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Suffolk University Law Review
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ISSN (Print) 0039-4696
Published by Suffolk University

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Solving the Housing Crisis Through “The T”: How to Ensure Compliance
with the MBTA Communities Act
- Authors: kciapciak
  Abstract: Jackson Dowd PDF In 2021, the Massachusetts state legislature passed the MBTA Communities Act (MBTA Act) to increase multi-family residential zoning near MBTA access points.[1] The MBTA Act designates 177 Massachusetts municipalities proximal to public transit as “MBTA communities,” requiring them to provide zoning for at least one reasonably-sized district in which multi-family housing is […]
  PubDate: Tue, 21 May 2024 15:39:55 +000
Essay – The Cost of Clarity: Implications of the 2023 Amendments to Rule
702 on the Admissibility of Expert Testimony in U.S. Federal Courts
- Authors: kciapciak
  Abstract: [PDF] Olen L. York, III, JD, LLM Assistant Professor Brad D. Smith Schools of Business Lewis College of Business Marshall University Susan W. Lanham, PhD, MAFF, CDFA Associate Professor Brad D. Smith Schools of Business Lewis College of Business Marshall University Casey W. Baker, JD Associate Professor Brad D. Smith Schools of Business Lewis College […]
  PubDate: Tue, 21 May 2024 15:19:44 +000
Hume Lake Christian Camps, Inc. v. Planning Board of Monterey: Creating a
New Religious Exemption Test Under the Dover Amendment
- Authors: kciapciak
  Abstract: Hume Lake Christian Camps, Inc. v. Planning Board of Monterey: Creating a New Religious Exemption Test Under the Dover Amendment Jackson Dowd PDF “The [Dover] [A]mendment ‘seeks to strike a balance between preventing local discrimination against a religious use and honoring legitimate municipal concerns that typically find expression in local zoning laws.’”[1] When the Massachusetts […]
  PubDate: Tue, 30 Jan 2024 22:51:13 +000
Essay – A Patent a Day Keeps the Patient Away: What’s Next in the Wake
of Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi
- Authors: kciapciak
  Abstract: Ashish Vaidyanathan* [PDF] Abstract Pharmaceutical drug prices have skyrocketed in the United States, leaving many individuals unable to purchase life-saving medications. While the political branches of government have tried to solve this issue through various legislative means, with differing levels of success, the judicial branch remains aptly suited to leverage current law and drive down […]
  PubDate: Fri, 13 Oct 2023 20:31:54 +000
Essay – An Originalist Case for Civic Education as a Constitutional
Right
- Authors: salen
  Abstract: by Ethan Yan* [PDF] Abstract In A.C. v. McKee (2022), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit rejected Rhode Island students’ claims that they had a constitutional right to civic education. Instead of appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court, the students reached a settlement agreement that required the Rhode Island Department of Education […]
  PubDate: Thu, 15 Jun 2023 02:49:04 +000
Commentary – Do Not Hold Your Breath: Student Loan Relief May Not
Come
- Authors: salen
  Abstract: Gader Wren* [PDF] “We are all textualist now.” Justice Elena Kagan[1] Introduction Over the past few decades, the cost of higher education has exploded. In 2019, then-presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren introduced her plan to forgive $50,000 of student debt for each borrower.[2] Since then, student loan forgiveness has remained a key position within […]
  PubDate: Sat, 22 Apr 2023 20:37:54 +000
Supporting Incarcerated Transgender Individuals’ Access to Gender
Confirmation Surgery: A Wholistic Approach to Change
- Authors: kciapciak
  Abstract: Sally Langan PDF Angelina Resto is a fifty-nine-year-old transgender woman who spent twenty-eight years of her life in the U.S. prison system.[1] After being released from prison in April of 2019, she now devotes her time to speaking about her experience and advocating for the LGBTQIA+ community within prisons.[2] On November 19, 2021, I had […]
  PubDate: Sat, 15 Apr 2023 02:54:29 +000
Attorney Patrick Levin
- Authors: salen
  Abstract: Can the Police Patrol My Basement' Standing and Expectations in Multifamily Homes The Suffolk University Law Review welcomed Attorney Patrick Levin as the featured speaker for the 131st Donahue Lecture. Attorney Levin is an Appellate Staff Attorney with the Public Defender Division of the Massachusetts Committee for Public Counsel Services and has spent his career […]
  PubDate: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 18:00:15 +000
To Compete or to Noncompete: FTC’s Proposed Rule Banning Noncompetes
May Open Labor as We Know It
- Authors: kciapciak
  Abstract: Ronnie M. Farr PDF Introduction In July of 2021, President Joe Biden issued Executive Order No. 14036 (the Executive Order) calling for a whole-government effort to promote the American economy. One of the measures making the biggest waves is the Order’s directive requiring federal agencies to address labor market competition issues, primarily by banning noncompete […]
  PubDate: Fri, 31 Mar 2023 02:52:58 +000
How Governor DeSantis’s Political Ploy Shipping Migrants to Martha’s
Vineyard Violates the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution
- Authors: kciapciak
  Abstract: Bethany Gamble PDF On September 14, 2022, two privately charted planes, carrying approximately fifty migrants from Venezuela, touched down in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.[1] The migrants fled Venezuela due to the severe humanitarian crisis caused by political turmoil, extreme socioeconomic instability, violence, and government repression.[2] Prior to the flight, supposed good Samaritans approached the immigrants near […]
  PubDate: Tue, 07 Mar 2023 02:51:22 +000

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