It has been far too long since I thought to do a round-up of posts of note from my blogging over at Marijuana Law, Policy & Reform, though that is certainly not because there
has been any shortage of interesting COVID-19 or social justice issues arising these days at the intersection of marijuana policy and criminal justice policy. Rather [...]
As reported in this new AP piece, headlined "Movement for Black Lives seeks sweeping legislative changes," a big new federal criminal justice reform bill includes some big
new ideas for sentencing reform. Here are some of the details: Proposed federal legislation that would radically transform the nation’s criminal justice system [...]
Following up on my previous posts (links below): ABA Clears the Way for Syracuse University College of Law’s Expansion of its Online JDinteractive Program: The American Bar
Association has granted Syracuse University College of Law permission to expand its innovative online law degree program. [...]
Inside Higher Ed, International Students Banned From Online-Only Instruction: New guidance for the Student and Exchange Visitor Program issued by the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security has stoked anger and confusion from students, faculty and immigration advocates. [...]
Michael Plaxton (College of Law, University of Saskatchewan) has posted Privacy, Voyeurism, and Statutory Interpretation: Reading Jarvis ((2020) Criminal Law Quarterly (Forthcoming))
on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In Jarvis, a high school teacher was found to have used a... [...]
Carter Dillard (Uehiro Centre, University of Oxford ; University of Oxford - Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics) has posted Fundamental Illegitimacy (Willamette Law
Review, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This article will lay out a theory of political obligation, autonomy and family planning called the zero-baseline [...]
Deborah Rhode, #MeToo: Why Now? What Next?, Duke L. J. (2019) This Essay explores the evolution, implications, and potential of #MeToo. It begins by reviewing the inadequacies
of sexual harassment law and policies that have permitted continuing abuse and that... [...]
Caroline Mala Corbin, June Medical is the New Casey The atmosphere awaiting the Supreme Court’s decision in Planned Parenthood v. Casey felt similar to the one awaiting today’s
decision in June Medical Services v. Russo. At stake was whether the... [...]
Dahlia Lithwick, Women are Being Written Out of Abortion Jurisprudence It was hard not to miss that there were six separate opinions filed in June Medical Services v. Russo,
the major abortion litigation of this year’s Supreme Court term, and... [...]
