Were an anarchist to hold his beliefs side-by-side with the reality of modern government, he would, in every case he examined, see the few, the powerful, legislating and domineering over the weak, to serve the interest of the powerful and to maintain the existing hierarchy. This phenomenon occurs in all…

The recently enforced “sanitary cordons,” vis-à-vis the novel coronavirus strain, surrounding some Italian and Chinese regions have brought the ethics of disease containment to the fore. Sanitary cordons are physical or effective barriers intended to enforce “community quarantines” (Cetron, Martin, & Julius Landwirth, 2) to insulate a community from infection…

In recent elections, the question of unequal access health care in the US and its implications on health equity and justice appears to have precipitated roughly along party lines — one side evoking xenophobic and aporophobic images of the unhealthy poor “freeloading” off of model hardworking American citizens, and the…

This article was originally published in The MAS Liberty, one of the Junior State of America’s student-run publications. In professional environments, it is generally accepted that women have more barriers to making an effective presentation than men do; this is particularly true of presentations made to predominantly male audiences. An…

The U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark 2003 and 2015 decisions legalizing same-sex intimacy and marriage, respectively, reflected a fundamental rethinking of freedom and liberty that in many ways mirrored the American Psychological Association’s (APA) fundamental rethinking of pathology several decades prior (Obergefell v. Hodges 7; Lawrence v. Texas 1; Wilson). In…

This article was originally published on the Junior State of America’s national blog. In the 2020 election, those reading this article probably heard a familiar phrase: “This is not an ordinary election.” However, that election was very much like those before it. Americans, once again, prepared to decide between candidates…

This article was originally published on the Scholastic Legal Blog’s website. Today is the 36th anniversary of the start of one of the most tragic miscarriages of justice in Massachusetts’ modern history. On August 20, 1984, a nursery child told a family member that he was undressed at the Fells…

This article was originally published on the Scholastic Legal Blog’s website. Woodrow Wilson is best known for pioneering efforts to establish a League of Nation and leading the country through World War I. His contributions to constitutional interpretation, however, often go unrecognized. His novel interpretive framework was devised to sanction…

Last December, House Democrats passed articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump over l’affaire Ukraine among other alleged offenses. The purpose of the impeachment was not removal–staunch Senate Republicans precluded such an outcome–but rather to hurt the President’s reelection chances. “If we don’t impeach this President, he will get re-elected,”…