2010 Session: General Assembly Issues
December 2009

2009 Session: General Assembly Issues
December 2008

Partial Birth Abortion
Gonzales v. Carhart
July 2008

2008 Session: General Assembly Issues
December 2007

The Effect of Same-sex Cohabitation on Spousal Support
Stroud v. Stroud
March 2007

2007 Session: General Assembly Issues
December 2006

Closed Meeting Exemption for Contract Negotiations under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act
White Dog Publishing v. Culpeper County Board of Supervisors
October 2006

2006 Session: General Assembly Issues
October 2005

States’ Rights versus the Commerce Clause: California's Marijuana Medical Use Law
Gonzales v. Raich
August 2005

Economic Development as a Public Use:
Kelo v. City of New London
June 2005

Death Penalty for Juveniles is Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Roper v. Simmons
March 2005

2005 Session: General Assembly Issues
December 2004

Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003:
Prescription Drug Benefit Implementation in Virginia and Review of Pending State and Federal Legislation
August 2004

Beck v. Shelton:
The Virginia Supreme Court Examines the Parameters of a "Meeting" under FOIA
March 2004

2004 Session: General Assembly Issues
December 2003

United States Supreme Court Decides Ex Post Facto Case:
Virginia Code and Constitution Affected
September 2003

Implementing No Child Left Behind:
Virginia Revisits Educational Accountability
September 2003

Sodomy and the Right to Privacy:
Reassessing Privacy Interests in Texas v. Lawrence
July 2003

The Use of Race in Higher Education Admissions:
The University of Michigan Receives Two Different Results
July 2003

High Court Reinstates Virginia Public Housing Tresspass Policy:
Commonwealth v. Hicks
June 2003

Virginia's Cross-Burning Statute:
Virginia v. Black
April 2003

2003 Session: General Assembly Issues
December 2002

Pledge of Allegiance:
Recent Constitutional Controversy
July 2002

Public Funding for Nonpublic Education:
School Voucher Initiatives
July 2002

2002 Session: General Assembly Issues
December 2001

Regulation of Out-of-State Waste:
Waste Management Holdings v. Gilmore
July 2001

Federal Tax Relief Act
June 2001

Virginia's Three Sets of Education Standards
June 30, 1997

In-State Preferences in Public Procurement:
How Far Can Virginia Go?
July 15, 1996

Binding the Hands of Future Legislators:
The Nebraska v. Moore Case
July 11, 1996

Racial Gerrymandering:
Supreme Court Decisions in Shaw v. Hunt and Bush v. Vera
July 8, 1996

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