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Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act aims to prevent employers from discriminating against an employee based on his or her race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, but not sexual orientation. While the legislative history of Title VII does not clearly indicate that sexual orientation was
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On June 12, 2012, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) notified Lance Armstrong that it had opened a formal action against him for violating anti-doping rules from 1998 through the present. This notification followed the Department of Justice’s decision to drop its federal investigation
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A female teacher from Texas was sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted of having sex with five male students in her home. One encounter involved group sex that was recorded on a cell phone. She was found guilty of sixteen counts of having an inappropriate relationship between a
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As shots rang out in the streets of New York on the morning of August 24, it seemed as though our country’s worst nightmare had returned. Two people were dead and nine were injured after police brought down gunman Jeffrey Johnson in front of the Empire State Building after Johnson had killed
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Nicolaus Mills, Professor of Literature at Sarah Lawrence College, recently wrote an opinion piece for CNN’s focusing on the dangers during baseball games, specifically that players at bat are often hit by incoming pitches. Mills recommended potential rule changes to the game of baseball after
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It is questionable whether the common taxpayer would be comfortable with footing the bill for an inmate’s gender reassignment surgery. Some may not consider this surgery to be medically necessary. Such was not the case when a federal judge in Massachusetts ordered gender reassignment surgery
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Note from the Editors: Recently, the Campbell Law Observer hosted a write-on competition to recruit new staff writers. Each student was to discuss the impact of for-profit law schools on the legal academy and the legal profession. Below, you will find the article that received the
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In June 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Miller v. Alabama that mandatory life-without-parole sentences for juveniles convicted of murder are unconstitutional. Writing for the majority in a 5-4 decision, Justice Kagan explained that imposing such mandatory sentences on adolescents, who tend
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According to the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, competitive cheerleading cannot be considered a varsity sport for purposes of complying with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX). Title IX was enacted to afford men and women equal opportunities in education and sports.
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Note from the Editors: Recently, the Campbell Law Observer hosted a write-on competition to recruit new staff writers. Each student was to discuss the impact of for-profit law schools on the legal academy and the legal profession. Below, you will find the article that received the highest
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Anyone who follows the news, and likely some who do not, is aware that on September 6, 2012, Drew Peterson was found guilty of the first-degree murder of his third wife, Kathleen Savio. Furthermore, you are likely aware of the immense controversy surrounding the trial. If you take a moment to
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The Supreme Court of the United States has wrestled with the reach of the Equal Protection clause since the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment in 1868. Courts across the country have considered the application of the clause to instances of age, sex, and race discrimination, and circumstances
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Judge James L. Gale, Special Superior Court Judge for Complex Business Cases in Greensboro, North Carolina, denied in part and deferred in part the North Carolina State Bar’s Motion to Dismiss a case brought by LegalZoom in response to the Bar’s ongoing efforts to prevent LegalZoom’s
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On June 11, the Campbell Law Observer published my article, “The Problem with Breedism.” As the owner of a bully breed mix, I had a clear bias in writing that article and I offer no apologies for my stance. Now, a few months later, I offer an update on the issue of breed specific
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The more things change, the more they stay the same. People go to work, they go to school, and they go home. Every day. The Industrial Revolution gave us factories, Henry Ford gave us the assembly line, and Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are household names. But despite the radical changes
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