Dr. Debra Thompson is an Associate Professor of Political Science at McGill University. A leading scholar of the comparative politics of race, Thompson’s teaching and research interests focus on the relationships among race, the state, and inequality in democratic societies. Dr. Thompson previously taught at the University of Oregon. Here is a letter she recently… Read More
Lawsuits challenge New Title IX regulations
Recent lawsuits seek to invalidate new regulations Read More
New Title IX Regulations
An informative article about the details of the new Title 9 regulations the government just promulgated: https://reason.com/2020/05/07/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-title-ix-regulations/
A garland of musings
Yesterday, the Supreme Court of the United States reversed Evangelisto Ramos’s 2016 murder conviction, which had been handed down by a split jury (see Ramos v. Louisiana). The court overturned its own 50-year-old precedent and ruled that the requirement that a jury’s vote for conviction of a “serious offense” be unanimous (set by the Sixth… Read More
Oregon State Hospital Restricts Admissions, Leaving Some Mentally Ill Inmates Stuck In Jail
For the second time in less than a year, the Oregon State Hospital has fallen out of compliance with a long-standing federal court order that requires it admit inmates from jails within seven days of them being found so mentally ill they can’t aid in their own criminal defense. The Oregon Health Authority — which… Read More