All posts by Matt DeWilde
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We the People: Top 10 Weirdest White House Petitions
The White House is required to respond to popular petitions; some are pretty weird.
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Redrawing the Map: Florida’s Congressional Mess
A Florida judge has ordered the state to redraw its congressional districts by August 15th, in order to...
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Politically Genius: Boehner’s Suit Against Obama
John Boehner says the House of Representatives is suing President Obama for not faithfully executing the laws he...
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America, Sarah Palin Has Her Own TV Channel
Sarah Palin is fed up with the Liberal Media bias and is doing something about it. She started...
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How to Fix the House of Representatives
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) published an op-ed in the New York Times last week that points out a...
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Interior Checkpoints in Arizona Draw Complaints
In Arizona, if you are within 75 miles of the Mexican border, you might just come across a...
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Moderates Rebel Against Tea Party in Kansas
“We aren’t in Kansas anymore.” That must be what Kansas Governor Brownback is thinking right now, after over...
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Stuck in McAllen: Jose Vargas and the Texas Immigration Crisis
“Don’t call me illegal, because I am not, illegal are your laws, and that’s why I’m not leaving.”...
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LGBT Rights Groups Pulling Support for ENDA in Light of Hobby Lobby Ruling
Several LGBT rights groups have withdrawn their support for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), a bill that would...
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Don’t Go to Law School…Yet
We're having a debate here at Law Street over whether or not now is a good time to...
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Guns Everywhere: New Law Takes Effect in Georgia
On Tuesday, a new Georgia gun law went into effect, despite 70 percent of Georgians being against the...
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Hobby Lobby Wins Big, but Obamacare Doesn’t Really Lose
Earlier today, in a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the contraceptive mandate in the Affordable Care...
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The World Cup of Drinking Laws
Last week, Germany edged out a win against the United States in an intense soccer match that qualified...
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Scott Walker on a Legal Tightrope
In 2012, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker became the first American governor to survive a recall election. But it...
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Sore Loser: McDaniel Challenges Weird Mississippi Primary Laws
Last night, in one of the most heated runoff elections in recent memory, Senator Thad Cochran narrowly defeated...
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Accused 89-Year-Old Nazi Facing Extradition to Germany
Johann Breyer has lived in the United States since 1952 when he immigrated here from Czechoslovakia. Then, in...
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UC Irvine Law School Accredited and Thriving
UC Irvine School of Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky talks about the school's success since its founding in 2009....
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We Need to Stop Accepting Gun Violence
The United States saw four shootings in six days two weeks ago. The NRA tells us there's no...
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Law School is Getting Cheaper in Arizona
The University of Arizona’s James E. Rogers College of Law is hopefully starting a trend. The law school...
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Don’t Count on the Supreme Court to End Racial Gerrymandering
On June 2, the Supreme Court decided to hear a challenge to Alabama’s Republican drawn legislative map--Alabama Legislative...
