Commentaries by Sam Kamin

Can You Fight Marijuana Laws with RICO Suits?

April 6, 2015 03:50:54 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Sam Kamin of University of Denver Sturm College of Law evaluates the success of the marijuana suits brought by private businesses in recent months and argues that possible RICO suits will face obstacles due to the difficulty...

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UN deadline for Iraq withdrawal from Kuwait expires

On January 15, 1991, the deadline issued by United Nations for Iraq to withdraw its troops from of Kuwait expired. After Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 678, giving Iraq until January 15, 1991 to leave.

Martin Luther King Jr. born

On January 15, 1929, civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia. Visit the Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University and read King's 1963 'I Have a Dream' speech made at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC.