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Alan B Morrison

Alan B Morrison

December 10, 2010 | The Recorder

Viewpoint: We Could Learn a Thing or Two About Debating from Judges

By Alan B. Morrison

10 minute read

November 20, 2012 | National Law Journal

States should not run presidential election

We 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 violence

Creative 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 solution

The 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 balance

In '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 Solution

The 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

March 07, 2003 | Law.com

No More Private Shows

By Alan B. Morrison

7 minute read