Christopher Gacek : "In reaction to the possibility that Hawaiian courts would mandate same-sex marriage for that state in the mid-1990s, Congress enacted the Defense of Marriage Act (DoMA). The vote in the US Senate was...
EXPERT ANALYSIS OF GLOBAL LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS
Same-sex plaintiffs’ challenge to DoMA’s constitutionality shows contempt for democracy
Supreme Court should have reconsidered entire issue of involuntary union dues extraction in Ysursa ruling
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President Obama should address easily exploited non-uniform state gun laws
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Challenges for Chaudhry: The Way Ahead for Pakistan's Reinstated Chief Justice
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Obama Administration’s detention authority must incorporate law of non-international armed conflict
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Obama Administration signals more limited use of presidential signing statements
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Negusie asylum case shows danger of broad application of persecutor bar
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Obama’s stem cell policy is welcome change, but ethics are permanent feature of debate
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Supreme Court gets Hayes wrong, only felonies should cause loss of civil rights
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Attorney General’s comments are an opportunity to discuss minority representation in the legal profession
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Timothy Sandefur : "Thirty years ago, in Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, the Supreme Court held that the Constitution is not offended by state laws that take money directly from workers' paychecks to subsidize...
Frida Berrigan : "Hidden amidst news of the global financial meltdown, the Bernie Madoff guilty pleas and spring's slow approach in the last week, was the story of global gun violence....
JURIST Contributing Editor Ali Khan of Washburn University School of Law says that while newly-reinstated Pakistani Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry must continue to hold his country's Establishment accountable for breaches of the constitutional rights and freedoms of Pakistani citizens, he...
Gabor Rona : "Last Friday, the Obama administration for the first time articulated in court its vision of authority to detain persons who are now being held at Guantanamo. The government's brief in the In...
Daniel Schuman : "On March 11, 2009, President Obama issued his first presidential signing statement - a formal expression of his views regarding legislation that he has just signed into law - identifying...
Angela Wu : "The Supreme Court recently overturned Board of Immigration Appeals and Fifth Circuit rulings in Negusie v. Holder and found that victims of persecution who are forced...
Jesse Reynolds : "President Obama's recent removal of his predecessor's stem cell policy is a welcome development. The Bush administration's restriction on the federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research was outdated and...
Rep. Jennifer Coffey and Evan F. Nappen : "It's said that God created man and woman, but it took Sam Colt to make them equal. Domestic violence is deplorable. Abusing any...
Paula Lucas : "Pull out your cup, fill it full of whatever morning sip of activation you need and let's talk. The recent comments made by Attorney General Holder were rough - well intentioned and...
