In Morse v. Frederick, the United States Supreme Court adopted a new rule permitting schools to limit student expression that is reasonably viewed to promote illegal drug use. The purpose of this Article is to demonstrate that Morse could alter the First Amendment analysis in gay-straight...

Bias crime statistics legislation does not require law enforcement agencies to collect data on the ages of bias crime perpetrators, and bias crime penalty enhancements do not distinguish between youth and adult offenders. As a result, little data exists on youth bias crime, and the consequences...

Congress recently invoked its power under the Commerce Clause to pass the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007 (The Matthew Shepard Act). On December 6, 2007, Congressional Democrats dropped the Matthew Shepard Act from the U.S. Department of Defense authorization bill. With...