As the marriage equality battle enters the U.S. Supreme Court, which will take up both the Defense of Marriage Act and California’s Proposition 8, Shawn Barnett, Golden Gate University Law Review’s Managing Editor, offers a Case […]
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The Hazards of Catching a Lyft: Ride-Sharing in San Francisco
Catching a cab in San Francisco has never been easier. Services like Lyft, SideCar, and Uber allow passengers to access drivers through an application on their smartphone, bypassing the need for going outside to hail […]
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Not all beer is created equal, but almost all beers available in the United States are created by two companies: Anheuser-Busch InBev and MillerCoors. Together they make up 65% of the country’s beer consumption (39% […]
read moreMoney Goes Where Water Flows
California is naturally beautiful. The population increases of the last century dramatically changed the natural landscape and modernized its beauty, thanks to both the agriculture industry and residents bringing beauty to their yards. Because the […]
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National security threats have often been viewed as potential attacks—often foreign—against the United States, as observed in the eight key issue threats established by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s national security threat list: Terrorism Espionage […]
read moreReevaluating the Evaluations
Educators are great assets. Among the wide variety of assignments teachers face, they teach, nurture, discipline, and lead children. This costs tax dollars. Teachers must be held accountable for this funding—just like Big Bird. Quantifying […]
read moreRational Criminal Justice
Californians are being given the chance on the upcoming ballot simultaneously to repeal the death penalty and to redirect death row expenses into police investigations. The Official Voter Guide summarizes Proposition 34: Repeals death penalty […]
read moreInjunction Junction: Microsoft v Motorola, Case No. 12-35352 (9th Cir. Sept. 28, 2012)
Black’s Law Dictionary defines “vexatious” as “without reasonable or probable cause of excuse; harassing; annoying.” In an ongoing breach of contract lawsuit filed by Microsoft against Motorola, Microsoft v. Motorola, the Ninth Circuit affirmed a federal […]
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The California ballot in November includes Proposition 37, which will require food products to include labeling for genetically modified foods. There are many good and bad aspects of requiring such labeling: it provides consumers with […]
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