Concord with Which Other Families?: Marriage Equality, Family Demographics, and Race
Lesbian and gay parents figured prominently in two decades of litigation concerning marriage equality, and Obergefell v. Hodges was no… Continue reading →
Lesbian and gay parents figured prominently in two decades of litigation concerning marriage equality, and Obergefell v. Hodges was no… Continue reading →
Mellouli v. Lynch, decided in June 2015, evaluated whether a state conviction for possession of drug paraphernalia used to conceal… Continue reading →
On September 17, 2015, the Federal Circuit issued another decision in the epic Apple v. Samsung smartphone war. This was… Continue reading →
Our national DNA database, CODIS, now contains over two million individual profiles taken from arrestees. Most states and the federal… Continue reading →
For the last several years, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has quietly attempted to curtail capital defendants’ representation in state postconviction… Continue reading →
If government statistics are correct, almost all of us engage in what the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) calls “voluntary tax… Continue reading →
On April 8, 2015, the United States deported Salvadoran General Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova, whom The New York Times described… Continue reading →
On November 12, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Comptroller of the Treasury v. Wynne. The case,… Continue reading →
Do new regulations apply to pending cases? The question is simple, but the short answer is a lawyer’s favorite: “It… Continue reading →
In Yates v. United States, the Supreme Court will decide whether tossing undersized fish overboard can be prosecuted under the… Continue reading →