Academic

"A Promising Exchange with Hasen: One More Note on Davis and Public Financing "
Bob Bauer's latest. Read his parsing of Day and Justice Alito's treatment of unequal contribution limits for candidates and see if you are as sanguine as Bob....

Stuntz on Unequal Justice
The Harvard Law Review has posted William Stuntz's Unequal Justice on the Internet. Here is an abstract: Inequality is a core feature of American criminal justice, but its causes remain obscure...

Separate and Still Unequal Taxing California Registered Domestic Partners
This article analyzes whether the IRS has a cogent legal basis to discriminate and deny equal treatment to domestic partners.

Notary may be counted as a will witness
A dispute arose whether the witnesses attested in the testator?s presence. Three witnesses signed the testator?s will, one of them a notary public who testified that she was present not to act as a witnesses but ?to notarize the witnesses...

Rights groups tell same-sex couples not to sue for equal rights under federal law
Nine major civil rights groups advised same-sex couples planning to get married in California not to sue over their unequal treatment under federal law or for their right to marry in other states, in a press release issued Monday...

Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care
From the press release: "Racial and ethnic minorities tend to receive lower-quality health care than whites do, even when insurance status, income, age, and severity of conditions are comparable, says a new report from the National Academies' Institute of Medicine...

FDA Review of Prostate Cancer Treatment Prompts Warning of Risk for Diabetes
Prostate Cancer Treatment FDA Review Prompts Warning of Risk for Diabetes

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Anorexia Treatment Not Covered