Criminal Liability for Internet Culprits: The Need for Updated State Laws Covering the Full Spectrum of Cyber Victimization
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Veterans At the Gates: Exploring the New GI Bill and Its Transformative Possibilities
The Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 (“Act”)—popularly referred to as the “GI Bill for the 21st century”—restores veterans’ educational benefits to the generous level of the famed post-World War II GI Bill. The original bill has been widely assessed as among the most culturally transformative pieces of legislation of the twentieth century. [...]
Criminal Relationships: Vertical and Horizontal Relatedness in Criminal RICO
The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) has been an immensely successful federal law in the fight against crime in the United States. The most extensively used provision of that act is 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c). The text of § 1962(c) reads: “It shall be unlawful for any person employed by or associated with [...]
Preemption and Removal: Watson Shuts the Federal Officer Backdoor to the Federal Courthouse, Conceals Familiar Motive
A group of plaintiffs sues a large national corporation in state court for violating state law. The corporate defendant responds that even if it did violate state law, it is not liable because federal law or a relevant federal regulatory agency authorized or directed the allegedly illegal conduct. But before arguing that the supremacy of [...]
Abstinence Only Education Fails African American Youth
Studies consistently reveal that approximately half of all adolescents engage in sexual intercourse before graduating high school, and many legal scholars have analyzed the correlation between youths’ sexual activity and abstinence-only sex education. Studies also consistently reveal that the percentage of Black American adolescents engaging in sexual intercourse substantially exceeds that of their White American [...]
