A federal judge has struck down DOMA’s Section 3—and hopefully a repeal of the rest will follow.
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27th Amendment or Bust
How the newest amendment to the Constitution was ratified, and why it’s so hard to change the law of the land.
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Far-Off State Capitals Are More Corrupt
Places like Albany, Trenton, and Springfield don’t look so hot in a new academic paper.
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Dharun Ravi Goes to Jail
Now that the Rutgers spying case is over, we can turn our attention back to keeping the culture accountable for anti-gay bias.
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A State-Federal Standoff over the Death Penalty
Is United States v. Pleau really about federalism, or fundamental morality, colonialism, and the rule of law?
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The Unecessary Radicalism of Citizens United
Jeffrey Toobin’s New Yorker piece has the details.
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Supporters of Marriage Equality Need to Quit Whining
Don’t worry, be happy. Obama has done much more than you’re giving him credit for.
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For Conservatives, There’s Never A “Right Way” To Change the Status Quo
In an unfortunately timed post last week calling out Obama for being incoherent on same-sex marriage, Ross Douthat made a familiar claim: The first reason is that while the increase in public support for same-sex marriage over the last two decades has been astonishingly swift, it has not been irreversible. Instead, sudden bursts of legal […]
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In Voter ID Case, Court Tells Texas to Quit Stalling
Unless it produces key documents and meets deadlines, Texas will not be able to implement its voter ID law in time for the November elections.
