W&L Law Opinions
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9/15/2012 - W&L Law Prof Chris Seaman on PA Voter ID Law in Centre Daily Times, State College
Washington and Lee law professor Chris Seaman argues in a recent op/ed that the PA Supreme Court should strike down the State's voter ID law for doing more harm than good.  Read the Opinion
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11/9/2011 - W&L Law Prof. Jim Moliterno on Balancing Tradition and Experience in Learning Law
In a response to an op/ed in the Chronicle of Higher Education, Washington and Lee law professor Jim Moliterno discusses the proper balance of theory and practice in a modern law school curriculum. Read the Opinion
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11/7/2011 - W&L Law Prof. Ben Spencer on Law School Reform and Regulation
Washington and Lee law professor Ben Spencer, who also chairs the Virginia State Bar Section on the Education of Lawyers, discusses the challenges that legal education and the legal profession face, including calls for deregulation. Read the Opinion
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8/24/2011 - W&L Law Professor Lyman Johnson on Justice Powell and Free Enterprise
In a Richmond Times-Dispatch op/ed, Washington and Lee law professor Lyman Johnson discusses the "Powell Memorandum," a stirring defense of the free enterprise system that Powell wrote 40 years ago before he was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Read the Opinion
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8/22/2011 - W&L Law Professor Robin Wilson on Marriage Equality
Washington and Lee law professor Robin F. Wilson comments on balancing marriage equality with other social goods in a piece for an online symposium on same-sex marriage, hosted by SCOTUSblog. Read the Opinion
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7/20/2011 - Commentary: The Supreme Court, law clerks and legal ethics
In this recent commentary, Washington and Lee School of Law visiting professor Todd Peppers discusses recent calls for U.S. Supreme Court Justices to adopt a code of ethics. Read the Opinion
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6/22/2011 - W&L Law Professor Tim Jost Writes about Medicaid in Recent Oped
In this opinion piece, Washington and Lee law professor and health care expert Tim Jost argues that proposed Medicaid block grant programs will reduce health care funding for those Virginians most in need. Read the Opinion
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4/27/2011 - W&L Law Student Discusses the 'Incredible Candidate' in Roanoke Times
Bill Larson, a third-year law student at Washington and Lee and 2008 graduate of the College, offers his thoughts on Donald Trump's candidacy for President. Read the Opinion
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2/13/2011 - Law Professor Argues for Religious Protections in New R.I. Law
In a recent Op/ed in the Providence Journal, Washington and Lee Law Professor Robin F. Wilson urges Rhode Island to adopt greater religious protections as part of the State's same-sex marriage legislation. Read the Opinion
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1/19/2011 - Law Professor Discusses Cost of Affordable Care Act Repeal
In an opinion piece at Politico.com, Washington and Lee law professor Tim Jost discusses the potential costs if the Affordable Care Act is repealed. Read the Opinion
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9/23/2010 - Health Reform Starts Today to Help the 'Underinsured'
In this opinion piece in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Washington and Lee law professor Tim Jost argues that one of the most important immediate effects of health care reform will be to protect America's underinsured. Read the Opinion
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8/2/2010 - Library of Congress, beware — it's time for a confirmation hearing
In this commentary, Washington and Lee lecturer Todd Peppers worries that the true impact of the Kagan hearings might be less transparency and less understanding of how the most secretive branch of our government operates. Read the Opinion
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6/24/2010 - Germany - Yes You Can
Washington and Lee law professor Russ Miller, currently on a Fulbright research grant in Germany, argues in this opinion piece that Joachim Gauck should be Germany's next president. Read the Opinion
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6/21/2010 - Junior Justices: Kagan's Confirmation Hearing and the Role of Law Clerks
In a National Law Journal commentary, Washington and Lee lecturer Todd Peppers wonders whether during Elena Kagan's confirmation hearings members of congress will explore the role of law clerks in influencing the decisions of Supreme Court justices. Read the Opinion
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4/12/2010 - Sanction the 18 State AGs
According to Washington and Lee law professor Tim Jost, the suit challenging the new health care law represents shoddy lawyering,and he thinks the attorneys who brought this case should have to bear the cost of defending this litigation. Read the Opinion
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3/29/2010 - States shouldn't shirk responsibility to indigent defendants
In this National Law Journal opinion piece, Washington and Lee law professor Erik Luna argues that the federal government can help provoke reform of local indigent representation, but it should not relieve states of their constitutional duties. Read the Opinion
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3/24/2010 - Health Bill Lawsuits Are Going Nowhere
In this opinion piece, a Special to CNN, Washington and Lee law professor Tim Jost argues that lawsuits challenging the new health reform bill will fail because the states are misreading the law. Read the Opinion
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2/14/2010 - German Justice Differs for a Reason
In a recent opinion piece, Washington and Lee Law Professor Russ Miller discusses the case of Jens Soering, the German national serving a life sentence in Virginia for murder. Read the Opinion
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1/20/2010 - Pass the Bill Now
In this opinion piece in the New Republic, Washington and Lee law professor Tim Jost argues that for the health reform movement to continue, the House must adopt and pass the Senate plan. Read the Opinion
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12/17/2009 - The Time Is Right to Do What’s Right
In this opinion piece from the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Washington and Lee law professor and health care expert Tim Jost argues that we have a once-in-a-generation chance to fix the health care system. Read the Opinion
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10/17/2009 - Prof. Robin Wilson Analyzes Maine's Same-sex Marriage Debate
Washington and Lee Professor Robin F. Wilson explores the need for religious protections in same-sex marriage laws being enacted in several U.S. states. Read the Opinion
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9/21/2009 - Human-research oversight is too lax
In this opinion piece in the Arizona Daily Star, Washington and Lee Law Professor Robin Fretwell Wilson examines oversight of human subject research and the death of Jesse Gelsinger. Read the Opinion
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8/24/2009 - What's in it for you
In this opinion piece from the Roanoke Times, Washington and Lee law professor and health care expert Tim Jost argues that all Americans, even those with insurance, will benefit from health care reform. Read the Opinion
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8/10/2009 - Hiding behind the robes
If Supreme Court law clerks do not exercise undue influence, why all the secrecy? This is the question pondered by visiting professor Todd C. Peppers and his colleague Artemus Ward in a recent opinion piece published in The National Law Journal. Read the Opinion
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5/3/2009 - The flip-side of same-sex marriage
In a recent Op/ed in the Los Angeles Times, Washington and Lee Law Professor Robin F. Wilson urges the growing number of states passing same-sex marriage laws to adopt religious protections as part of their legislation. Read the Opinion
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4/20/2009 - Free Speech Does a Body Good
Washington and Lee School of Law Dean Rod Smolla explores free speech issues in the marketplace in this recent commentary from Legal Times. Read the Opinion
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4/1/2009 - Justice Ginsburg's centrist role
As rumors swirl regarding a retirement announcement from U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Washington and Lee Law Professor Russell A. Miller reflects in this commentary on her centrist legacy. Read the Opinion
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3/19/2009 - Corporate Rules Don't Work
Washington and Lee School of Law student Alexandre Rourk '10 argues in this commentary that populist anger directed at CEO's is misplaced. The real problem, he says, is the way corporations are governed. Read the Opinion
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3/6/2009 - Will Law Demand We Support Gay Marriage?
In a recent Op/Ed, Washington and Lee Law Professor Robin F. Wilson explores a Connecticut General Assembly bill that guarantees same-sex couples equal protection under the state's constitution. Read the Opinion
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1/9/2009 - What Can Taylor Case Tell Us About Our Moral Compass?
Washington and Lee Law Professor Mark Drumbl explores what the torture conviction of Charles Taylor Jr., who received 97 years for his crimes, teaches us about the importance of international law. Read the Opinion
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12/26/2008 - Memo to Obama: Remember Promises of Humility
In a recent Op/Ed, Washington and Lee Law Professor Russell A. Miller urges President-elect Barack Obama to learn from history and wield his executive power with great care. Read the Opinion
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9/24/2008 - Is the Wall Street Bailout Proposal Unconstitutional?
Washington and Lee School of Law Dean Rod Smolla explores in an article for Slate the constitutionality of provisions in Secretary Henry Paulson's $700 billion Wall Street bailout proposal. Read the Opinion
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9/1/2008 - Dean Smolla Discusses Third Year Reform in Legal Times
Washington and Lee School of Law Dean Rod Smolla discusses the School of Law's third-year curriculum reform in a Legal Times Op/Ed. Read the Opinion
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