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...addition, the consequences of such a ruling will be felt disproportionately along the socioeconomic spectrum, as socioeconomically disadvantaged citizens are more likely to be harassed by police officers. Racial minorities will likely suffer from increased mistreatment too. Bearing in mind that these vulnerable groups often lack adequate legal defense and counsel, this ruling will cause many injustices...
When citizens of Massachusetts voted yes in November to Question 2, the “Sensible Marijuana Policy Initiative,” many of them thought that they were voting to legalize marijuana. Because marijuana is illegal under federal, not state law, this would be impossible—states can only choose how they punish use of the drug, not whether or not it is illegal. The new law, which was inserted into The General Laws of Massachusetts, chapter 94C, section 32L, actually reads, “possession of one ounce or less of marihuana shall only be a civil...
...actually hurting our state. Double bunking is exactly the sort of short term solution that will sustain the problem of mass incarceration. As long as we keep building more prisons, hiring more correctional officers, and cramming more inmates in cells built for one, we condone a flawed and unjust legal system. Politicians seem to think it is working, when all the evidence, from the inner city to within the prisons themselves, points to the contrary. But why is this specific policy is so harmful? In addition to being symptomatic of our government’s complicity...
...gray area between copyright and trademark is just one of many in the complex field of international intellectual-property law, which is currently grabbing public, not to mention legal, attention as many of the icons of the 20th century - from cartoon characters to rock 'n' roll artists - lose copyright protection in Europe. The issue generating the most publicity is Europe's briefer copyright period - record labels and publishing houses argue that it degrades copyright protection in the U.S. by allowing cheap and illegal European CDs and Internet downloads into the American market...
...Even in the Lewinsky case, Holder appeared to reverse course and seemed determined to blunt the investigation he had unleashed, lending DOJ's legal support to a dubious privilege claimed by the Secret Service to keep its agents from testifying...