Four Reasons Not to Get Married in California
There are important personal and symbolic reasons for gays to marry in California. But it is a mistake to act without thinking carefully about the serious legal and financial implications.
There are important personal and symbolic reasons for gays to marry in California. But it is a mistake to act without thinking carefully about the serious legal and financial implications.
Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 06.14.2008 | Business
Lawyers will soon have to choose: spend your career serving your country, or spend it serving your corporation. But we have to make sure that those who embrace public service can make a decent living.
Peter Scheer | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics
To look at porn is a right that we all have, and for good reason: in a free society, government has no business overriding private choices about what movies to see, books to read or photos to view.
Edward Stein | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics
Much has changed since the last referendum about same-sex marriage in California in 2000 -- attitudes towards gay people and gay relationships have improved markedly.
Marci Hamilton | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics
About 20% of boys, and 25% of girls, are sexually abused in the United States. If we were to ignore our age of consent laws, we could reduce those numbers dramatically. And why stop with the laws governing sex?
Aaron Greenspan | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics
The aggregate efforts of all of the lawyers I have hired have yielded more dishonest behavior than the issues I was hoping to address with their help.
Bella DePaulo | Posted 05.24.2008 | Media
The ad funded by "Women Count" counts every woman -- as long as she is married. I wonder, are single women also invisible to Hillary?
Eugene Volokh | Posted 05.22.2008 | Politics
An excerpt from the court's opinion, which is a sharp and detailed rebuke of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.
Carol Maric | Posted 05.06.2008 | Politics
I Object! Or is that Subject? This was my first reaction to the common linguistic objectification of sentient beings which has become pervasive in America.
Julia Moulden | Posted 05.05.2008 | Entertainment
Ronnie Abrams appointment as special counsel for pro bono to one of New York's prestigious law firms (Davis Polk & Wardwell) is big enough news that i...
Jacob Soboroff | Posted 05.02.2008 | Home
I visited with election law expert Rick Hasen and hopped on the bus to time how long it would take to get a photo ID to vote if you don't already have one.
Mike Stark | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics
Our nation's charter -- The Constitution of the United States -- to this day contains unstricken text that established the legal framework for slavery.
Dave Johnson | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics
Big companies have the money to take these cases to court. But what if you or I need to go to court? Are we on an equal footing?
David Feige | Posted 11.07.2007 | Media
It's hard to match the schadenfreude that comes from reading a headline like "Conservative Authors Sue Publisher," particularly when the publisher is the odious Regnery.
Michael Shaw | Posted 10.09.2007 | Media
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Edward Stein | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics