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Stories don’t end when you turn off the recorder, or even when you post the podcast. At the end of my interview with Brenda Ivey, she confessed that she had been hesitant to speak with…

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A couple of weeks ago, on the Grammy Awards, Queen Latifah, deputized by Los Angeles County, married 33 couples—same sex, straight, interracial, dressed up, dressed down, punk rock, and conventional. The ceremony occurred after Macklemore,…

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Legal Briefs: This Week in Law

by Rebecca Worthington

February 24, 2014

Justice Scalia declares that deep dish pizza is not pizza. (Time) Proposed legislation in Kansas would allow businesses to deny services to same-sex couples. (Kansas City Star) Ninth Circuit rules that individuals may carry firearms outside the…

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Don't Judge That New Policy By Its Cover

by Scott Barclay

February 20, 2014

Have you ever noticed that new policies sometimes seem to rapidly spread from state to state with each new location passing new laws on an issue that did not even appear to be on the…

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How a Quirk of the Equal Pay Act Causes Some Women to Miss Out

by Christine Clarke

February 19, 2014

President Obama promised in his 2014 State of the Union address to fight unequal pay between men and women in America. While the statistics are often debated, there is no question that women in the US…

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Truths Behind “Neither Confirm Nor Deny”

by Julia Barton

February 18, 2014

“The Life of the Law” refers to the famous maxim of Oliver Wendell Holmes, who wrote “The life of the law has not been logic: it has been experience.” In other words, scratch any bit…

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Legal Briefs: This Week in Law

by Rebecca Worthington

February 17, 2014

Judge rules that Virginia’s laws banning same-sex marriage are unconstitutional. (Washington Post) Is the court of public opinion the only court available to some people? (The Atlantic) The Department of Justice announces that it will “instruct…

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Life of the Law Loves You, Our Listeners

by Katie Barnett

February 13, 2014

Roses are red, Violets are blue, Life of the Law is in love with you! Here at Life of the Law, we have our nose to the audio grindstone. We are hard at work producing…

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Contraception, Notre Dame, and Absurdity

by Gilad Edelman

February 13, 2014

Everyone hates filling out insurance forms. But since when has requiring some paperwork been a breach of the Constitution? Since the Affordable Care Act went into effect, according to the University of Notre Dame. The…

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Water Rights in Oregon: An Update Since Our Podcast

by Jason Albert

February 12, 2014

This fall, I produced a story for Life of the Law exploring the unusual events during this summer’s drought in Southern Oregon’s Upper Klamath River Basin. A brief summary of the details: water use in…

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Update to Our Latest Podcast, Bad Constitution

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Marry Me, Macklemore

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by Rebecca Worthington

Don't Judge That New Policy By Its Cover

by Scott Barclay

How a Quirk of the Equal Pay Act Causes Some Women to Miss Out

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Truths Behind “Neither Confirm Nor Deny”

by Julia Barton

Legal Briefs: This Week in Law

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Contraception, Notre Dame, and Absurdity

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