R.I.P. Julie Hilden

With great sadness we announce that Verdict’s Editor Emeritus Julie Hilden has passed away. Julie was instrumental in the creation and success of Verdict, and its predecessor Writ, and will be dearly missed. Each current Verdict columnist who knew Julie will include an individual commemorative note in Julie’s honor as part of their next column.

Tag Archives: North Carolina

The North Carolina Legislature’s Power Grab is Unfair and Undemocratic. Is it Also Illegal?

The North Carolina Legislature’s Power Grab is Unfair and Undemocratic. Is it Also Illegal?

Cornell University law professor Michael C. Dorf discusses the recent actions by the GOP-controlled North Carolina legislature stripping the newly elected Democratic Governor Roy Cooper of much of the power of his office. Dorf explains some of the potential legal challenges to this legislative action and argues that this reckless attitude is a danger to democracy.

North Carolina’s HB 2: Does Passing an Obviously Unconstitutional Law Make the Law Even More Unconstitutional?

North Carolina’s HB 2: Does Passing an Obviously Unconstitutional Law Make the Law Even More Unconstitutional?

Hofstra University law professor Joanna Grossman discusses North Carolina’s recent passage of House Bill 2 (HB 2), which purports to take away existing anti-discrimination rights from LGBT people. Grossman explains why the law is unconstitutional and considers whether, in light of the law’s patent unconstitutionality, the law reflects even greater animus by those who passed it.

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    Vikram David Amar
    Vikram David Amar

    Vikram David Amar is the Dean and Iwan Foundation Professor of Law at the University of Illinois Co... more

    Neil H. Buchanan
    Neil H. Buchanan

    Neil H. Buchanan is an economist and legal scholar and a Professor of Law at The George Washington U... more

    Sherry F. Colb
    Sherry F. Colb

    Sherry F. Colb is Professor of Law and Charles Evans Hughes Scholar at Cornell University. Colb tea... more

    John Dean
    John Dean

    John Dean served as Counsel to the President of the United States from July 1970 to April 1973. Befo... more

    Michael C. Dorf
    Michael C. Dorf

    Michael C. Dorf is the Robert S. Stevens Professor of Law at Cornell University Law School. He has w... more

    Joanna L. Grossman
    Joanna L. Grossman

    Joanna L. Grossman is the Ellen K. Solender Endowed Chair in Women and Law at SMU Dedman School of L... more

    Marci A. Hamilton
    Marci A. Hamilton

    Marci A. Hamilton is one of the country’s leading church-state scholars and the Fox Professor of Pra... more

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    Joseph Margulies

    Mr. Margulies is a Professor of Law and Government at Cornell University. He was Counsel of Record... more

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    Anita Ramasastry

    Anita Ramasastry is the UW Law Foundation Professor of Law at the University of Washington School of... more

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    Justice Denied What America Must Do to Protect Its Children
    Constitutional Law, Cases and Materials (University Casebooks)
    Family Law in New York
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    Gender Equality Dimensions of Women's Equal Citizenship
    Inside the Castle: Law and the Family in 20th Century America
    Constitutional Law Concise Edition (University Casebooks)
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    The Debt Ceiling Disasters: How the Republicans Created an Unnecessary Constitutional Crisis and How the Democrats Can Fight Back
    Conservatives Without Conscience
    Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush
    The Nixon Defense: What He Knew and When He Knew It
    The Rehnquist Choice: The Untold Story of the Nixon Appointment That Redefined the Supreme Court
    Fundamentalism, Politics, and the Law
    Gender & Law: Theory Doctrine & Commentary, Sixth Edition
    Broken Government: How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches
    Nine to Five: How Gender, Sex, and Sexuality Continue to Define the American Workplace