by John Boston

"Equal Justice Under Law”—it’s carved over the door of the Supreme Court, but most of us know better by now. That’s especially true for prisoners, who are subject to the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), which plainly prescribes unequal justice in cases that they bring. The PLRA, ...

The federal Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) was renewed and broadened in February 2013, after much controversy involving Republican opposition to provisions extending certain of the statute's protections to LGBT persons, Native Americans living on reservations and undocumented immigrants.

Lost in those debates was the fact that the broadened VAWA ...