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Ferguson — What Now?, Timothy Zick
The Cost Of Public Protest, Timothy Zick
Zick On Public Protest And Ferguson, Timothy Zick
Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around: The Supreme Court Is Harming People With Its Inscrutable Gay Marriage Actions, Sonja R. West, Dahlia Lithwick
Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around: The Supreme Court Is Harming People With Its Inscrutable Gay Marriage Actions, Sonja R. West, Dahlia Lithwick
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The Supreme Court’s decision Monday (Oct. 5, 2014) to decline the appeals of decisions striking down same-sex marriage bans in five states was, to most court-watchers, a huge surprise. It was also a deeply strange move given the magnitude of the constitutional issue and the general confusion about what a non-decision actually means. While Monday’s denial of certiorari was not technically a decision on the merits, most supporters of same-sex marriage celebrated the move as part of the justices’ inexorable crawl toward marriage equality. And in Virginia, Oklahoma, Colorado, and other affected states, gay couples who have waited—in many cases …
Advice For Ferguson From The Supreme Court, Sonja R. West, Dahlia Lithwick
Advice For Ferguson From The Supreme Court, Sonja R. West, Dahlia Lithwick
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This article looks at the factors regarding protestors and counselors set forth in the Supreme Court's decision in McCullen v. Coakley and puts them in the Ferguson, Missouri context.
Hobby Lobby And Corporate Social Responsibility: A View From The Right, Alan J. Meese
Hobby Lobby And Corporate Social Responsibility: A View From The Right, Alan J. Meese
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Quick Change Justice, Sonja R. West, Dahlia Lithwick
Quick Change Justice, Sonja R. West, Dahlia Lithwick
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The architecture of the U.S. Supreme Court Building is rife with turtles. There are turtles holding up the lampposts in the courtyard and turtles engraved in the stone decor. You can buy turtle coffee mugs at the gift shop. The turtle is said to represent the slow and deliberate pace of justice. This is an institution, the turtle tells us, that moves slowly, deliberately, and removed from the knee-jerk pace of the political branches.
Yet moments before they adjourned for their summer recess, the justices proved they can act quite quickly and recklessly when it comes to violating the terms …
Hobby Lobby, Corporate Law, And Rfra, Alan J. Meese
Hobby Lobby, Corporate Law, And Rfra, Alan J. Meese
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