Religion & Law

Republicans Did Elena Kagan a Favor
Solicitor General and former Harvard Law Dean Elena Kagan is widely considered to be on Obama's short list to replace...

Boxing Elena: On Hill, Kagan Shows Humility, Vows to Defend Laws
During her confirmation hearings Tuesday, Elena Kagan, currently the dean of the Harvard Law School, stressed that she'd make no dramatic changes to the federal government’s advocacy before the Supreme Court.

HLS Dean Elena Kagan to be nominated for US Solicitor General
Thanks to my status as an alum of the Harvard Law School, I just got big news via a "personal" e-mail from current HLS Dean Elena Kagan. Here is the first part of the text of the e-mail: I am...

Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan To Be Obamas Solicitor General.
From this press release: Elena Kagan, Solicitor General Kagan, the Charles Hamilton Houston Professor of Law, is currently the 11th Dean of Harvard Law School.  Kagan first came to Harvard Law School as a visiting professor in 1999 and became Professor of Law in 2001...

Why I'm Guessing Obama Will Nominate Elena Kagan:
I've been writing for a while that I would guess Barack Obama will nominate Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court to replace Justice Souter, especially over leading short-listers like Sonia Sotomayor...

Elena Kagan, Solicitor General
President-elect Obama announced key Department of Justice posts today, including the nomination of Elena Kagan for Solictitor General. Currently the 11th Dean of Harvard Law School (and the first woman in that post), Kagan served in Bill Clinton's White House from 1995 to 1999...

Gay Marriage Laws
Where same sex couples can marry

Hawaii Divorce Laws
How to end a marriage in paradise

Divorce Laws
How to end a marriage

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Cumulative Voting
Protecting minority shareholder interests

The Civil Rights Act of 1871
Law bans discrimination enacted under color of state law

Family Law
involving divorce, child custody, spousal support, common law, adoption and same sex marriage.

Rally Rights
Gettysburg Borough awards arrested protester $22,500 civil rights settlement.

Civil / Human Rights
alleging violations of basic human and civil rights.

Google Sued for Violating the Privacy Rights of Millions of Americans
Google Sued for Violating the Privacy Rights of Millions of Americans

FDA Issues Safety Warning About Valproic Acid and Divalproex Sodium
Valproic Acid and Divalproex Sodium FDA Issues Safety Warning About Risk for Birth Defects

Becker County
Faces Civil Rights Class Action by Inmates and their Attorneys