Category Archives: Articles

In its first two years, the Roberts Court decided numerous civil rights cases, shifting the Court to the right of the previous, already extremely conservative Rehnquist Court. This article appears in the North Carolina Central Law Review 2008.  

On Oct. 17, in Brunner v. Ohio Republican Party, the Supreme Court effectively reversed a three day-old 6th Circuit decision that could potentially have limited new voter registration in Ohio. This op-ed appeared in the Los Angeles Daily Journal, 10/22/08. … Continue reading →

This article, published in the November 3, 2008 issue of The Nation, explains how it is becoming increasingly difficult for older Americans to protect themselves from age discrimination, nursing home abuse and loss of pension benefits.  

This op-ed by By Rochelle Bobroff and Harper Jean Tobin appears in the Los Angeles Daily Journal, August 28, 2008. Read more.  

By Rochelle Bobroff and Harper Jean Tobin, from the July-August 2008 Clearinghouse Review. Read the article.

This article by Rochelle Bobroff and Harper Jean Tobin appears in the May–June 2008 issue of Clearinghouse Review: Journal of Poverty Law and Policy. Read the article.  

Despite lip service to “judicial restraint” Scalia has been waging a war against consumer product regulation as well as protections for workers, at both the state and federal level. Read the full article by Simon Lazarus and Harper Jean Tobin … Continue reading →

While everyone focuses on its abortion decisions, the Roberts Court is merrily revoking a century of legislation protecting citizens, consumers, workers and minorities against business. By Simon Lazarus, from The American Prospect, December 2007. Read Repealing the 20th Century.

A Paper Presented To A Conference Of The Justice Partnership: “Forgotten Americans: The Future Of Support For Low-Income Older Adults” by Simon Lazarus, Public Policy Counsel, NSCLC.  

This article appears in the September/October 2007 issue of Clearinghouse Review, Journal of Poverty Law and Policy.