Spring 2005

If It's Mandatory, Is it Still Voluntary?

by Barbara Sheehan

The idea of mandating volunteerism by teens made news headlines last year when Acting Governor Richard J. Codey, who was then a state senator, proposed a bill that would require all New Jersey high school seniors to complete a minimum of 15 hours of community service as a condition of their graduation. Since then, the bill has been amended to propose a pilot community service program for high school juniors.

Petitioning for Habeas Corpus: Who's Entitled?

by Robert K. Glassner, Esq.

On September 11, 2001, our country was devastated by an unspeakable act of terrorism. America responded with attacks on camps in Afghanistan and Pakistan where the Al Queda militants who launched the 9/11 attacks were trained.

Military Families Battle Feres Doctrine

by Dale Frost Stillman

Imagine your son is taken to a hospital where he is first treated for the wrong injury, then misdiagnosed and ultimately declared brain dead before you can even reach his side. Now imagine being told that you cannot hold accountable those responsible for your son's death because a 55-year-old law, called the Feres Doctrine, protects them.

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