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Celebrating the NVRA: 20 Years of Increasing Access to the Vote

Elisabeth MacNamara | Posted 05.17.2013 | Politics
Elisabeth MacNamara

Monday, May 20, marks the 20th anniversary of the National Voter Registration Act, the monumental legislation that protects and enhances the ability of Americans to register to vote.

Brown V. Board Of Education Plans Thought-Provoking Anniversary

AP | Posted 05.16.2013 | Black Voices

TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Brown v. Board of Education National Historic site will display a black doll used in a series of famous race studies to mark the 5...

Supreme Court Justices Have Only Been Addressed By How Many Black Lawyers?

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 05.13.2013 | Black Voices

WASHINGTON — In roughly 75 hours of arguments at the Supreme Court since October, only one African-American lawyer appeared before the justices,...

Is Judicial Activism the Panacea for Legislative Inaction?

Anne Stevenson | Posted 05.09.2013 | Politics
Anne Stevenson

Recently, there have been a few interesting debates about what can be done to circumvent the harmful effects of sequestration caused by congressional ...

Buying Off the Ref

Brian Young | Posted 05.06.2013 | Politics
Brian Young

In so many ways, the Chamber and its allies are pushing the Court in a direction where people get less and less power to counter corporate abuses.

New First Amendment Suit Poses Existential Threat to Government Unions

Peter Scheer | Posted 05.02.2013 | Politics
Peter Scheer

Public employee unions face a new, and mortal, threat. It's not the unfunded liability of union pension plans or municipal governments' resort to bankruptcy to void union contracts. No, the new existential threat facing government unions comes from... the First Amendment.

Women of Consequence Convene

Kamala Lopez | Posted 04.30.2013 | Women
Kamala Lopez

The next wave of the women's movement is about to break. Across the public sphere, women are awakening, becoming reenergized, taking stock and speaking up. Nowhere was this more apparent than at the inaugural YaleWomen Global Conference: Vision, Values, Voices.

Court To Hear Emotional Challenge On Adoption Law

AP | MEG KINNARD | Posted 04.14.2013 | Politics

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- The U.S. Supreme Court this week will hear an emotional family challenge to longstanding federal law on the adoption of Native Ameri...

Putting A Speed Limit On Change

Dr. Joe Wenke | Posted 04.02.2013 | Gay Voices
Dr. Joe Wenke

Some people are arguing that the movement toward marriage equality is going too quickly. They say that it would be better to go more slowly in granting same-sex couples the right to marry. Should we go slowly in ensuring freedom and equality for all people because it will upset bigots?

Millbrook v. U.S.: Holding the Government Accountable for Misconduct by Law Enforcement Officials

John W. Whitehead | Posted 04.02.2013 | Crime
John W. Whitehead

At a time when the courts are increasingly giving deference to the police and prioritizing security over civil liberties, the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Millbrook v. United States is a glimmer of hope in a sea of gloom.

Homophobic Support of Same-Sex Marriage Is Annoying

Tim Young | Posted 03.29.2013 | Comedy
Tim Young

Apparently, in a lot of ignorant people's minds, if you come out in support of same-sex marriage, you're just straight up "coming out," and that's really stupid.

Faith and Marriage

Nancy K. Kaufman | Posted 03.29.2013 | Politics
Nancy K. Kaufman

What role does faith play today in defining the modern concept of marriage? Surely for many of us, as individuals, it still depends on one's particular religious beliefs or moral sensibilities. That is something both to be protected and protected against.

City Commission's Prayer Policy Upheld

Brad Reid | Posted 03.28.2013 | Politics
Brad Reid

The case, Atheists of Florida v. City of Lakeland, provides an example of how local legislative bodies might craft a prayer policy that a court could find constitutionally permissible.

Religious Freedom, Meet Secularism: Your Best Ally

Tom Krattenmaker | Posted 03.28.2013 | Politics
Tom Krattenmaker

Secularism is not about total godlessness. It is, more precisely, a model of church and state in which government is not under the control of a church authority, and no churches or individuals are having their religious practice and beliefs, or non-belief, dictated by the government.

Leaving Marriage Equality To The States Could Create A Messy Future

National Journal | Ronald Brownstein | Posted 03.28.2013 | Politics

In two big cases, the Supreme Court was hesitant to impose a national standard on gay marriage. But history shows that leaving the issue to the states...

Michigan Republican National Committeeman Promotes Anti-Gay Article

The Huffington Post | Chelsea Kiene | Posted 03.28.2013 | Politics

One Michigan Republican National Committeeman promoted an article’s claim that “part of the homosexual agenda is to get the public to affirm their...

My Prayer This Easter Season: That The Arc Of The Moral Universe Continue To Bend Towards Justice

Kety Esquivel | Posted 03.27.2013 | Religion
Kety Esquivel

My prayer this Easter season is that the arc of the moral universe continue to bend towards justice in the ruling of the Supreme Court Justices.

In the Future, People Will Wonder What the Fuss Was All About

William Bradley | Posted 03.27.2013 | Politics
William Bradley

While the U.S. Supreme Court may hold the line on most of the country, while likely allowing the invalidation of California's Proposition 8 anti-gay marriage initiative, it is clear that the right to same-sex marriage will be part of America's future.

LOOK: U.S. Supreme Court Lit Up With Stunning Message After Prop 8 Hearings

Posted 03.27.2013 | Gay Voices

The U.S. Supreme Court was illuminated with a stunning marriage equality message for a moment on the evening of March 26 after hearing arguments on Pr...

Gay Marriage - The Heart of the Matter

Judith Johnson | Posted 03.26.2013 | Gay Voices
Judith Johnson

The bottom line issue here is not whether or not gay marriage should be recognized, but whether or not our system should condone and legalize prejudice.

Supreme Court Issues Major Ruling On Drug-Sniffing Dogs

AP | JESSE J. HOLLAND | Posted 03.26.2013 | Miami

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that police cannot bring drug-sniffing police dogs onto a suspect's property to look for evidence withou...

The Moment Is Now: Prop 8 Comes to the Supreme Court

Paul Hogarth | Posted 03.26.2013 | Gay Voices
Paul Hogarth

Despite having strong political and religious feelings about the issue, how are opponents "harmed" by same-sex couples getting married -- and having their relationship recognized by the law?

Most Republicans Find Supreme Court Liberal

The Huffington Post | Sabrina Siddiqui | Posted 03.25.2013 | Politics

Almost half of conservative Republicans believe the United States Supreme Court is liberal under its current conservative majority, according to a Pew...

Living With Your Husband's Troubles Long After He's Gone

Tom Davis | Posted 03.22.2013 | Crime
Tom Davis

What Adelaide's role was in the scam, if anything, is unclear. She did indicate that she knows enough and has a wealth of information that she could -- if she wanted to -- make public and attract a lot of interest.

Supreme Court Backs Student In Textbook Copyright Case

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 03.19.2013 | College

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that textbooks and other goods made and sold abroad can be re-sold online and in discount stores without...