State Civil Asset Forfeiture Curtailed by the Supreme Court
Written by Katherine Brisson When Tyson Timbs pleaded guilty in Indiana state court for selling $225 of heroin to undercover officers, he never expected his case to result in… Read more »
Author Archives: Caitlyn Buckman
Election of Volume 70 Staff
We are proud and excited to announce the election of the Senior Editorial Staff of Volume 70 of the Syracuse Law Review! The new staff will be fully transitioned into their… Read more »
Trapped in the Freezing Cold: Federal Defenders File Lawsuit Against the Metropolitan Detention Center
Written by Julia Wingfield Last week’s “Polar Vortex”, caused sub-zero temperatures and high-speed winds to grip the east coast. New York City was particularly affected by this weather pattern—with… Read more »
New York Abandons Link Between Students’ Standardized Test Scores and Teacher Evaluations
Written by Kristian Stefanides History In 2015, Governor Andrew Cuomo spearheaded a national movement in American public education to revamp the system by determining a teacher’s rating by their… Read more »
Supreme Court Allows Transgender Military Ban to Remain in Effect
Written by Molly McDermid On January 15, 2019, the United States Supreme Court decided in a 5-4 decision to allow the Trump Administration’s transgender military ban to remain in… Read more »
Supreme Court Unanimously Defends Workers’ Rights in New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira
written by matt Bemis On January 15th, 2019, in an 8-0 unanimous decision, the United States Supreme Court ruled that independent contractors who work in transportation cannot be forced… Read more »
Border Wall or . . . ?: The Legality of Declaring a National Emergency to Build a Border Wall
Written By Kali Schreiner On December 22, 2018, the federal government came to a screeching halt in what is now the longest shutdown in United States history. The government… Read more »
FINRA Fines Morgan Stanley For Five Years Of Ineffective Anti-Money Laundering Monitoring
written by Madeline Sheffield The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced on December 26, 2018, that it has fined Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LCC (Morgan Stanley) ten million dollars… Read more »
Battle Royale: A Showdown Over Creative Expression
Written By Matthew Taghavi The Fortnite Phenomenon Fortnite is a phenomenon that has, for gamers, combined two seemingly unrelated concepts into an entertaining video game. Fortnite combines the cartoon… Read more »
Top Ten Articles of 2018
Quite a bit happened in the world of legal news in 2018, and our Editorial Staff members on hand to keep us all updated each week. To reflect on the… Read more »