Public Justice, along with the National Women's Law Center, and other organizations, filed an amicus brief in a case considering whether the Ending Forced Arbitration in Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021 protects the entire case from going
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Map Shows the Impact of Obergefell v Hodges Decision
By Tracy Thomas
"Equal Dignity": US Map Shows the Impact of Obergefell v Hodges Decision"They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law," then-Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote 10 years ago, in the Obergefell v. Hodges majority opinion. "The…
Mifepristone Litigation and Federal Action Tracker
By Jamie Abrams
The Center on Reproductive Health, Law, and Policy at UCLA has launched a "Mifepristone Litigation and Federal Action Tracker." The tracker provides "timely, regularly updated, information on the status of current litigation and new federal administrative actions that
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Serena Mayeri Published “Marital Privilege: Marriage, Inequality, and the Transformation of American Law”
By Jamie Abrams
Serena Mayeri has published Marital Privilege: Marriage, Inequality, and the Transformation of American Law today with the Yale University Press. The summary of the book is excerpted here. The United States is unusual among wealthy western nations in the degree to…
L. Joe Dunman on “What Hath Obergefell Wrought”
By Jamie Abrams
L. Joe Dunman has posted " "What Hath Obergefell Wrought" on SSRN. This essay is forthcoming in Volume 52 of the Northern Kentucky Law Review. Portions of Dunman's conclusion are excerpted here: Thomas and Alito’s embrace of zero-sum thinking,…
Review of Gendered Liberty and the Puzzle of Constitutional Claims By Those Who Seek to Defy Gender Stereotypes
By Tracy Thomas
Leah Litman, Free to Be You But Not Me, JOTWELL, reviewing Laura Portuondo, Gendered Liberty, __ Geo. L.J. __ (forthcoming), available at SSRN. In Gendered Liberty, Prof. Laura Portuondo presents a doctrinal puzzle: While claims to individual liberty are in decline in some…
Financial Times Publishes “Gender Gap in Law at Risk of Widening Amid Diversity Pullback”
By Jamie Abrams
Marianna Giusti has published "Gender gap in law at risk of widening amid diversity pullback" on June 24 in the Financial Times. A few key highlights of the article include:Ukraine, Turkey, Nigeria and the Netherlands have the largest…
Jamie R. Abrams on “A Reflective Case Study of Leadership Models in the Fight for Abortion Access”
By Jamie Abrams
Check out my latest article published in Volume 16 of ConLawNow of the Akron Law Review. The article is titled A Reflective Case Study of Leadership Models in the Fight for Abortion Access. This Essay presents a reflective case study
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SCOTUS in Mahmoud Relies on Yoder Precedent to Require Religious Exemptions to Gender Identity Material in Public Schools
By Tracy Thomas
The case is Mahmoud v. Taylor.CBS News, Supreme Court Sides with Parents who Objected to Kids' Books on Gender Identity, SexualityThe Supreme Court on Friday ruled in favor of a group of Maryland parents who challenged their school…
SCOTUS Revives Archaic Sex Discrimination Case of Geduldig Holding that Biology is not Gender Classification
By Tracy Thomas
Leah Litman, The Archaic Sex-Discrimination Case the Supreme Court Is Reviving, AtlanticThe Supreme Court’s decision last week in United States v. Skrmetti will have direct consequences for many transgender minors. Tennessee’s law, which the Court upheld, prohibits people under…