Dome:
Law, Legislation & Policy
Housed at Boston University School of Law, Dome is a valuable resource for news, analysis, and opinion on legislation and public policy. Dome is staffed by students of BU Law’s various legislation clinics. Dome features work contributed by staff members, scholars, practitioners, and law students interested in legislation and public policy.
By Alexandra Arnold
July 11th, 2018 in Analysis, State Legislation.
On January 30, 2018, the Massachusetts Joint Committee on the Judiciary heard testimony on S. 2158, An Act Updating Laws Relating to Dangerous Drugs and Protecting Witnesses. Despite its relatively innocuous title, the bill, proposed by Governor Charlie Baker, represents a substantial scaling up of the War on Drugs in... More
Tagged: An Act Updating Laws Relating to Dangerous Drugs and Protecting Witnesses, Boston University, Boston University Law School, death by dealer, drug war, Gov. Charlie Baker, Massachusetts, opioids, public health
By Rachel Watsky
July 10th, 2018 in Analysis, State Legislation.
America has a love-hate relationship with dams. As a nation, America has built “on average, one dam per day since the signing of the Declaration of Independence.” Individually, dams have existed in America since long before the states revolted against Great Britain. Massachusetts has the oldest dam listed in the... More
Tagged: An Act Further Regulating Dam Safety Repair and Removal, Boston University, Boston University Law School, dam, dams, ecological restoration, Massachusetts, Office of Dam Safety, river restoration
By Nicholas Stone
July 10th, 2018 in Analysis, Federal Legislation, Legislation in Court, Legislative Oversight, Uncategorized.
If you ask disability rights activists about the ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017 (the “Reform Act”), you may get a response that the Reform Act, which recently passed the House, is not nearly as benign or as amicable to the interests of persons with disabilities as its title... More
Tagged: ADA, ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017, Americans with Disability Act, Boston University, Boston University Law School, disability law, Drive-By Lawsuits
By Meghan Hayes
July 10th, 2018 in Analysis, State Legislation.
On the night of July 8, 2011 18 year-old Alexandria “Alix” Rice died on the side of the road in a town just outside of Buffalo, New York. Alix was riding her longboard home from work around 11:20 pm when a drunk driver hit her and sent her flying 150... More
Tagged: Alexandra Rice, Alix's Law, Boston University, Boston University Law School, drunk driving, New York Assembly, New York Senate, texting while driving
By Caitlin Britos
July 10th, 2018 in Analysis, Federal Legislation.
In February 2018, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, the federal agency that grants green cards and U.S. citizenship, revised its mission statement by striking its characterization of the United States as a “nation of immigrants.” The phrase dates back to the 1800s and was popularized by President John... More
Tagged: Boston University, Boston University Law School, chain migration, DACA, family visa program, ICE, Immigration, Trump
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