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University Of Baltimore Symposium Report: Debut Of “The Matthew Fogg Symposia On The Vitality Of Stare Decisis In America”, Zena D. Crenshaw-Logal

Zena Denise Crenshaw-Logal

On the first of each two day symposium of the Fogg symposia, lawyers representing NGOs in the civil rights, judicial reform, and whistleblower advocacy fields are to share relevant work of featured legal scholars in lay terms; relate the underlying principles to real life cases; and propose appropriate reform efforts. Four (4) of the scholars spend the next day relating their featured articles to views on the vitality of stare decisis. Specifically, the combined panels of public interest attorneys and law professors consider whether compliance with the doctrine is reasonably assured in America given the: 1. considerable discretion vested in …

California Supreme Court To Decide Whether Ecstasy Is A Controlled Substance After The Court Of Appeal Struggles With Statutory Construction And "Common Sense", Kevin P. Chapman

Kevin P. Chapman

California is one of only four states whose drug laws do not specifically include the chemical compound that creates the club drug 'Ecstasy.' This omission has caused a great deal of confusion in the trial court about what evidence is necessary to prove that Ecstasy is an illegal drug.

This confusion has spilled over into the Court of Appeal. In two cases decided less than two months apart, two separate panels of the Court of Appeal arrived at completely opposite constructions of the same statute – allowing one defendant to go free while the other was sent to county jail …