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Professor Jane Kirtley's essay, "Gawker—and First Amendment—May Receive Body Blow from Another Thin-Skinned Wrestler" was published by The Conversation, an online publisher of articles written by members of the…

Professor Dale Carpenter was quoted in a Star Tribune article entitled "43 Years Later, Minneapolis Couple's Fight for Marriage Vindicated." More than four decades before the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the…
Professor June Carbone's 2010 book Red Families v. Blue Families with Naomi Cahn received renewed attention with publication of a new study testing the sources of family stability. The most recent article, in…
Professor Heidi Kitrosser's book, Reclaiming Accountability: Transparency, Executive Power, and the U.S. Constitution, is discussed in the most recent edition of Boston Review. The authors identify…
Professor Myron Orfield discussed the implication of the recent U.S. Supreme Court disparate impact decision and the new affirmatively furthering fair housing rules in a ThinkProgress blog entitled "White Racism,…
The New York Times Editorial Board cited Professor Myron Orfield's recent Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity study about the cost of affordable housing and its effect in concentrating poverty and…
Professor Dale Carpenter wrote a piece entitled "Marriage" for the Volokh Conspiracy blog in the Washington Post
Professor Fred Morrison spoke on Channel 12 News on the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allows same-sex marriage nationwide. "No matter what state you're in, you can get a marriage license, you can be married there,…
Professor Myron Orfield discussed with the media the decision issued by the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities Project, which…

Professor Kristin Hickman's thoughts on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in King v. Burwell, concerning the Internal Revenue Service's interpretation of the Affordable Care Act, were quoted in a San…

Professor Fred Morrison was quoted by MinnPost in an article entitled "Supreme Court's King v. Burwell Decision could Give GOP Opening to Rewrite Obamacare."