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Equal Protection
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Sentencing Law and Policy
Two condemned New Mexico murderers left behind after death penalty repeal seek relief from NM Supreme Court
Main October 27, 2014Two condemned New Mexico murderers left behind after death penalty repeal seek relief from NM Supreme CourtAs reported in this local article, headlined "Convicted murderers ask to…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
“Paying for Gideon”
The title of this post comes from this recent article by Professor Beth Colgan, the abstract of which states: To protect the “noble ideal” that “every defendant stands equal before…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Sixth Circuit Rules Ohio’s New Voting Scheme Likely to Violate Equal Protection
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawWith quick dispatch, the Sixth Circuit has issued its unanimous opinion in Ohio State Conference of the NAACP v.…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Abortion Exceptionalism
By John Kang
Caitlin Borgmann, CUNY Law, has uploaded on SSRN "Abortion Exceptionalism and Undue Burden Preemption." The abstract: This Article discusses the tendency of some lower federal courts to interpret the undue burden…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Cruz on U.S. v. Windsor
By John Kang
David Cruz at USC Law has uploaded "Baker v. Nelson: Flotsam in the Tidal Wave of Windsor's Wake" on SSRN. The abstract reads: Part I of this Article sketches the virtually…
Legal Writing Prof Blog
Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Opinions of the United States Supreme Court
The U.S. Feminist Judgments Project seeks contributors of revised opinions and commentary for an edited collection entitled Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Opinions of the United States Supreme Court. This edited volume…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Unequal Protection
By Tracy Thomas
Russell Robinson (Berkeley) has posted Unequal Protection, 67 Stanford L. Rev. (2015)During the last 30 years, the Supreme Court has steadily diminished the vigor of the Equal Protection Clause. It has…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Louisiana Federal Judge Upholds State’s Same-Sex Marriage Ban
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawBreaking the spate of federal decisions that have invalidated state same-sex marriage prohibitions, federal district judge Martin Feldman of…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Fourth Circuit: Virginia’s Same-Sex Marriage Ban is Unconstitutional
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawAffirming the federal district judge's decision in February, a panel of the Fourth Circuit in a divided opinion has…
The Faculty Lounge
Fourth Circuit Declares Virginia’s Ban on Same Sex Marriage Unconstitutional
This is not really breaking news at this point as it is all over my Twitter feed (@BClarke_LawProf), but the Fourth Circuit released its opinion in Bostic v Schaefer a…