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States and nullification: Part II

In my article last week, I wrote a bit on nullification. For a quick refresher on my previous points: 1. Historians and legal scholars, including what’s...

States and nullification: part I

Do you remember when our state representative Jeff Smith coauthored a bill for a nullification committee? We, and several other states, followed Idaho...

Voter ID just makes sense

After the recent Supreme Court decision striking down the formula in the Voting Rights Act, numerous states that had been under preclearance announced...

Progress is progress

On Sunday, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy denied a bid from Proposition 8 supporters to halt gay marriages that had become legal in California,...

University of Mississippi students react to Supreme Court ruling

Cheers of “DOMA is dead” could be heard in front of the Supreme Court Wednesday in Washington, D.C., when the court ruled that the Defense of Marriage...

Supreme Court strikes federal marriage provision

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a major victory for gay rights, the Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a provision of a federal law denying federal benefits...

High court sends back Texas race-based plan

WASHINGTON (AP) — Affirmative action in college admissions survived Supreme Court review Monday in a consensus decision that avoided the difficult constitutional...

Arizona’s law is not about voter ID

onday, the Supreme Court struck down a 2004 Arizona law that required documentation of citizenship in order to register to vote. This has prompted many individuals, even in the media, to triumphantly claim that the Supreme Court has invalidated voter identification laws at the state level. Not surprisingly, these individuals are incorrect. First, the 2004 Arizona law was...

Gay Marriage and The Supremes: ‘You Keep Me Hangin’ On’

Last week, the Supreme Court heard arguments in two separate cases dealing with gay marriage. These cases dealt with the constitutionality of the federal government’s Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California’s Prop 8, both pieces of legislation that outlaw gay marriage. The decisions in these cases will be announced in June, and while it seems unlikely that either...

Voting Rights Act is unfair

The Voting Rights Act was landmark legislation when it was passed, but it will soon undergo scrutiny from the Supreme Court yet again. At issue this time is if the formula to determine preclearance, which defines which states or counties are under Department of Justice control, is outdated. In 2009, the Supreme Court decided that the Voting Rights Act was constitutional...

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