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FREEDOM AND GUNS FOR… ALL… NONE… SOME? A viewer’s guide to McDonald v. Chicago

March 15th, 2010

Written by:  Jesus Miguel Palomares
Researched by:  Moorisha Bey-Taylor
Edited by:  Matthew Schroettnig
Managing Editor:  Kirk Strohman
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.” – Second Amendment, U.S. Constitution
There are few issues in America today as polarizing as firearms, [...]



The Impending Death of Free Radio?

February 17th, 2010

Written By: Adam Shelton
Research By: Matt Schroettnig
Edited By: Jesus M. Palomares
Managing Editor: Mary Anne Nash
If the best things in life are free, then it’s probably unfortunate that we often take for granted what is freely given. Since the advent of free radio broadcasting, radio stations have enjoyed a unique role in American culture–they tell us [...]



Google Book Search… Indexing History

April 9th, 2009

Written by: Matt Schroettnig
Researched by: Darci G. Van Duzer
Edited by: Eric Wasik
Managing Editor: Amy E. Seely
Is that seven million books in your pocket… or are you just happy to see me? Imagine a world in which the Library of Alexandria survived, intact, to the present day.

Charged with collecting all of the world’s knowledge, the library [...]



“Damn The Man!” The Ability To Sell Second-Hand CDs

October 16th, 2008

Written by: Matthew A. Schroettnig
Researched by: Adam Gottlieb
Edited by: Eric Blaine and Tom Borton
Managing Editor: Brady Iandiorio
Music is like, crazy, man.
It seems every time you check the news, the music industry is once again going broke as a result of some epic catastrophe. In the 1980s that catastrophe was the blank cassette tape; in [...]



Reporter Sources and Confidentiality

September 18th, 2008

Written by: Matthew A. Schroettnig
Researched by: Steve Glista
Edited by: Darci G. Van Duzer
Managing Editors: Stefanie Herrington and Lauren E. Trent

“Our liberty cannot be guarded but by the freedom of the press, nor that be limited without danger of losing it.” -Thomas Jefferson to John Jay, 1786
A press that is free to publish [...]



Stop That Paying Customer! The Legality of Compulsory Receipt-Checking

March 12th, 2008

Written by: Steve Glista
Researched by: Matthew A. Schroettnig
Edited by: Lauren E. Trent
When Michael Righi heard someone running up behind him, he thought he knew what would come next. He expected a difficult conversation, maybe even some shouting or threats. He certainly didn’t expect to get handcuffed — but that’s exactly what happened after Righi walked [...]



Wiretapping, Telecom Companies, and You

February 20th, 2008

Written by: Jeff W. Richards
Researched by: Matthew A. Schroettnig
Edited by: Lauren E. Trent and Steve Glista
The current wiretapping debate in Congress, and the media circus surrounding it, has focused on the expiration of the Protect America Act of 2007 (initially passed last August). The more pressing and oft forgotten issue, however, is the administration’s [...]



Anonymous Versus Scientology: Cyber Criminals or Vigilante Justice?

February 6th, 2008

Written by: Matthew A. Schroettnig
Researched by: Stefanie Herrington
Edited by: Lauren E. Trent
Neither Tom Cruise nor the Church of Scientology is a stranger to media attention, though lately that attention has taken a very different tone. You’ve no doubt read or seen something about Tom Cruise’s controversial video, which seems to have cropped [...]



Masthead

December 15th, 2007

THE LEGALITY ONLINE LAW JOURNAL

Fall 2009 Editorial Board

Editor-In-Chief

Brady Iandiorio

Managing Editors

Articles Editor

Mary Anne Nash

Matthew A. Schroettnig*

Kirk Strohman

Jennifer Hill**

Contributing Editors

Benjamin Albers**
Amanda Husted**
Stephen Robbins**

Eric Blaine
Daniel Kwak
Casey E. Sanders

Moorisha Bey-Taylor**
Jesus Miguel Palomares**
Adam Shelton**

Tracy Frazier

* Indicates a Co-founding member of the Legality.
** Indicates a new member of the Legality.

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