No one would dispute that for most of US history, nonmarital children suffered significant
legal and societal discrimination. Although many individuals believe that the legal …

"[F] atherhood is in vogue."'Married fathers are dedicating more time to their children than
ever before. 2 As a result of mothers' increasing presence in the workforce and a developing …

Each year when I teach federal income tax, one of the topics that I reflexively cover with my
students in the first or second class is the triad of tax policy concerns-efficiency, equity, and …

Gay rights litigation and advocacy traditionally have focused on the unequal treatment of gay
and lesbian individuals and couples; less attention has been dedicated explicitly to the legal …

The relationship between family and government has become obscure. The concept that
government should not attempt to define or restrict relationships that merit legal treatment …

Unmarried cohabitants have long endured the stigma that accompanies a lifestyle that
society deems immoral. Couples who choose to live together out of wedlock traditionally …

Tax policy analysts often claim that tax distributional analysis should be based on a lifetime
perspective, at least as a theoretical ideal.'Thus, persons with equal lifetime economic …

The United States Constitution has already been interpreted to provide a variety of family-
related protections which, if applied consistently, also protect same-sex couples and their …

Statistics regarding poverty in the United States seldom reveal good news. 1 Poverty has
been, and likely will remain, an important social phenomenon, and, as such, has been …

A (little over thirty years ago, the United States Supreme Court struck down Virginia's anti-
miscegenation law in Loving v Virginia? Subsequent Suprème Court cases have helped to …