Supreme Court hears arguments on affirmative action, suing foreign corporations
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in three cases Tuesday, including an affirmative action case and a case on suing foreign corporations in US courts. In Daimler AG v. Bauman [transcript, PDF; JURIST...
The Family, Faith and Freedom Protection Act of 2013 Is an Abuse of Power
Nimra Azmi, Harvard Law School
Pensions and Chapter 9 Bankruptcy: How Detroit May Boldly Go Where No Municipality Has Gone Before
Igor Shleypak, University of Illinois College of Law
Public understanding of the shape and direction of affirmative action has been influenced primarily by US Supreme Court decisions. However, affirmative action litigation decided in state courts and federal courts other than the Supreme Court has also had a lasting...
The Fifteenth Amendment to the US Constitution guarantees that "he right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous...
Supreme Court to rule on recess appointments, abortion clinic 'buffer zone'
The US Supreme Court agreed Monday to review the president's recess appointment power . In NLRB v. Noel Canning , the court will decide: (1) whether the president's recess-appointment...
Colorado governor signs bills regulating recreational marijuana
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper on Tuesday signed a new set of laws regulating the use and sale of recreational marijuana. One law expands the medical marijuana enforcement division to encompass retail marijuana. The...
The ILO and Forced Labor: Ameliorating Poverty and the Hunger for Profits
Susan Bitensky, Michigan State University College of Law
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in two cases on Monday, including a new affirmative action case. The court will hear Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action on whether...
