Friday, April 6, 2012

Weekly Round-Up for April 6

As always, some of the week's best and most interesting stories:

Eliot Spitzer warns conservatives not to get their hopes up too high about the Affordable Care Act. 

Emily Bazelon discusses the evidence that might (or might not) be admissible against George Zimmerman if there were a trial.

A new legal challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act from non-citizens about spousal green cards.

Joan Walsh links conservative social policy to anxiety about gender roles and the "traditional" family. 

How many land use covenants, ordinances, or zoning regulations might come in to play in housing communities modeled after old European neighborhoods?

At Salon, Michael Gould-Wartofsky talks about Trayvon Martin and our vigilante history. 

Andrew Leonard on how law and politics will affect student loan burdens. 

Derek Thompson at the Atlantic writes a really interesting piece on how the American family's spending habits have changed over the last century. 


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