Harvard Law Review Forum
Comment on Professor Gluck’s “Imperfect Statutes, Imperfect Courts”
Legislation
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Family Law
Ponorovskaya v. Stecklow
New York Supreme Court Holds Statutory Exception to Marriage License Requirements Generally Inapplicable to Out-of-State Marriages.
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Civil Rights
State of California, Act of Oct. 11, 2009
California Establishes Pilot Programs To Expand Access to Counsel for Low-Income Parties.
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Harvard Law Review Forum
Optimal Timing of Legal Intervention: The Role of Timing Rules
Responding to Jacob E. Gersen & Eric A. Posner, Timing Rules and Legal Institutions, 121 Harv. L. Rev. 543 (2007)
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Harvard Law Review Forum
The Constitutional Legitimacy of Freestanding Federalism
Responding to John F. Manning, Federalism and the Generality Problem in Constitutional Interpretation, 122 Harv. L. Rev. 2003 (2009)
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Federalism - Sep. of Pwr.
Federalism and the Generality Problem in Constitutional Interpretation
In recent years, the Supreme Court has embraced a freestanding federalism that is not tied to any particular clause of the Constitution. Rather, because multiple clauses assume the continued existence…
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Legislation
Metropolitan Taxicab Board of Trade v. City of New York
Southern District of New York Holds that New York City Hybrid Taxi Regulations Are Likely Preempted by the EPCA.
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Constitutional Theory
National Pride at Work, Inc. v. Governor of Michigan
Supreme Court of Michigan Holds that Public Employers May Not Provide Healthcare Benefits to Same-Sex Domestic Partners of Employees.
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Federal Courts
FISA Amendments Act of 2008
Congress Grants Telecommunications Companies Retroactive Immunity from Civil Suits for Complying with NSA Terrorist Surveillance Program.
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Criminal Law
United States v. Santos