Barry Taylor is the Vice President for Civil Rights and Systemic Litigation at Equip for Equality. We enthusiastically welcome a guest blog post on the recent Runnion v. Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana case. The Seventh Circuit Court
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Los Angeles Wins the Fight for $15
The Fight for $15 in the United States’ second most populated city is finally over.We previously posted about how Seattle took the lead on setting the highest minimum wage in the country. This April, we highlighted how public benefits…
The Perpetuation of Poverty through Housing Segregation
Last month, protests erupted in Baltimore after the death of Freddie Gray and in response to the larger issues of police brutality, racial profiling, and mass incarceration. These protests have furthered conversations surrounding police accountability but have failed to take…
Nebraska Poised to Become 19th State to Abolish Death Penalty
By Kevin Barry
On the same day that jurors in Massachusetts returned a verdict in favor of the federal death penalty for Tsarnaev, Nebraska lawmakers voted 30-16 in favor of advancing a bill to repeal their state’s death penalty. The bill faces one…
Two new articles on factors that influence the enactment of model laws
By COWS
This post was written by Nate Ela, of COWSTo wrap up this week’s posts on the model law as a mode of governance, let’s look at a couple recent articles examining factors that could influence whether state legislators decide…
Seattle U School of Law Briefs on the Criminalization of Homelessness Released Today
By Sara Rankin
In February, this Blog posted a comprehensive report from the Berkeley Policy Advocacy Clinic on the problem of the criminalization of homelessness in California. The Berkeley team, the Western Regional Advocacy Project, and Washington state community partners offered incredible support…
New scholarship on model laws as a means of (conservative) legal innovation
By COWS
This post was written by Nate Ela, of COWSMonday's post described how, at the turn of the twentieth century, the model law emerged as a major new tool of governance in the United States. A hundred years later, model…
The Rise of the Model Law as a Mode of Governance
By COWS
This post was written by Nate Ela, of COWS A while back, we noted a forthcoming article by Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, which asked who passes business’s model laws. We’ve been keeping our eyes out for other writing on model laws, and…
“Reviving Legislative Generality”
By Kevin Barry
The title of this post is the title of an interesting new article authored by Evan Zoldan, available on SSRN. Here is the abstract:The Supreme Court does not recognize a constitutional principle disfavoring special legislation, that is, legislation that singles out…
AALS Call for Papers: “New Voices in Legislation”
By Kevin Barry
The AALS Section on Legislation & Law of the Political Process is pleased to announce that it will host a “New Voices in Legislation” program during the 2016 AALS Annual Meeting in New York, NY. This works-in-progress program will bring…