Arbitrarily classifying a number of murders as not-crimes is a good way to reduce reported violent crime rates, but it doesn’t actually reduce violence.
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Hard Work Doesn’t Pay for Home-Care Workers
Home-care workers aren’t casual babysitters, and it’s time to make sure they don’t get paid like one.
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The Roberts Court Joins the War On Women
When Daniel Coleman asked for sick leave from his job at the Appeals Court of Maryland, he was told he would be fired. The state’s actions violated the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), passed by Congress in 1993. Unfortunately, thanks to the Roberts Court, Coleman has a right without an appropriate remedy. A bare […]
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The History of Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” Law
The English common-law origins of the legislation at the center of the investigation into Trayvon Martin’s death
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Walking While Black
If the colors here were reversed, if a white man were dead by gunshot, do you think for a minute that the black man would be walking around free?
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George Zimmerman’s Collaborators
If he gets away with killing Martin, it’s not just the statute that bears responsibility.
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Who Killed Tyler Clementi?
Dharun Ravi’s roommate committed suicide after Ravi spied on him having sex with another man. But is he responsible for his death?
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Celebrating the Defeated
Three former Iowa Supreme Court justices awarded for going down without a fight.
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The ACA v. the Supreme Court
Opponents of the health-care law argue that Congress can only pass laws that anger or benefit everybody.
