Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a sweeping wave of laws this year, passed by the Republican supermajority of Florida’s Legislature, that have been criticized as unconstitutional and discriminatory. And some ...

Statutory rape laws may seem cut and dry, but a recent case in Nebraska may make you want a refresher course on the legal process. On Tuesday in Falls City, Nebraska, a 22-year-old man was scheduled ...

I often see people assuming that sex with under-18-year-olds is a crime (statutory rape); for instance, some comments on the 17-year-old gets help in lying about age to get abortion; later, she and ...

Is forty years too far along for a book review? Another look at A Common Law for the Age of Statutes by eminent Second Circuit Judge and Yale Law professor Guido Calabresi suggests no. Published in ...

In December, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a series of amendments that made significant changes to the requirements for statutory powers of attorney in the state of New York. The changes, as discussed by C ...

I often see people assuming that sex with under-18-year-olds is a crime (statutory rape); for instance, some comments on the 17-year-old gets help in lying about age to get abortion; later, she and ...

Toronto, Canada – A Canadian study examining how American children can legally marry at an earlier age than they can legally consent to sex found that child marriages violated statutory rape laws in ...

Following years of failed attempts under Republican control, Virginia’s newly empowered Democrats finally passed bills repealing two outdated state laws that prohibited same-sex marriage. Sen. Adam ...