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Equal Protection
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Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Pres. Obama Directs Justice Department to Stop Defending DOMA
NY Times: U.S., in Shift, Sees Marriage Act as Violation of Gay Rights, by Charlie Savage & Sheryl Gay Stolberg:WASHINGTON — President Obama, in a major legal policy shift, has…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Obama DOJ: Holder Announces DOMA will Not be Defended because it is Unconstitutional
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Eric Holder, Attorney General of the United States, informed Congress today that "After careful consideration, including review of a recommendation from me, the President of the United States has made…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Recently Published Scholarship
Allen R. Kamp, Ricci v. DeStefano and Disparate Treatment: How the Case Makes Title VII and the Equal Protection Clause Unworkable, 39 Capital U. L. Rev. 1 (2011).Jill M. Fraley,…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
U.S. Senators Wicker and Paul Introduce “Life at Conception” Act
Ms. Magazine: Life at Conception Act Introduced in the Senate:Senators Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced the Life at Conception Act in the Senate yesterday that would establish…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Death and Dixie: How the Courthouse Confederate Flag Influences Capital Cases in Louisiana”
Main January 19, 2011"Death and Dixie: How the Courthouse Confederate Flag Influences Capital Cases in Louisiana"The title of this post is the title of this interesting piece available via SSRN…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Separate But Unequal: The Federal Criminal Justice System In Indian Country”
Main January 9, 2011"Separate But Unequal: The Federal Criminal Justice System In Indian Country"The title of this post is the title of this new article available via SSRN. Here is…
TortsProf Blog
Jennifer Wriggins’s Constitution Day Lecture
Jennifer Wriggins (Maine) has posted her Constitution Day lecture at Maine to SSRN. Entitled Constitutional Law and Tort Law: Injury, Race, Gender, and Equal Protection, the abstract provides:The lecture focuses…
The Faculty Lounge
Time’s Top Ten
Marking the 10th anniversary of Bush v. Gore, Time Magazine ranked the "Top Ten Landmark Supreme Court Cases:" Brown v. Board of Education Roe v. Wade Miranda v. Arizona Marbury…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Speeders Not Similarly Situated: District Judge Dismisses Equal Protection Claim
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Here’s the problem: In the District of Columbia, motorists stopped by police officers and charged with speeding more than 30 mph over the speed limit are subject to automatic arrest,…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Mayeri on Fronterio
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Serena Mayeri's article, "When the Trouble Started": The Story of Frontiero v. Richardson, available on ssrn, provides an important perspective on the military as the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy continues…