Equal Dignity — Heeding Its Call
Vol. 132 No. 4
Given Justice Kennedy’s role as the swing vote on the Supreme Court, his departure was undoubtedly momentous. And as happens with the departure of...
Fourteenth Amendment
Lewis v. Governor of Alabama
Eleventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Discrimination Claim Relying on Historical and Statistical Evidence.
Vol. 132 No. 2
A Shadow Across Our Democracy
The fate of our democracy may very well hang on the vote of Justice Kennedy’s replacement. If a newly constituted Supreme Court were to overrule...
Niang v. Carroll
Eighth Circuit Upholds Licensing Requirement for African-Style Hair Braiders.
Vol. 131 No. 8
Thompson v. Alabama
District Court Finds No Irreparable Injury from the State’s Lack of Notice to People with Felony Convictions upon Re-Enfranchisement.
Vol. 131 No. 7
The Virtues of Heterogeneity, in Court Decisions and the Constitution
Vol. 131 No. 3
In recent decades, the project of integrating long-segregated American society has stalled, if not lurched into reverse. Though the impermissibility of de jure segregation...
Nelson v. Colorado
Vol. 131 No. 1
Crime never pays, but criminals do little else. States and municipalities earn considerable revenue from monetary exactions in the criminal justice system, partly from...
Beckles v. United States
Vol. 131 No. 1
The vagueness doctrine takes at least two forms: one based in the Due Process Clause and one based in the Eighth Amendment. Under the...
BNSF Railway Co. v. Tyrrell
Vol. 131 No. 1
Since International Shoe Co. v. Washington, the Supreme Court has framed personal jurisdiction as a due process doctrine prohibiting courts from hearing claims against...
Davidson v. City of Cranston
First Circuit Holds that Prison Gerrymandering Does Not Violate the Equal Protection Clause.
Vol. 130 No. 8