by branden | Sep 13, 2011 | Amicus, Criminal Justice, Education & Youth, Freedom of Expression
Originally published May 6, 2011. The Supreme Court has declined to take the case of a Texas high school cheerleader who was kicked off the squad after refusing to cheer for the basketball player whom she alleges raped her. The Fifth Circuit ruling not only upheld...
by branden | Jul 27, 2011 | Amicus, Poverty and Economic Justice
There is a lot of talk in American politics about how to protect the “middle class.” President Obama consistently draws the contrast between the wealthy and the middle class in order to rally support for his own policy positions. Republicans also invoke...
by branden | Jul 20, 2011 | Amicus, Criminal Justice, Education & Youth
It turns out it may the schools, and not the kids, who are causing the discipline problems. A new study from Texas tracked every Texas seventh-grader from 2000, 2001, and 2002 for six years or more to examine the interaction between school discipline, poverty, race,...
by branden | Jun 27, 2011 | Amicus, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Freedom of Expression
The Supreme Court today struck down two state laws concerning free speech. In Arizona Free Enterprise Club PAC v. Bennett, Chief Justice Roberts, representing the usual 5-4 split, delivered an opinion striking down Arizona’s Clean Elections Act granting...
by branden | Jun 23, 2011 | Amicus, Uncategorized
In a story reported on by news outlets as varied as ESPN and NPR last week, University of New Mexico football player DeShon Marman was arrested after refusing to deplane from a US Airways flight based on complaints from the flight crew about his sagging pajama pants. ...