The near absolute enforcement of forum selection clauses and choice-of-law clauses in ticket agreements by America’s high courts creates a loophole for cruise lines to deny proper compensation to injured passengers. By binding passengers to bring suit in foreign courts, many of which limit the damages cruise lines are obligated to pay those injured due […]
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PRE-LAW or Wrongfully Convicted? Why the Michigan Innocence Clinic May Be For You
The Michigan Innocence Clinic program is an organization that works to exonerate individuals who are wrongfully convicted of crimes. Additionally, the Innocence Clinic advocates for criminal justice reforms to prevent wrongful convictions in the future. Since the clinic does not use DNA evidence to absolve convicts, it takes on a more personal, yet objective approach […]
Disabled Americans Fight for Justice in Vending Machine Court Case
Disabled Americans are fighting for justice in Magee v. Coca-Cola Refreshments USA, Inc., a Fifth Circuit decision that has been appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1990, Congress, in the name of justice, passed the “Americans with Disabilities Act” (ADA), a labor law that prohibits unjustified discrimination based on an individual’s disability. Twenty-five years […]
“Sex Offenders” and the 1st Amendment: Can Legislation Keep Sex Offenders Off Social Media?
Sex offenders are arguing that the First Amendment shields them from being blocked from social media websites that children utilize. The Supreme Court will soon rule on whether the First Amendment, in fact, does this.
The American Jury: A Smoked-Filled Room For Racists To Hide In
Is it constitutional to prohibit evidence that may prove that a juror is racist? The Supreme Court of the United States is set to hear Peña-Rodriguez v. Colorado, which is about whether a no-impeachment rule constitutionally may bar evidence of racial bias offered to prove a violation of the Sixth Amendment right to an impartial jury. […]