Thomas Prol

July 14, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

"The Supreme Court is now unbending the moral arc of the universe by resetting the clock on privacy and liberty rights back to 1965." Thomas Prol discusses the Supreme Court's decision in "Dobbs."

By Thomas Prol

10 minute read

April 28, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

"Marriage equality in New Jersey was not gained by any one person or personality. It was a communal project achieved by the work of many in a true 'labor of love' that finally got us to the top of the mountain," writes Thomas Prol.

By Thomas Prol

8 minute read

September 24, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

It is important that we hold public officials to account when they intentionally distort laws to score rank political points against a minority group like the LGBT community.

By Thomas Prol

6 minute read

July 01, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

On June 29, Attorney General Grewal came to Asbury Park to dedicate a permanent monument of truth and reconciliation to the LGBTQ community. He delivered what was arguably the most heartfelt apology ever spoken by the chief law enforcement officer of the Garden State.

By Thomas Prol

5 minute read

February 26, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

The proposed marriage law, S3416, will cement marriage equality and the rights of committed same-sex couples and their families as a fixture in the Garden State's statutory law books.

By Thomas Prol

9 minute read

December 07, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

Considering that the overwhelming majority of Americans support the freedom to marry, the efforts to undo LGBT civil rights advances coming from the highest offices in the federal judiciary are doing grave harm.

By Thomas Prol

7 minute read

October 23, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

In the 1980s, so-called "Originalism" was invented and masqueraded as legitimate Constitutional scholarship. It's a contrived theory of analysis that advocates for staying rooted in the past without the advances in gender, racial, ethnic and LGBTQ equality that have liberated those who did not fare so well in the "good old days." 

By Thomas Prol

7 minute read

April 30, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

How the roll-out of criminal justice reform varied between New York and New Jersey, and its impact on LGBTQ and other defendants in the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Thomas Prol

11 minute read

March 20, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

The failure of New Jersey decisional authorities to enact ABA Model Rule 8.4(g) must not continue. The passage of time and present-day circumstances only compel its adoption—without delay.

By Thomas Prol

10 minute read

February 13, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

The gay and trans panic defense allows a murderer to inappropriately blame a victim and suggest to the jury that the victim "had it coming" simply because they are gay or transgender.

By Thomas Prol

10 minute read