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.
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.
Frances Kissling, the former president of Catholics for Choice and a visiting scholar at the Center for Bioethics at the
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?
The Editorial Board of the New York Times today encourages the Obama Justice Department to stop defending the Defense of
This billboard is not a reflection of reality. Legalized abortion saves lives. As Linda Greenhouse points out in her recent
The Washington Post reports today that the slow progress of judicial confirmations in the Senate has combined with the rapid
This is the first in what will be a series of online discussions hosted by HarvardCRCL.org. Each discussion will focus
This comic is part of a collection of comedic takes on airport security accompanying MSNBC’s announcement of new scanners to
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As Alan Dershowitz points out in his recent New York Times Op Ed, there has been an interesting dichotomy in
