The ADA on Trial: What Stanley v. City of Sanford Reveals About Disability Rights Today
Across the nation, millions of public employees are under the impression that secure healthcare is a part of their retirement benefits. However, policies often change without employees being adequately informed, leaving many unaware of the changes until it is too late. In the case of Karyn Stanley, this reality became painfully clear.
Purdue Pharma, Sackler Family, and the Opioid Crisis in America
OxyContin is a powerful opioid painkiller, twice as strong as morphine, the widespread use of which later fueled one of the deadliest addiction crises in American history. Despite the company facing charges for misleading marketing practices, the Sacklers have consistently denied personal wrongdoing. The case of Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family exposes how corporate greed, unethical marketing, and regulatory flaws contributed to the opioid epidemic in the United States.
The Right to Bear Hands
The law recognizes the right to bear arms, but can it also recognize the right to bear hands? In criminal law, a person’s hands may be classified as deadly weapons – a designation typically reserved for firearms, knives, and other lethal instruments. Yet hands are also vital tools in lawful self-defense, especially when a weapon is inaccessible or impractical. This paradox raises deeper questions about the role of physical skill in self-defense cases and broader implications of how the law treats trained individuals.
Treason for Aid: A Russian-American’s Arrest and Russia’s Shift Toward Hybrid Totalitarianism
In February 2022, Ksenia Karelina, a Russian-American dual citizen, was detained and sentenced to 12 years in prison. Her supposed crime? A $51.80 donation to Razom for Ukraine, a humanitarian aid organization based in New York. Karelina sought to aid victims of violence after Russia launched its widespread invasion of Ukraine.
Paid For By Pot? How Marijuana Money Is Shaping School Budgets
In 2016, Nevada voters were asked, “Shall the Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS) be amended to allow a person, 21 years old or older, to purchase or sell marijuana paraphernalia, given that the state imposes a 15 percent excise tax on wholesale sales of marijuana?” Fast forward to 2024, 8 years since the marijuana tax was implemented, Nevada’s national funding ranking has only gone up to 46th in public education funding and remains 50th in public education spending. Where is the marijuana money going?
The Legality of Operation Night Watch in the Context of a Modern World
The Night Watch fell victim to a centuries-old botched aesthetic procedure when it could not fit within the space, so these individuals removed chunks of it and eventually lost track of those missing pieces. A museum in the Netherlands acquired The Night Watch and started a successful multi-million dollar initiative to restore the painting for the first time. This revolutionary restoration exists as the product of Artificial Intelligence.
Habeas Corpus: The Limitation of the Writ Creating Issues for Prisoners
In the American judicial system, “you have the body,” or, in Latin terms, the writ of habeas corpus; but do you? In 2023, the Jones v. Hendrix Supreme Court 6-3 ruling decided that imprisoned people who have filed for post-conviction relief can be barred from filing a second time, even if they’re innocent of the crime they have been incarcerated for
Letter From the Editor
I’m Annie Vong, and I served as Editor-in-Chief of UNLV’s Undergraduate Law Review during the 2023-2024 academic year. Having passed the torch to another dedicated student, I wanted to express an infinite amount of gratitude for everything and everyone in this club has taught me.
Garland v. Cargill: What Is A Machine Gun, Anyway?
When an average person is asked to picture a courtroom, what are they likely to see? The truth is, courtroom trials in real life are different from what’s presented to us through video games or prime-time TV, and life-changing cases more often than not boil down to arguments over the definitions of certain terms and phrases rather than the constant revelations of mind-blowing plot twists.