hunter of justice


"Offers commentary on sexuality and gender issues, mostly, but not exclusively, focusing on law."

Author: Nan Hunter is a professor at Georgetown University Law Center and legal scholarship director at the Williams Institute, UCLA Law School. She is the co-author (with Bill Eskridge) of the casebook Sexuality, Gender and Law.

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Recent Posts from hunter of justice


  • Name changes and forced outing: a small victory

    by guest blogger Harper Jean Tobin - cross-posted to TransEquality Blog Governments force transgender people to disclose that they are transgender all the time. They make us carry around little pieces of paper and plastic…

  • Why the Stupak amendment is unconstitutional

    By Cardozo Law Professor Marci Hamilton, published in Writ: ...Although many have attacked the Amendment as a policy matter, the constitutional arguments against it have been underplayed. That is a shame, because under any reasonable…

  • Will Supreme Court grant cert in Christian Legal Society case?

    A cert petition that has been lingering before the Supreme Court since last summer raises the question of whether a Christian student group's constitutional rights were violated when a public law school refused to grant…

  • Sotomayor unleashed

    The current issue of Latina magazine contains a feature on the personal side of Justice Sotomayor, written by a good friend, Sandra Guzman. The magazine has posted excerpts on its web page, including the following:…

  • Who's on first? Congress and states reshuffle lgbt issues - Updated

    In last week's election, Maine, New Jersey and Virginia delivered a triple whammy to progressives. Although it is a mistake to treat these results as a herald of conservative resurgence - polls also show strong…

  • Stupak amendment would result in massive cut in abortion access

    The Stupak amendment to the House health reform bill, adopted by a 240 to 194 vote, does not explicitly bar any insurance plan from covering abortion, yet it achieves that effect by barring any plan…

  • Memo to the appointments committee: how to interview minority candidates

    The hiring conference for entry-level law professors, known universally and grimly as the meat market, starts today. Having survived my one year as a candidate and many years on the hiring side of the table,…

  • ENDA in the Senate: how the hearing went

    Bottom line: the hearing on S. 1584, the Senate side version of ENDA, was smooth sailing. Both this and the House committee hearing were probably more theater than anything else. Apparently, theater on this topic…

  • New proposal attempts to thread abortion needle in health reform

    Anti-abortion House Dems, whose number is large enough to defeat health reform, have balked at the compromise worked out earlier to avoid the use of federal funds for abortion and are insisting on additional conditions.…

  • Gay marriage after Maine

    As heartbreaking as it was for the people on the ground and as callous as this may sound, Maine 09 was just another move in the two steps forward, one step back dance that social…