Month: January 2015

Nathanial Robinson: Officer Under Investigation To Serve and Protect In light of recent highly publicized police shootings of civilians, United States police forces have faced an extremely heightened sense of scrutiny. From Missouri to Ohio and New York to Arizona, police officers, acting in the name of law enforcement, have been the cause of civilian deaths […]

Non-Reporting By The Numbers The United States Congress enacted a piece of legislation in 2000 titled The Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability Documentation (TREAD). The law came out of the Firestone tire and Ford Explorer era during which many Americans were seriously injured or killed as a result of poorly fitted tires. The purpose was to […]

Clint Lorance: All is Not Fair in Love & War In August of 2013 a soldier named Clint Lorance was sentenced to a 20-year period of imprisonment for his conduct during deployment in Afghanistan. Lorance had enlisted in the military right after high school serving as a military police soldier in Iraq, South Korea, Georgia, […]

Mallorie’s: New Year, New Laws January 1st is often the magic date when last years bills become this years laws. The tiresome work of the 2014 Texas legislators will now become the rules under which 2015 Texas residents conduct themselves. Sometimes these laws are underpublicized, leaving the public unaware of the new codes of conduct. […]

New Law Undocumented Immigrants Can Drive in California Regardless of Immigration Status A law passed over a year ago began to take effect in California in the early hours of January 2, 2015. The most noticeable impact came in the form of lines outside local offices of the Department of Motor Vehicles. As of 2015, […]