Northwestern University Journal

You are sitting in an empty bar (in a town you’ve never before visited), drinking a Bacardi with a soft-spoken acquaintance you barely know.  After an hour, a third individual walks into the tavern and sits by himself, and you ask your acquaintance who the new man is.  “Be careful… Read More »

Reports of the death of Title VII’s disparate impact theory of discrimination in the wake of Ricci v. DeStefanomay be exaggerated.  Widely praised and widely criticized in the newspapers and the blogosphere, Ricci is the latest, but not the last, chapter in a long-running feud between Congress and the Supreme Court regarding… Read More »

Gerald Rosenberg’s new edition of The Hollow Hope  The new material… Read More »

In January, the Supreme Court decided Pleasant Grove City v. Summum. Summum, a religious organization, sought the right to put up a permanent monument of its Seven Aphorisms—its version of the Ten Commandments—in a local city park.  At the time, the park had about fifteen other monuments, including a traditional Ten… Read More »

With the election of Barack Obama as President, national and global attention on climate change will turn to the federal government.  Though the looming economic crisis may slow a federal response, President Obama has made clear his support for ambitious action on climate change with a cap and trade scheme… Read More »

Dawn Dawson was an outsider among outsiders.  A self-described gender-nonconforming lesbian woman, Dawson worked as a hair assistant and stylist trainee at Bumble & Bumble, a high-end salon in New York City.  Her coworkers at the salon were an eclectic mix of outsiders, and the salon management encouraged its employees to… Read More »

Imagine that you are mayor of a small town that has a picturesque public park, where your residents come to escape the hustle and bustle of everyday life. To make the space inviting, you have built a gazebo, a picnic area, and a playground.  You have also allowed a local… Read More »