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NY Timeseditorial talks of “Slow Demise of Capital Punishment”
Main December 30, 2013NY Times editorial talks of "Slow Demise of Capital Punishment"The title of this new New York Times editorial, "The Slow Demise of Capital Punishment," is probably better…
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SCOTUS Brief In Hawaii Reapportionment Case: Exclusions From Population Are Not Reviewed Under “Rational Basis”
Here's the Brief Opposing Motion to Affirm, filed today (Dec. 26, 2013) in Kostick v. Nago, No. 13-456. That's the appeal currently pending in the Supreme Court challenging a ruling…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Utah Federal District Judge Declares State’s Same-Sex Marriage Ban Unconstitutional
In his opinion in Kitchen v. Herbert, federal district judge Robert Shelby heldthat Utah’s prohibition on same- sex marriage conflicts with the United States Constitution’s [Fourteenth Amendment] guarantees of equal…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
New Mexico Supreme Court Declares Same-Sex Marriage Cannot Constitutionally be Barred
In its unanimous opinion in Griego v. Oliver, the New Mexico Supreme Court has declared that the state must recognize same sex marriages. The court found thatbarring individuals from marrying…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
Democracy and renewed distrust: Equal protection and the evolving judicial conception of politics
The title of this post come from this article arguing that the Court has become less deferential towards legislative efforts to protect the equal protection rights of minorities. According to…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Keeping Up With the Second Circuit’s Stop and Frisk Decisions
The Second Circuit late Friday entered yet another decision in In re Reassignment of Cases: Ligon; Floyd et al. v. City of New York, et al., this time on four…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Should Veterans Have Veterans’ Day Off? Constitutional Concerns
The Veterans Day Off Bill, reintroduced by Congressperson Bruce Braley of Iowa this year would require employers with more than 50 employees to give any veteran Veterans Day off, with…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Equal Protection for Prostitutes
By Tracy Thomas
A legal defense based on gender discrimination in not prosecuting male customers, only female prostitutes. See Women Charge More Often Than Men in Fox Cities Prostitution Cases
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Update on Stop and Frisk Judge’s Removal by Second Circuit: Judge Shira Scheindlin Seeks Intervention
It was not only that a panel of the Second Circuit stayed Judge Shira Scheindlin's orders in Floyd v. City of New York and in Ligon v. City of New…
Education Law Prof Blog
Another Parent Intervention in School Voucher Litigation
By Derek Black
Finally, school voucher news that is not about Louisiana's fight with DOJ surfaces. This time it is a new development in the Southern Poverty Law Center's suit against Alabama. Late…