December 10, 2010 | The Recorder
Viewpoint: We Could Learn a Thing or Two About Debating from JudgesBy Alan B. Morrison
10 minute read
November 20, 2012 | National Law Journal
States should not run presidential electionWe need to start taking affirmative steps to make it easier to vote for federal offices and only Congress can assure that will happen.
By Alan B. Morrison
7 minute read
February 04, 2013 | National Law Journal
Raise the cost of gun violenceCreative use of the tax and liability laws can discourage illegal or careless use of firearms.
By Alan B. Morrison
5 minute read
June 20, 2013 | National Law Journal
Is Voting Decision the End of the Road for Arizona?If this case had been decided a few years ago, there is not much doubt that Arizona would have amended its law to provide for proof of citizenship before voting. But having been slapped down several times in recent years by the Supreme Court, Arizona may think twice.
By Alan B. Morrison
8 minute read
November 16, 2009 | National Law Journal
A state secrets solutionThe government can keep its state secrets, but it has to pay the cost of doing so. It's the only fair outcome.
By Alan B. Morrison
5 minute read
November 05, 2012 | National Law Journal
Affirmative action in the balanceIn 'Fisher,' the Supreme Court should adjudicate, not legislate.
By Alan B. Morrison
9 minute read
August 25, 2003 | National Law Journal
Can This Be Legal?Alan Morrisson presents a possible future dialogue between a Supreme Court justice and a clerk about problems in the partial-birth abortion bill in Congress.
By Alan B. Morrison
8 minute read
March 30, 2009 | National Law Journal
A catchy title, but ...If there were a trifecta award for book titles, Philip K. Howard's Life Without Lawyers would win it hands down. First, what a catchy title. But it isn't so much lawyers, but laws — or at least some kinds of laws — that Howard wants to wipe out. His central claim is that America has become overlegalized. What is most troubling about his prescription is that he universalizes it to virtually every institution without considering whether there might be confounding factors that would call for a different solution.
By Alan B. Morrison / Special to The National Law Journal
5 minute read
December 03, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal
A State Secrets SolutionThe Obama administration came into office pledging greater openness, but in contending that claims of secrecy trump individual claims of the right to recover for serious injuries inflicted by our government, there is no real change from the Bush regime.
By Alan B. Morrison
5 minute read