal drama has been brewing for a bit now, but it looks like it’s not over yet. Rice and his lawyers…

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Everything You Need to Know About Bitcoin For Now

by Chris Janak

• September 12, 2014

Bitcoin advocate Charlie Shrem’s guilty plea last week to federal charges of aiding and abetting the operation of an unlicensed money transmitting business turned the spotlight back on Bitcoin, the emerging online “currency.” Shrem’s plea was…

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Holding Sports Stars Accountable for Violence Against Women

by Katrin Higher

• September 10, 2014

The beginning of football season also brought with it a focus on domestic violence in the public eye with the indefinite NFL suspension of and Baltimore Ravens player Ray Rice after a video was leaked…

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#WhyIStayed & #WhyILeft

by Olivia Q.

• September 9, 2014

The day my girlfriend and I broke up for the fifth and final time was the day Barack Obama announced that he supported gay marriage. I let out a laugh that was more like a…