Is Affirmative Action Dead?
By Nathalie Beauchamps Among the panoply of decisions that the Supreme Court has overturned or narrowed over the past few […]
Originalism: A Conservative Doctrine or An Opportunity to Expand Rights?
Originalism could be utilized to uphold or even expand the rights that progressives care about. Where, then, does originalism go wrong?
How Defamation Is Used to Silence Survivors
Defamation suits are being used increasingly by those in power to evade accountability by silencing survivors. The judicial system needs to do better.
In Review: The Broken Constitution
The question looming here is as obvious as it appears: what is this moral crevasse, and why has Feldman, in a book centered on Lincoln, America’s most famous liberator, chosen the future president of the Confederacy to articulate its opening?
Mandatory Prosecutorial Disclosure: Safeguarding Our Right to a Fair Trial
Society wins not only when the guilty are convicted but when the criminal trials are fair; our system of the administration of justice suffers when any accused is treated unfairly.
Supreme Court Provides a Win for Students with Disabilities in Perez v. Sturgis
The Supreme Court recently delivered an important victory for students with disabilities in Perez v. Sturgis Public Schools, providing an
Examining Disability Rights Issues and the Constitutional Concerns Surrounding Death with Dignity Laws
Death with dignity laws, also known as medical aid-in-dying laws or physician-assisted dying laws, allow terminally ill patients to request
Barred: Why the Innocent Can’t Get Out of Prison (Book Review by Justin Marceau)
Within the last decade I had an informal meeting with a judge at a local restaurant. We talked about mutual
A Reform and Revolution to Fourth Amendment Jurisprudence
The Fourth Amendment guarantees our right “to be secure in [our] persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and
This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. The Respect for Marriage Act moves forward in the Senate,
Talevski: Supreme Court Reconsiders Private Enforcement of Public Benefit Programs
On November 8th, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Health and Hospital Corp. of Marion County v. Talevski.