Following the Supreme Court’s decision striking down Roe, Professor Laura Little outlines the federal government’s options, concerns for other privacy-based rights, and what state supreme courts can do. Watch here.
Bucks County has never elected a Black woman to the bench – and has elected just one Black man. Prof. Laura Little says that diversity of perspective and life experience bring cultural knowledge that can be crucial to the job. Read more at The Intelligencer.
As the Supreme Court considers the Biden administration’s vaccine mandates, Prof. Laura Little says that in the absence of case law on vaccinations, they must decide whether the pandemic has created a public emergency. Read more at The Philadelphia Inquirer.
A local school board is facing pressure to condemn transphobic and anti-semitic comments made at a recent meeting as hate speech. Prof. Laura Little, while noting that such comments are likely to increase, says that hate speech laws don’t apply. Read more at 6abc.
A local school board is facing pressure to condemn transphobic and anti-semitic comments made at a recent meeting as hate speech. Prof. Laura Little, while noting that such comments are likely to increase, says that hate speech laws don’t apply. Read more at 6abc Philadelphia.
SCOTUS’s decision not to act on Texas’s extreme abortion ban has cast a spotlight on its so-called “shadow docket.” What is it, and what does it say about the Court? Prof. Laura Little explains on KYW’s InDepth podcast. Read more at KYW.
Does the Speech and Debate clause in the PA constitution protect State Sen. Doug Mastriano’s activity in DC on Jan. 6? Prof. Laura Little is skeptical. Read more at WHYY.
Changes to modern lifestyles have brought challenges to the legal concept of domicile. Prof. Laura Little explains how the American Law Institute is addressing them through the Restatement of Laws Third, Conflict of Laws in this ALI video presentation. Watch at The American Law Institute.
Dear Justice Barrett, I hear that you will be asked to recuse yourself in the upcoming voting litigation about the presidential election. Here are my thoughts on how to rule on those requests: You have received an appointment for life. Now is the time that you start to prioritize your independence, your role in protecting the Court as an institution held in great respect among our citizens and the rest of the world, and yes, selfishly–your own legacy. *Independence: Your own view of whether you lack personal bias or prejudgment in these voting cases is only part of your consideration. The self-proclaimed independence of Justices does not fully satisfy the importance of judicial independent decision making. The public’s view of your independence is crucial. You were selected from the sea of hopeful qualified candidates by a man who announced that you would likely decide cases assisting him with holding onto the presidency. I understand that you did not have control over what this man was saying. But his announcement is part of the facts that …
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