by mschmitt | Nov 1, 2014 | Amicus, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Criminal Justice, Freedom of Expression, LGBTQ Rights, Racial Justice, Sex Equality, Voting and Elections Rights, Weekly News Roundup
There has been considerable coverage on the new Harvard University sexual harassment policy. On Oct. 15, a group of 28 HLS faculty members published this op-ed in the Boston Globe arguing that the new university policy 1) violates principles of Due Process, 2)...
by mschmitt | Sep 26, 2014 | Amicus, Poverty and Economic Justice
An article in the HL Record recently made Above the Law for its somewhat-facetiously titled piece, “Want to save the World? Do Biglaw!” Bill Barlow, the author, essentially argues that HLS grads should go into Biglaw because Biglaw lawyers make 3-4 times as much as...
by mschmitt | Mar 24, 2014 | Amicus, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Criminal Justice, Education & Youth, Freedom of Expression, LGBTQ Rights
Welcome back from Break! While we were away from classes, civil rights legal news still plugged on: Same-Sex Marriage in Michigan – SCOTUSBlog Last week, Senior Judge Friedman invalidated Michigan’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriages and entered a...
by mschmitt | Mar 10, 2014 | Amicus, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Criminal Justice, Freedom of Expression, LGBTQ Rights, Voting and Elections Rights, Weekly News Roundup
The last week has had several civil rights updates on several different fronts: “Senate Democrats help block Obama nominee for civil rights post” – Washington Post The Senate rejected the nomination of Debo P. Adegbile to lead the Justice...
by mschmitt | Feb 11, 2014 | Amicus, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Freedom of Expression, LGBTQ Rights
Justice Scalia is (in)famous for his view that when the Court struck down Texas’ criminal sodomy statute in Lawrence v. Texas, it undermined bans on “bigamy, same-sex marriage, adult incest, prostitution, masturbation, adultery, fornication, bestiality, and...
