Feb 14, 2020 | Case Comments, Vol. 50 - Book 2
Since 1973, all federal courts have used the three-stage analysis established in McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green to decide a vast majority of intentional employment discrimination cases. During the 1990s, an increasing number of commentators criticized the McDonnell...
Jan 28, 2020 | Print Edition, Vol. 50 - Book 2, Volume 50
In January 2017, President Obama made a final push towards his longstanding national security goal of closing the military base at Guantanamo Bay and transferring its remaining forty-one detainees to U.S. facilities. Obama explained that the push “reflects the...
Jan 28, 2020 | Vol. 50 - Book 2, Volume 50
The Brady rule prohibits the prosecution from suppressing material, exculpatory evidence, and protects criminal defendants’ due process rights. Rhode Island courts use a modified version of the rule to evaluate prosecutorial culpability, finding materiality in either...
Apr 22, 2017 | Articles, Book 1, Print Edition, Volume 50
If you are a law student anxious and uncertain about your career post-graduation, and still trying to sort your preferred professional role, this Article is for you. It is designed to help you do research on both yourself and the legal profession so that you can...
Apr 22, 2017 | Articles, Book 1, Print Edition, Volume 50
There I stood in the well of the packed courtroom. Cameras focused on me, the culmination of a career in court, weeks of preparation, editing, and practice—it was the moment that an oral advocate trains for. I knew the substance of my argument, and I had detailed...
Apr 22, 2017 | Articles, Book 1, Print Edition, Volume 50
Terrorism poses many kinds of challenges. One of the most wrenching is the question of how far we are willing to go in our quest for security. Will we sacrifice our ideals? What should we accept as the moral, constitutional, and international limitations on...