Piper Kerman’s Critique of the Criminal Justice System
On February 24th, Piper Kerman, author of the book Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison, came to Northeastern University to give a presentation on her experience, her book, and its adaptation as a popular Netflix series. Kerman was incarcerated for 13 months on convictions of money laundering and drug […]
Establishing Limits: The Search for Viable Restrictions on Executive Power in a Post-9/11 World
On Thursday, Northeastern’s political science department hosted its annual President’s Day lecture in which Professor Michael Tolley spoke about the limits of law on executive power and post-9/11 challenges the president faces. Professor Tolley opened his lecture by explaining that presidents of both major parties have taken actions of questionable legality in the years […]
Party Perspectives: Immigration Reform
Immigration reform has been an important agenda item both for lawmakers and for the President. Despite bipartisan support for the issue, and recent cooperation on the Omnibus and Farm bills, immigration appears to be stalled. Consider the following questions in your reflection: – Is comprehensive immigration reform, and other kinds of comprehensive reform, […]
Northeastern University College Democrats: Immigration Reform
Comprehensive immigration reform is a completely feasible legislative agenda item for this particular mid-term election year. According to a Gallup Poll conducted in January, this Congress started 2014 off with an abysmal 13% approval rating.[1] This poll reflects the belief that Congress is unable and unwilling to address the most pressing issues that our […]
Northeastern University College Republicans: Immigration Reform
There is a kind of unspoken, generations-old principle in America that can be seen more readily today thanks to the media. You see it between TV shows, when you listen to any news channel, and when you read the paper. The Machiavellian politician. If anyone wished to simply state the two fundamental laws governing […]
NSA Rebuttal: Northeastern University College Democrats
When it comes to the fundamental privacy rights of the American citizen, there is not much room for major disagreement. The Northeastern College Republicans and the Northeastern College Democrats can both agree that the Constitution is clear when it comes to this issue, there are serious privacy concerns with information collection today A wide […]
NSA Rebuttal: Northeastern University College Republicans
Any issue dealing with privacy of personal data to many Americans seems more like a crime than political issue. This is the reason that public approval on both sides of the aisle of PRISM is so low. This issue is interesting because it appears that it has broken down some of the usual right-left […]
From the Printing Press to Printing Firearms: The effect of 3D printed guns on US federal legislation
“Reservations about rapid technological change are widely shared regardless of political party or philosophy. In America, the tensions between approval of science and worry about the rapid changes it can bring bubbles up in special ways when moral or cultural choices seem to be involved.” This quote by author Jonathan D. Moreno from his book […]
Party Perspectives: NSA Surveillance
In light of President Obama’s speech last week outlining new guidelines for intelligence-gathering, we asked politically-oriented student groups on campus to respond to the following questions: 1) Will the Obama administration’s proposed reforms restore public trust in the activities of the NSA? 2) How can the United States best respect the privacy of its citizens […]
Northeastern University College Republicans: NSA Surveillance
The concept of natural rights is critical to the understanding of the American Constitution. The Fourth Amendment clearly says what the government can and cannot do regarding searches and seizures. It states quite clearly: “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall […]