The ACT government thinks it can set up its own family law system. Supporters of marriage equality should recognise that that's a bad idea.
Category: Constitutional law
US stalemate on gun control
President Obama's modest plan for gun control falls victim to the paradox of gradualism.
What rights do corporations get?
Unions NSW is launching a High Court challenge to election expenditure laws. A recent case from Pennsylvania provides an interesting contrast.
Reform in the Vatican: Pell to the rescue
Australia's own George Pell is appointed to a new committee of cardinals that will advise on reform in the Vatican: a unique and difficult task.
The Republican war against constitutionalism
It looks as if there'll be no established religion in North Carolina, at least legally. But the Republican Party has shown off some interesting views about the constitution.
Public opinion and the Supreme Court
Nate Silver works his magic on public opinion and same-sex marriage. The Supreme Court may be listening.
Good news for Zimbabwe, at last
The EU has responded to Zimbabwe's constitutional referendum by suspending most of the sanctions on government figures, although not President Mugabe himself.
Anti-gay forces not giving up
In France and America same-sex marriage is facing last-ditch resistance. There may be more to it than just fear of the gays.
A Victorian lesson on fixed terms
Last week's political crisis in Victoria illustrates a problem about having fixed-term parliaments in a Westminster system.
The problem isn’t loyalty, but citizenship
The problem in the Ben Zygier/Prisoner X case, and potentially in many others, is the way the state demands a certain sort of loyalty – "allegiance" – of its citizens.
The World is Not Enough 