The Pioneer in the Pacific Northwest: How Oregon Makes it Easy to Vote
By Michael Pierce* Both the 15th Amendment and 1965 Voting Rights Act are crucial tools for protecting citizens’ right to vote, but it’s important […]
Fifty Years After the Voting Rights Act, Two Years After Shelby County
By Ana Choi In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, HLPR has published a new article
Miller v. Alabama as a Watershed Procedural Rule: The Case for Retroactivity
By Beth Caldwell* Three years ago, in Miller v. Alabama, the Supreme Court ruled that sentencing juveniles to life without parole
SCOTUS Invites Death Row to BYOE (Bring Your Own Executioner)
By Charles McGonigal The death penalty is the government’s deepest moral quagmire. An execution is irrevocable and heavily resembles the
Texas Dept. of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project: A fair housing victory also vindicates the right way to interpret Civil Rights law
By Francesca Procaccini In a seismic, albeit relatively foreseeable, week at the Supreme Court—one in which love and equal justice
King v. Burwell: Following the Law
By Professor Erwin Chemerinsky* If not for the deep ideological divisions surrounding the Affordable Care Act, there would be no