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From Credibility Issues To Collusion With Russia: The Dangers Posed By The Spread Of "Fake News" And What We Can Do About It, Brynne Morningstar Jan 2017

From Credibility Issues To Collusion With Russia: The Dangers Posed By The Spread Of "Fake News" And What We Can Do About It, Brynne Morningstar

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


Historical Analysis: Tracking, Problematizing, And Reterritorializing Achievement And The Achievement Gap, Justin Olmanson, Zoe Falls, Guieswende Rouamba Jan 2017

Historical Analysis: Tracking, Problematizing, And Reterritorializing Achievement And The Achievement Gap, Justin Olmanson, Zoe Falls, Guieswende Rouamba

Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications

For more than a century, state and federal governments and organizations have used different measures to determine if students and groups of students have achieved in a particular subject or grade level. While the construct of achievement is applied irrespective of student differences, this equal application turns out to be anything but equitable. In this chapter, we work to understand the way achievement plays out for Black students by deconstructing how the word achievement works. In doing so, we track the history of education, testing, and curriculum as it has been applied to Black youth and youth of color.


Tampon Taxes, Discrimination, And Human Rights, Bridget J. Crawford Jan 2017

Tampon Taxes, Discrimination, And Human Rights, Bridget J. Crawford

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

This Article makes two contributions to the study of taxation. First, it argues that the “tampon tax”--an umbrella term to describe sales, VAT, and similar “luxury” taxes imposed on menstrual hygiene products--illustrates how deeply embedded gender is in legal structures such as the tax system that are thought to be neutral. Second, this Article posits that tax reform is an essential tool in achieving both gender equality and human rights. In recent months, activists around the globe have harnessed the power of the Internet to raise awareness of the tampon tax. In response to pressure from constituents, five states and …


Table Of Contents, Public Interest Law Reporter Jan 2017

Table Of Contents, Public Interest Law Reporter

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


Sanctuary Cities And The Federal Government Power Struggle: How Sanctuary Cities Are Fighting Back, Conor Grealish Jan 2017

Sanctuary Cities And The Federal Government Power Struggle: How Sanctuary Cities Are Fighting Back, Conor Grealish

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


Reproductive Healthcare Under A New Administration, Alexandra Lehr Jan 2017

Reproductive Healthcare Under A New Administration, Alexandra Lehr

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


Cleaning Up The Act - The Illinois Domestic Workers' Bill Of Rights Act: Necessity, Purpose, And Effect, Joanna Pawlowska Jan 2017

Cleaning Up The Act - The Illinois Domestic Workers' Bill Of Rights Act: Necessity, Purpose, And Effect, Joanna Pawlowska

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


"An Alarming Trend": The Dangers Of Recently Proposed Anti-Protest Legislation, Kristine Ruhl Jan 2017

"An Alarming Trend": The Dangers Of Recently Proposed Anti-Protest Legislation, Kristine Ruhl

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


Trump And Pruitt's Epa: Are We Destined For A Seismic Shift In Environmental Law?, William Ryan Jan 2017

Trump And Pruitt's Epa: Are We Destined For A Seismic Shift In Environmental Law?, William Ryan

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


The Dodd-Frank Solution To Predatory Lending, Marko Stojkovic Jan 2017

The Dodd-Frank Solution To Predatory Lending, Marko Stojkovic

Public Interest Law Reporter

This Article is part two of a two-part series exploring the dangers of predatory lending and how Dodd-Frank and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") have solved predatory lending and ended the possibility of another subprime debacle. Part one covered how predatory lending harmed minority, low-income, and immigrant communities, and was a main cause of the 2008 economic collapse. Part two will show how the CFPB was built to stop and prevent predatory lending and another subprime debacle. The enactment and implementation of Dodd-Frank and the CFPB have improved the mortgage market. However, politicians and lawmakers, notably President Donald Trump …


Table Of Contents, Public Interest Law Reporter Jan 2017

Table Of Contents, Public Interest Law Reporter

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


Los Angeles As A Blueprint For Police Reform In Chicago, Stephen Rushin Jan 2017

Los Angeles As A Blueprint For Police Reform In Chicago, Stephen Rushin

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


Universal Basic Income: The New Safety Net?, Joseph Camper Jan 2017

Universal Basic Income: The New Safety Net?, Joseph Camper

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


Smartphones, Fingerprints, And Search Warrants, Fabiola De Armas Jan 2017

Smartphones, Fingerprints, And Search Warrants, Fabiola De Armas

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


New Income Shares Model For Determining Child Support To Be More Equitable, Jennifer Straka Jan 2017

New Income Shares Model For Determining Child Support To Be More Equitable, Jennifer Straka

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


How Can Big Data Impact Affordable Housing?., Kara Simon Jan 2017

How Can Big Data Impact Affordable Housing?., Kara Simon

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


The American Dream After War: Veterans' Accessibility To A Higher Education Through The Post-9/11 Gi Bill, Maha Sadek Jan 2017

The American Dream After War: Veterans' Accessibility To A Higher Education Through The Post-9/11 Gi Bill, Maha Sadek

Public Interest Law Reporter

The Post-9/11 Veterans' Educational Assistance Act of 2008 ("Post-9/11 GI Bill") went into-effect in 2009. Since 2013, about 800,000 service men and women have taken advantage of their Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits, and 80% of GI Bill spending is attributed to the Post-9/11 GI Bill. Though educational benefits are provided, at varying rates to veterans who served after September 10, 2001, about 26% of veterans aged 25 or older have a bachelor's degree compared to 28% of the total population. There are several factors that contribute to veteran's attainability of a degree including adjusting to life outside of the military …


Reaping Whirlwind: How U.S. Interventionist Foreign Policies Created Our Immigration Crisis, Nubia Batista Willman Jan 2017

Reaping Whirlwind: How U.S. Interventionist Foreign Policies Created Our Immigration Crisis, Nubia Batista Willman

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


Juvenile Justice: Oppose H.R. 3697, The Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act, Elizabeth Rodriguez Jan 2017

Juvenile Justice: Oppose H.R. 3697, The Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act, Elizabeth Rodriguez

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


The Transgender Military Ban: A Major Step Back For Lgbt Rights, Jon Santiago Jan 2017

The Transgender Military Ban: A Major Step Back For Lgbt Rights, Jon Santiago

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


The Economic Impact Of Immigration On The American Workforce, Michelle Tinajero Jan 2017

The Economic Impact Of Immigration On The American Workforce, Michelle Tinajero

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


Immigration In The Trump Era: Can American Tourism Survive Without Immigrants?, Mercades White Jan 2017

Immigration In The Trump Era: Can American Tourism Survive Without Immigrants?, Mercades White

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


Congress Did Not Give The President Unfettered Discretion To Exclude, Maritza I. Reyes Jan 2017

Congress Did Not Give The President Unfettered Discretion To Exclude, Maritza I. Reyes

Journal Publications

No abstract provided.


The Duty To Charge In Police Use Of Excessive Force Cases, Rebecca Roiphe Jan 2017

The Duty To Charge In Police Use Of Excessive Force Cases, Rebecca Roiphe

Articles & Chapters

Responding to the problems of mass incarceration, racial disparities in justice, and wrongful convictions, scholars have focused on prosecutorial overcharging. They have, however, neglected to address undercharging the failure to charge in entire classes of cases. Undercharging can similarly undermine theefficacy and legitimacy of the criminal justice system. While few have focused on this question in thedomestic criminal law context, international law scholars have long recognized the social and structural cost for nascent democratic states when they fail to charge those responsible for the prior regime’s human rights abuses. This sort of impunity threatens the rule of law and misses …


Tradition And Culture In Africa: Practices That Facilitate Trafficking Of Women And Children, Norah Hashim Msuya Jan 2017

Tradition And Culture In Africa: Practices That Facilitate Trafficking Of Women And Children, Norah Hashim Msuya

Dignity: A Journal of Analysis of Exploitation and Violence

Many states in Africa have adopted legislative, administrative and institutional measures to combat trafficking in human beings. These measures include, among other things, the formulation and implementation of both national and regional action plans by African states to provide for comprehensive and coordinated interventions. Many African countries have also enacted an anti-trafficking legislation at the country level. Despite these measures, African women and children have been trafficked annually worldwide for purposes of forced labor, sexual exploitation, and domestic servitude. Additionally, women and children are trafficked within their countries from rural to urban areas. Misconception and abuse of African tradition and …


Women, Migration, And Prostitution In Europe: Not A Sex Work Story, Anna Zobnina Jan 2017

Women, Migration, And Prostitution In Europe: Not A Sex Work Story, Anna Zobnina

Dignity: A Journal of Analysis of Exploitation and Violence

No abstract provided.


Not On The Menu, Kathryn Casteel, Zameena Mejia Dec 2016

Not On The Menu, Kathryn Casteel, Zameena Mejia

Capstones

The element of “unwelcomeness” and the burden of proof on the plaintiff to prove sexual conduct in the workplace is one of the flaws of Title VII that make it difficult to protect victims of sexual harassment. This is particularly true in restaurants where a sexual environment is often thought of as “part of the job.” Formal complaint systems, if available, in restaurants are often flawed, even though they can pose as an affirmative defense for the defendant if they are available and a victim does not file a complaint. In the cases examined, all involved an accused supervisor or …


Emigration, Repatriation And The Reality Of Returned Youth In El Salvador, Isabel C. Duarte Vasquez Dec 2016

Emigration, Repatriation And The Reality Of Returned Youth In El Salvador, Isabel C. Duarte Vasquez

Master's Theses

According to US Customs and Border Protection, over 59 thousand unaccompanied minors from the Northern Triangle (Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador) have been detained at the US border, of those 59 thousand, 17 thousand are from El Salvador. El Salvador is home to some of the most dangerous and ruthless gangs of the twenty-first century. Their ruthlessness comes from 1980s guerrilla warfare experience. In addition, El Salvador serves as a transshipment point for illicit substances from South America into Mexico. These dynamics fuel the homicide rate of the region as local gang members must protect their territory by any means …


Why Kim Davis Is Being Sued To Pay Gay, Straight Couples' Legal Fees, David Laconangelo Nov 2016

Why Kim Davis Is Being Sued To Pay Gay, Straight Couples' Legal Fees, David Laconangelo

Media Collection

No abstract provided.


Racial Profiling In The Era Of Black De-Constitutionalism, Donald F. Tibbs Sep 2016

Racial Profiling In The Era Of Black De-Constitutionalism, Donald F. Tibbs

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.