The Supreme Court decided 402 election law cases during the twentieth century. That statistic, and lots of other helpful information, is gleaned from the excellent summary of election law written by Rick Hasen. Professor Hasen is the nation’s most prolific election law scholar: co-author of an election law casebook, host of the leading election law web site, and author of numerous law review ar...

This paper explores different stories of sexual citizenship found in gay and lesbian rights struggles. It uses two recent cultural productions , Kissing Jessica Stein and Queer as Folk, to analyze the stories of sexual citizenship found in two Supreme Court decisions, M. v. H., and Little Sisters. The paper deploys these contrasting stories of sexual citizenship, of sameness and difference, ass...

The adversarial process cannot even begin until the accused enters a meaningful plea. In medieval times those accused of offenses against the Crown could avoid confiscation of their property, if not save their lives, by refusing to enter a plea. If they refused to plead, the accused could be starved or literally pressed for an answer by the placement of increasingly heavy weights onto his chest...

In June 2011 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that video games enjoy full free speech protections and that the regulation of violent game sales to minors is unconstitutional. The Supreme Court also referred to psychological research on violent video games as "unpersuasive" and noted that such research contains many methodological flaws. Recent reviews in many scholarly journals have come to similar...

BACKGROUND A shift from a predominantly emergency service, towards one where a wide range of conditions are managed and treated on scene presents numerous challenges for ambulance services and clinicians. The effective management of a broad range of patients and conditions in the ambulance setting will have an impact on other parts of the health service including emergency departments and prima...