In Memoriam – Arlen Specter: 1930‐2012
In this memoriam, Judge Jan E. DuBois of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania remembers… Continue reading →
In this memoriam, Judge Jan E. DuBois of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania remembers… Continue reading →
In United States v. Windsor, the Second Circuit reasoned (no doubt, correctly) that extending federal marriage benefits to all married… Continue reading →
A major procedural question looms over the two marriage cases currently before the U.S. Supreme Court: Do the parties who… Continue reading →
In recent weeks, a dispute has developed between the Obama Administration and lawyers representing detainees housed at the U.S. facility… Continue reading →
On January 11, 2012, the Supreme Court decided the first significant case of the October 2011 Term, Hosanna‐Tabor Evangelical Lutheran… Continue reading →
In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina flattened the Gulf Coast from the Alabama border to 100 miles west of New Orleans.… Continue reading →
Six years ago, the Supreme Court held in United States v. Booker that the mandatory sentencing guidelines system was unconstitutional.… Continue reading →
When I began my career in the Pennsylvania Legislature in 1976, America's drug culture, and public awareness of drug abuse,… Continue reading →
At every stage of the criminal justice process, mandatory minimums contribute to disparate impact among racial groups. They encourage policing… Continue reading →
People who commit a crime and are brought before a court to be sentenced expect to face a prison term… Continue reading →