The following student notes and comments will appear in Volume 53 of the Saint Louis University Law Journal:

Christy L. Abbott – The Shareholder Derivative Suit as a Response to Stock Option Backdating

Stephanie A. Bruch – Politicking from the Pulpit: An Analysis of the IRS’s Current Section 501(c)(3) Enforcement Efforts and How It Is Costing America

Amanda E. Colvin – Birthright Citizenship in the United States: Realities of De Facto Deportation and the International Comparisons Towards Proposing a Solution

Matthew P. Deihr – The State of Affairs Regarding Counseling for Expectant Parents of a Child with a Disability: Do ACOG’s New Guidelines Signify the Arrival of a Brave New World?

John J. Greffet – Factoring in Tradition: The Proper Role of the Traditional Governmental Function Test

Thomas B. Harvey – Preventing Private Military Contractors from Wrapping Themselves in the American Flag: The Role the Alien Tort Statute Can Play in Increasing Contractor Accountability and Improving U.S. Foreign Relations

Matthew D. Knepper – Shooting for the Moon: The Innocence of the No Child Left Behind Act’s One Hundred Percent Proficiency Goal and Its Consequences

Matthew E. Orso – ‘Spring-Loading’ Stock Options: An Abuse in Need of a Federal Remedy

Matthew M. Petersen –The Erie Doctrine & McDonnell Douglas Framework: Much Ado about Nothing or an Issue Worth Analyzing?

Robert T. Plunkert –The Aryan Brotherhood, Crawford, and the Death Penalty

Alicia M. Seibel –The Limits to Life: What the D.C. Circuit's Decision in Abigail Alliance v. Von Eschenbach Means for Medical Futility Statutes

Stephen T. Skaff – Is Competency Enough to Stop 'Suicide by Court'?: Chapman v. Commonwealth and Re-Examining the Godinez Standard

Aryn C. Subhawong – A Realistic Look at the Vice Presidency: Why Dick Cheney is an ‘Entity within the Executive Branch’