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The Long Life and Now Death of the Virginia Sodomy Statute

Shon R. Hopwood2019-03-18T18:47:42-05:00March 14th, 2013|Tags: Carolynn MacDonald, Fourth Circuit, habeas corpus, MacDonald v. Moose, sodomy, Virginia, William MacDonald|

Even though the Supreme Court invalidated this country’s sodomy laws ten years ago in Lawrence v. Texas, the State of Virginia has continued to press forward with prosecuting a few people for consensual sex acts. That is until yesterday, when a panel of the Fourth Circuit held the Virginia statue is unconstitutional [...]

The Fourth Circuit Panel for the Affordable Care Act

Update: Orin Kerr has this post about oral arguments this morning. Judge Motz told the attorneys challenging the ACA that they could argue for as long as they wanted but with the caveat that the government would be able to argue for the same amount of time. I just read over the ACA Litigation Blog [...]