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Bridging the Gap Between Immigration Detainment and Parental Rights: A Constitutional Consideration of Migrant Children Separation
(2019-11)Federal immigration law does not completely comport with state family law because some federal legislation, such as the Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA), requires states to initiate parental custody proceedings due ... -
Kennedy v. Bremerton School District: A Fumble the Supreme Court Needs to Recover
(2019-11)Many people support one or the other: freedom of religion or freedom from religion. Current Supreme Court case law favors the protection of students’ rights under the Establishment Clause. However, First Amendment free ... -
Lost in Translation: Persons with Limited English Proficiency and Police Interaction in the United States
(2018-11)This article explores United States jurisprudence of the constitutionality of language rights as it correlates to communications between law enforcement officials and non-English speaking persons in emergency situations. ... -
State Prisons Turning into De Facto Mental Health Institutes: A Comparative Look at the Illinois and Nebraska State Prison Systems
(Northern Illinois University, 2020-11)This Comment discusses the systems of approaching mental health in Nebraska and Illinois state prison systems. Starting with how prison systems became some of the largest de facto mental health institutes in the country ... -
Title IX After 45 Years: Overlooked Disparities in the National Junior College Athletic Association and California Community College Athletic Association
(2019-05)Junior colleges, unlike colleges in the National Collegiate Athletic Association, have been neglected in the Title IX discussion on disparities in female athletics. Newly compiled data in this article reveals that women ... -
Vol. 1 No. 1, Fall 2009; Current Trends in Inequitable Conduct are Adverse to Patent Policy as Seen Through the Exemplary Case of Big Pharma
(2009-12)This Comment explores the rather difficult and rapidly changing field of patent law, discussing specifically the doctrine of inequitable conduct, a defense raised by the infringing party by which a patent can be rendered ... -
Vol. 1 No. 1, Fall 2009; TOY STORY: Being Right for the Wrong Reasons in the Search for a "Greater Freedom"—A Critical Analysis of the Dissenting En Banc Opinions in Reliable Consultants, Inc. v. Earle
(2009-12)This Note analyzes how the landmark United States Supreme Court case of Lawrence v. Texas has been used by the Fifth Circuit in Reliable Consultants, Inc. v. Earle to extend “sexual privacy interests” into the commercial ... -
Vol. 1 No. 2, Spring 2010; Illinois Does Not Care About Caregivers as Evidenced by the Ineffective and Exclusionary Custodial Claims Statute of the Probate Act
(2010-05)Family members taking on the responsibility of caring for sick or disabled relatives is on the rise, and it is only trending upward in the future due to a multitude of factors. Illinois appeared to be on the edge of this ... -
Vol. 1 No. 2, Spring 2010; Iraq Veterans’ War with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Claims Under a Procedural Due Process Analysis
(2010-05)This Comment explores the Department of Veterans Affairs and its current disability compensation and medical care systems for soldiers who have returned from the War on Terror with mental health disabilities, such as post ... -
Vol. 2 No. 1, Spring 2011; Nolan & Ready—“Settling” for Less than Perfect in Illinois when Determining the Role Defendants Play in the Litigation After They Settle
(2011-05)This Note examines the interplay of two decisions made by the Illinois Supreme Court during their 2008 – 2009 term—Ready v. United/Goedecke Services, Inc. and Nolan v. WEIL-McLain. Interpreting the statutory wording of the ... -
Vol. 2 No. 1, Spring 2011; The Times They Are a Changin’: Enactment of Historic Civil Union Act Is the Right Step for Illinois
(2011-05)This Comment analyzes the recent passage of Senate Bill 1716, the Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act, which extends the “same [state] legal obligations, responsibilities, protections, and benefits” ... -
Vol. 2 No. 2, Summer 2011; Misinterpreting the Child’s Best Interests Standard: A Closer Look at In re Marriage of Guthrie and Illinois Child Removal Law
(2011-07)In Illinois and throughout most of the United States, there are nearly half as many divorces in a given year as there are marriages. The divorce experience can become extremely complicated when children are involved. ...
