It is with great pleasure that we welcome guest blogger Patricia Hureston Lee, Associate Professor and Director of Saint Louis University School of Law Legal Clinics. Professor Lee has a passion for being a legal educator and has previously taught
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What’s the Matter with Kansas?
In Kansas, wealthier individuals are paying much less income tax, while the working class might have to pay more in sales tax for basic necessities.Due to an overhaul of the state’s tax system by Republican Governor Sam Brownback, Kansas…
Fight for $15 Highlights the Case for Living Wages
The Fight for $15 movement, which has recently gained momentum and press, has brought attention to the fact that many low-wage workers are unable to obtain basic necessities, such as food, and medical access, with their paychecks alone. Despite working…
Charting the Wave of New LGBT Protections at Work
By Kevin Barry
From Prof. Marcy Karin and her clinic students, a nice roundup of new regulatory protections for LGBT workers, in the Huff Post blog.Add to these protections a recent groundbreaking decision from the EEOC, which holds that, under Title VII,…
Death Penalty Repeal in a Red State? And Family Member of Massachusetts Murder Victim Speaks Out Against Federal Death Penalty for Boston Marathon Bomber: “No More Darkness”
By Kevin Barry
As a follow-up to this post last month, Nebraska just moved one significant step closer to repealing its death penalty. On Thursday, lawmakers voted 30 to 13 to advance the repeal bill—enough to override Gov. Pete Ricketts’ promised veto. …
Facing divestment, ALEC threatens to sue critics who say it denies climate change
By COWS
This post was written by Nate Ela, of COWSWay back In the 1980s, researchers at the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) recognized divestment as a threat to business as usual (see yesterday’s post). At the time, the issue was…
#TBT: When ALEC First Recognized the Threat Posed by Divestment
By COWS
This post was written by Nate Ela, of COWSAmid the recent RFRA controversy in Indiana, some journalists got to asking whether the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) might’ve been behind the spread of “religious freedom” bills around the country.…
Roundup of Legislation Blogs
By COWS
Here at the Legislation Law Prof Blog, we aim to be the most interesting blog covering legislation and policy advocacy — but of course we’re not the only blog out there. Here’s a roundup of some posts that have recently appeared…
Robbing the Poor of the Right to Counsel
By Sara Rankin
In Douglas v. California, the Supreme Court held that those who are indigent have a right to public counsel for their first appeal as a matter of right. Justice Douglas opined the decision was necessary to stem "discrimination against the…
Has Big Business (and Big Sport) Put the Kibosh on Discriminatory RFRA Laws?
By COWS
This post was written by Nate Ela, of COWSMuch has been written about the recent RFRA uproar in Indiana, but what lessons might we take from it? Here’s one: Governor Mike Pence is not a very good student of history.…