Flowers v. Mississippi
Vol. 133 No. 1
The state’s authority to deliver justice is called into question when its officers are not or cannot be held accountable for violating the law....
Discrimination
Wetzel v. Glen St. Andrew Living Community, LLC
Seventh Circuit Holds Landlords May Be Liable for Tenant-on-Tenant Discriminatory Harassment.
Vol. 132 No. 7
Segregation by Citizenship
Vol. 132 No. 5
For centuries, prisoners in the United States were housed together regardless of their citizenship status. That changed in 1999 when the federal government began...
Sex and the Schoolhouse
Vol. 132 No. 5
Introduction At a 2015 speech at Catholic University’s Columbus School of Law, then-Judge Brett Kavanaugh pondered Chief Justice John G. Roberts’s famous statement that...
The Paradox of “Progressive Prosecution”
Vol. 132 No. 2
When Freddie Gray woke up on April 12, 2015, he surely did not know that he would soon enter a coma only to die...
Lewis v. Governor of Alabama
Eleventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Discrimination Claim Relying on Historical and Statistical Evidence.
Vol. 132 No. 2
The Etiquette of Animus
Vol. 132 No. 1
There is a difference between deciding how to talk about a problem and sorting out the principles for resolving it. In Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd....
Severson v. Heartland Woodcraft, Inc.
Seventh Circuit Rules that a Multimonth Leave of Absence Cannot Be a Reasonable Accommodation.
Vol. 131 No. 8
The Black Police: Policing Our Own
Vol. 131 No. 7
Introduction Since Darren Wilson shot and killed Michael Brown in 2014, the problem of police violence against African Americans has been a relatively salient...
Seattle, Wash., Ordinance 125393
Seattle Bans the Use of Criminal History in Rental Decisions.
Vol. 131 No. 6