DIVISION OF LEGISLATIVE SERVICES VIRGINIA LEGISLATIVE ISSUE BRIEFS
Fetal Death by Wrongful Act: Expanding Wrongful Death Actions to the Unborn August 2012
The Constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act: NFIB v. Sebelius July 2012
Disabled Military Veterans' Real Property Tax Exemption May 2011
Partial Birth Abortion Gonzales v. Carhart July 2008
The Effect of Same-sex Cohabitation on Spousal Support Stroud v. Stroud March 2007
Closed Meeting Exemption for Contract Negotiations under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act White Dog Publishing v. Culpeper County Board of Supervisors October 2006
States Rights versus the Commerce Clause: California's Marijuana Medical Use Law Gonzales v. Raich August 2005
Economic Development as a Public Use: Kelo v. City of New London June 2005
Death Penalty for Juveniles is Cruel and Unusual Punishment Roper v. Simmons March 2005
Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003: Prescription Drug Benefit Implementation in Virginia and Review of Pending State and Federal Legislation August 2004
Beck v. Shelton: The Virginia Supreme Court Examines the Parameters of a "Meeting" under FOIA March 2004
United States Supreme Court Decides Ex Post Facto Case: Virginia Code and Constitution Affected September 2003
Implementing No Child Left Behind: Virginia Revisits Educational Accountability September 2003
Sodomy and the Right to Privacy: Reassessing Privacy Interests in Texas v. Lawrence July 2003
The Use of Race in Higher Education Admissions: The University of Michigan Receives Two Different Results July 2003
High Court Reinstates Virginia Public Housing Tresspass Policy: Commonwealth v. Hicks June 2003
Virginia's Cross-Burning Statute: Virginia v. Black April 2003
Pledge of Allegiance: Recent Constitutional Controversy July 2002
Public Funding for Nonpublic Education: School Voucher Initiatives July 2002
Regulation of Out-of-State Waste: Waste Management Holdings v. Gilmore July 2001
Federal Tax Relief Act June 2001
Virginia's Three Sets of Education Standards June 30, 1997
In-State Preferences in Public Procurement: How Far Can Virginia Go? July 15, 1996
Binding the Hands of Future Legislators: The Nebraska v. Moore Case July 11, 1996
Racial Gerrymandering: Supreme Court Decisions in Shaw v. Hunt and Bush v. Vera July 8, 1996
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