Yun Joo Park COL '18 In June 2015, actress Meryl Streep sent 535 letters, one to each member of Congress, urging them to consider backing the Equal Rights Amendment. [1] But this isn’t the first time Congress has been asked to consider the ERA. The National Woman’s Party first introduced the ERA in 1923 [2]; … Continue reading Why Have We Forgotten About the ERA?
Month: February 2016
Evenwel v. Abbott: Should “One Person One Vote” really be “One Voter One Vote”?
Gaia Mattiace Columnist In American Constitutional law the history of the phrase “one person one vote” is a tumultuous one, but what does the provision truly entail? At first glance this issue seems simple. The 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution states that the number of representatives shall be apportioned on the basis of state … Continue reading Evenwel v. Abbott: Should “One Person One Vote” really be “One Voter One Vote”?
Surrogacy: The Gray Area Amidst the Body Right Battle
Kelsey Yurek COL '19 In the age of deep controversy over body rights and abortion, states are grappling with a method to manage surrogacy laws in both traditional and gestational cases. Traditional surrogacy transpires when the biological mother of the child also acts as the surrogate. Though the child is intended for another individual or … Continue reading Surrogacy: The Gray Area Amidst the Body Right Battle