Archive for the ‘Law’ Category

Texas’ voting policies are big news in election year

Wednesday, July 11th, 2012
does Texas discriminate against minorities

does Texas discriminate against minorities

It’s an election year again, so every vote counts and every vote matters. Texas has recently come under fire because they are looking to change their Voting Policy and are demanding strict forms of photo identification at the polls.

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Juvenile Justice for Good Parents

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

Raising responsible kids is difficult. Raising responsible teenagers is near impossible. Back in the day it was Sex, Drugs, and Rock-and-Roll corrupting the youth. Now its Sexting, Drugs, and Hip-hop. Today, pornography is free on your home computer, marijuana and pills are more readily available than alcohol, and every teenager gets a car when they turn 16. (more…)

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Duke Law Survey Shows that Jurors Tweet During Trial

Tuesday, March 20th, 2012

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A couple of years ago if you would have called your friend and told them that you just ate a sandwich, there would have been dead silence followed by… “was that it?” Today in the world of twitterverse, a person would tweet that they just ate a sandwich, and then 2 minutes later tweet that they ate a bag of chips. This tweet would probably receive 4 replies from friends asking how the sandwich was. (more…)

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