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Marriage Equality Comes To Wisconsin, Carl W. Tobias
Marriage Equality Comes To Wisconsin, Carl W. Tobias
Law Faculty Publications
Marriage equality has swept America. Numerous federal judges, including Western District of Wisconsin Judge Barbara Crabb, have invalidated state proscriptions on same-sex marriage. This paper scrutinizes U.S. litigation, Crabb’s opinion, Seventh Circuit affirmance, and Supreme Court resolution. Finding that Wisconsin shows how to efficaciously institute full marriage equality, even as other states have not, the piece affords future suggestions.
When Racists And Radicals Meet, Ronald J. Bacigal, Margaret Ivey Bacigal
When Racists And Radicals Meet, Ronald J. Bacigal, Margaret Ivey Bacigal
Law Faculty Publications
In order to stimulate scholarly discussion, this Essay presents an empirical account of the Greensboro incident from the perspective of those who participated in the episode and in the resulting civil rights trial. The Essay traces the circumstances leading to the violence and reviews the resultant litigation with special attention given to the role of the trial judge in politically volatile cases. The candid reflections offered by the trial judge and other participants allow the reader to examine both the event and the litigation, not merely in the abstract, but as implemented by flesh-andblood lawyers, litigants, and judges. .
Judicial Reflections Upon The 1973 Uprising At Wounded Knee, Ronald J. Bacigal
Judicial Reflections Upon The 1973 Uprising At Wounded Knee, Ronald J. Bacigal
Law Faculty Publications
This essay presents a view of Wounded Knee from the perspective of federal district judge Robert R. Merhige, Jr., who was part of a judicial task force sent to South Dakota in 1973. Viewing Wounded Knee from the perspective of a trial judge discloses the social forces underlying Wounded Knee and also provides insights into the role of a trial judge in politically sensitive cases.