Amicus, Guest Author

Essay: Why the ACLU’s President is a Card-Carrying Member

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When I was a third-grader in public school (in Long Beach, NY) our class play was Johnny Tremain — the story of a 14 year old boy caught up in the American Revolution. I decided to take the book version out of the school library to read the whole story but the librarian told me I wasn’t allowed to. That book was in the boy’s section. The girl’s section, as I well knew, contained collections of fairy tales and biographies of Presidents’ wives, Florence Nightingale, and Clara Barton.

Amicus, LGBTQ Rights

Justice Department Will Not Fully Defend DOMA

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Contrary to the suggestion of one Amicus author, the Justice Department today announced that it will stop defending parts of the Defense of Marriage Act in federal court. The Washington Post, citing many of the same arguments put forth in that Amicus post, calls the move risky. Amicus will of course continue to cover the developments on the legal and social fallout from this decision.

Amicus, Criminal Justice, Events

Panel Discussion: Developments in Material Support Law

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The HLS Middle East Law Students Association presents: Developments in Material Support Law
March 3, 2011 at 6pm, Austin North at Harvard Law School
This panel will explore the implications of the the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project and the current landscape for material support prosecutions in the US.
Co-sponsored by the Human Rights Program at HLS, the Islamic Legal Studies Program at HLS, Justice for Palestine at HLS, the National Lawyers Guild – HLS Chapter, the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, ACLU-HLS, and ACS.

Amicus, Labor and Employment

Budgets Don't Have To Be Balanced On The Backs Of Workers

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What started in Wisconsin is spreading to the rest of the country. Governors, especially Republican governors, are using state budget deficits to present state employees with a Hobson’s choice: diminish the bargaining power of unions of state employees or allow the state government to be insolvent. Solving deficits from the expenditure side puts the sacrifice on the backs of the poor and middle class. Raising taxes accomplishes the same goal without the same consequences.

Amicus, Events

The Psychology of Inequality

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On Saturday, February 26, The Project on Law and Mind Sciences at Harvard Law School will hold its Fifth Conference on Law and Mind Sciences, entitled The Psychology of Inequality.

Amicus, Courts & Judicial Interpretation

What does it mean when Justice Thomas says nothing?

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Is it a problem when a Supreme Court justice chooses not to ask questions at oral argument? Is it a problem when that same justice doesn’t seek consensus with others to try to craft majority opinions and guide the law? Do Justice Thomas’s potential political and family conflicts of interest change your opinion of his position on the court and the way he chooses to exercise his judicial authority? Regardless of what you think about his positions on the issues, is this appropriate behavior for a man appointed to establish the supreme law of the land?

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