UPDATE: JONAH found guilty of consumer fraud
A New Jersey jury found the JONAH gay conversion therapy efforts illegal under the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act.
Constitutional & Public Law
How Nebraska killed the death penalty
Nebraska repeals the death penalty in a landmark override vote by the state legislature.
24-hour waiting periods: an “undue burden” or a minor inconvenience?
Civil rights groups across Florida have filed a lawsuit seeking an emergency injunction in response to a new law that will impose a 24-hour waiting period on women seeking abortions after they receive “informed consent.”
When serving our country lands you in jail— Army veteran’s cry for help ignored
Congress’s lack of funding for Veteran Affairs offices across the country is causing veterans to lash out when denied treatment for PTSD
The end of “one person, one vote”?
U.S. Supreme Court will decide if representation should reflect the number of eligible voters or overall population
Elonis v. United States: SCOTUS Determines Mental State is Necessary to Distinguish the Bad Acts From the Innocent
In another 8-1 decision, the Supreme Court of the United States chooses to withhold First Amendment analysis in this true threats case, but instead held that 18 U.S.C. § 875(c) requires a defendant intend to communicate a threat to be guilty of communicating threats via interstate commerce.
A win for religious rights—North Carolina magistrates can opt-out of marrying same-sex couples
North Carolina legislature overrides Governor Pat McCrory’s veto of the anti-gay religious freedom bill
Voir Dire Vindication
A three-decade-old murder conviction is challenged on a potential Batson violation
EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc.: SCOTUS rules for motive over knowledge
UPDATE: In an 8-1 decision, the Supreme Court of the United States holds that Title VII does not require an employer to have actual knowledge of a potential or current employee’s religious practice.
To close or not to close? That is the Supreme Court’s question for Mississippi
SCOTUS to weigh in on Mississippi’s targeted regulations meant to shut down abortion clinics.
GOOOOOAAAAALLLLLLL—the biggest score in sports history
FIFA leadership indicted for largest corruption bust ever in sports history
Men can lactate too: breastfeeding mom loses discrimination case
No discrimination where breastfeeding mother feels forced out of her job
Don’t Cry Over Spilled Coffee—Starbucks Sure Isn’t
An update on the lawsuit filed against Starbucks over spilled coffee
North Carolina House Bill 774: Restoring Proper Justice or Resuming Retrogressive Punishment?
Despite many states’ efforts to place moratoriums on the death penalty, North Carolina lawmakers take a step toward resuming executions for the first time in nine years by passing House Bill 774, dubbed the “Restoring Proper Justice Act.”
Life after death—spending the rest of your life on death row
Boston Marathon bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, receives the death penalty, but America is still in the dark on where he will wait out the interminable appeals process