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Legal Theory Blog
Green on University Ideological Diversity and the Fourteenth Amendment
Christopher R. Green (University of Mississippi) has posted The Fourteenth Amendment and University Intellectual Diversity (Laws, volume 14, issue 2, 2025) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Under current Supreme…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Minor v. Happersett and the Repudiation of Universal Suffrage
By Tracy Thomas
Ellen D. Katz, Minor v. Happersett and the Repudiation of Universal Suffrage Minor v. Happersett rejected a constitutional challenge to a Missouri law that excluded women from the electorate. Ratification of…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Anna O. Law: History Shows Why Birthright Citizenship is so Important
Anna O. Law in Time (History Shows Why Birthright Citizenship is so Important) offers her thoughts on the history abnd purpose of birthright citizenship in the Fourteenth Amendment. The punch lines:"The…
Legal Theory Blog
Marcus on the Class Action and Trump v. Casa
David Marcus (UCLA School of Law) has posted The Class Action After Trump v. CASA (73 UCLA L. Rev. Discourse, forthcoming 2025) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: To every…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Supreme Court Decision Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage Hits 10-Year Anniversary
Quick Hits June 26, 2025, marked the tenth anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision recognizing same-sex marriage nationwide. The Obergefell v. Hodges decision had important legal implications for employers’ benefit…
PrawfsBlawg
Guido’s New Article
Main Tuesday, July 01, 2025Guido's New ArticleThe Proper Role of Equality in Constitutional Adjudication: The Cathedral's Missing Buttress is now out in YLJ. Here is the Abstract: The most difficult…
PrawfsBlawg
On Reading Statutes
Main Sunday, June 29, 2025On Reading StatutesOne issue if and when the Court reaches the merits on birthright citizenship is the instability created by leaving that determination to executive discretion.…
Simple Justice
Complete Relief Or Chaos
Bush hated them. Obama and Biden too. But as Congress became increasingly paralyzed and incapable of real bipartisanship to do the people’s work, president found themselves in the position of…
Stritmatter Law Blog
Police Misconduct: The Constitutional Right to Be Free from Excessive Force
Over the past decade, the American public has become increasingly aware of police misconduct and the use of excessive force against civilians. Here in Seattle, many high-profile incidents and independent…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
SCOTUS Decides Skrmetti Case Holding that Trans Discrimination is not Sex-Based Discrimination Under Equal Protection
By Tracy Thomas
The decision is here: US v. Skrmetti, 605 U.S. ___ (2025).Held. Tennessee’s law prohibiting certain medical treatments for transgender minors is not subject to heightened scrutiny under the Equal Protection…