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Posted by Mint Damrongpiwat on Jan 29, 2012

Wal-Mart and Legislating Health Care Reform

Forget Medicaid and Medicare for just a moment. Most Americans rely on their employers for health insurance. Wal-Mart, with over 1.4 million U.S. workers and 2.1 million workers worldwide[1], is the largest private employer in the world. In 2009, 52% of Wal-Mart’s employees relied on the company for health insurance[2]. In 2010, it was 54%[3]. Critics often identify this percentage as a much lower figure...

Posted by Yale Undergraduate Law Review on Jan 1, 2012

Integration without Ratification

The European debt crisis illuminates a curious dual phenomenon: the rapid integration of crucial policy areas, happening in circumvention of EU core treaties.

Posted by Yale Undergraduate Law Review on Jan 1, 2012

If a Drone Flies in Yemen: The United States and the Modern Definition of War

In recent decades, definitions of war have been blurred, power has slipped from Congress, and non-military actors have entered the military sphere.

Posted by Yale Undergraduate Law Review on Jan 1, 2012

Spot the Hacker: Combating Cyberwarfare under the International Rule of Law

Non-lethal cyber attacks, conducted by obscure perpetrators, baffle governments—and traditional theories of war.

Posted by Yale Undergraduate Law Review on Jan 1, 2012

When the Levers Broke: Education Finance in Texas

Years of Texas Supreme Court interference have exposed the Court’s inadequacy to adjudicate education finance.

Posted by Yale Undergraduate Law Review on Jan 1, 2012

Juvenile Justice: Why Juvenile Life Without Parole Sentences are a Mistake

The U.S. is the only country in which youths serve life prison sentences.

Posted by Yale Undergraduate Law Review on Jan 1, 2012

Linguistic Minority Rights: Picking a Side

While Canada has pushed for equal treatment of linguistic minorities, state legislations in the US have created a more ambiguous picture.

Posted by Yale Undergraduate Law Review on Oct 11, 2011

Asylum Granted?

By Willa Frej According to the Department of Homeland Security’s Yearbook, over one million immigrants obtained legal status in 2009. Out of this total, 74,602 were refugees, and only 22,119 of these refugees were granted political asylum. The 70% who were denied asylum may have all pleaded convincing cases, but slipped through the cracks of an overloaded system that is required to make decisions neither...