What happens when a university says you can’t be lesbian?
I’m still waiting to hear back from the U.S. Department of Education on whether the law school in Georgetown, Washington, is going to uphold its promise to expel me.The university’s dean of admissions has not responded to repeated requests for comment on this story.But on Tuesday, the school’s head of external relations emailed me that […]
Georgetown law means the Supreme Court can overturn the Heller decision, but will it?
A Georgetown law professor is calling for a “major constitutional overhaul” of the nation’s gun laws.In an op-ed in The Washington Post on Monday, professor Richard Levin, who is the George Washington University Law School’s director of constitutional studies, said he was “stunned” by Heller, which upheld the Second Amendment and established the right to […]
Best Law Schools
It’s official.The Georgetown Law School rankings are out.The school has been ranked by the best law school rankings for more than five years now, and this year it’s the #1 ranked law school in the nation.It’s been a long time coming, and the school has had many ups and downs in the rankings.But with the […]
Law school ranked highest in US News & World Report rankings
Georgetown law has earned the highest spot in the rankings of America’s top law schools by Newsweek magazine.The school’s ranking is based on the school’s graduation rates, retention rates, graduation rates for the class of 2019, student-to-faculty ratios, student enrollment, student loan debt, student aid, and graduation rates among law schools in the United States.Georgetown […]
George W. Bush’s ‘martial rule’ to stop US ‘terrorists’
George W Bush signed an executive order on March 8, 2003, that established a Presidential Emergency Response Team, or PERT, to assist in fighting terrorism.Since then, it has been used to seize and detain thousands of suspects.The PERT has since grown to include about 50,000 individuals.A new report from the Center for Constitutional Rights, however, […]
Trump’s war on hipaa law won’t make America great again
Donald Trump’s “war on hipa law” may be making some people angry, but it’s not going to end the way his campaign said it would.Trump has claimed that hipaa is a violation of the First Amendment and the U.S. Constitution, but the president is not the only one who has made a bigoted claim about […]
Which of these is right for me?
Washington, DC–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, Medscape Medical News (MNN) is highlighting the importance of the right diagnosis and treatment of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).This is particularly important given that many patients with IBD may also have celiac disease, an autoimmune disease that can cause food intolerances, digestive problems and gastrointestinal distress.Celiac disease is a chronic […]
How to Make an Endangered Species Act Claim in Washington
A federal appeals court has ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service cannot prohibit the release of the endangered black rhino from the eastern state of South Africa.The agency issued a statement Friday saying the ruling “is the latest development in the ongoing litigation” over whether the government can prohibit the transfer of the […]