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Affirmative Action
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Texas Employment Law Update
U.S. Supreme Court Holds City Discriminated Against White Connecticut Firefighters
In one of the most anticipated employment discrimination cases in years, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the City of New Haven discriminated against non-minority firefighters when it chose to ignore the…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
New Poll Examines Public Opinion on Obama, Sotomayor and Abortion
The New York Times: Obama Poll Sees Doubt on Budget and Health Care, by Jeff Zeleny and Dalia Sussman: Judge Sonia Sotomayor,whom Mr. Obama nominated to the Supreme Court three…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Sotomayor, Ricci, and Affirmative Action – Part II – Standing to Speak
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
As noted in Part I of this post, of all Judge Sonia Sotomayor's legal decisions, the Ricci case has garnered the lion's share of the media and academic attention. Part I of this post considered…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Sotomayor, Ricci, and Affirmative Action – Part I – Let the Dialogue Begin
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
Now that the news frenzy surrounding the Sotomayor nomination has started to settle, the trends in the storylines are easy to follow. One of the recurrent issues is the Ricci…
The Right Coast
Do Obamanians want an argument about racial preferences Tom Smith
Here's an interesting suggestion, in the last paragraph of this piece in Time. Yet another iteration of the crazy or crazy like a fox question about our young President. The…
California Employment Law Update
Tip of the Month: Federal Contractors’ Obligations to Veterans
By Proskauer Employment Law Group
The Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (“VEVRAA”) creates a variety of affirmative action obligations for employers with federal government contracts. The Act was amended in 2002 by the…
Employer Law Report
Reverse Race Discrimination Case Before U.S. Supreme Court Raises Burning Issues
By Brian Hall
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Ricci v. DeStefano, a case in which several white and Hispanic New Haven firefighters claim that they were discriminated against when…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Ricci v. DeStefano – Oral Argument Transcript Available Here
If only all trial and deposition transcripts happened this quickly.... The Supreme Court held oral argument in the Ricci v. DeStefano case earlier today. The transcript is now available here. …
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Obama Makes First Judicial Appointment, to Seventh Circuit
Wash. Post: Obama Names Judge to Appeals Court, by Michael A. Fletcher: President Obama yesterday made his first judicial appointment, namingU.S. District Judge David F. Hamilton to the federal appeals…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Hart Helps Send Anti-Affirmative Action Amendment No. 46 in Colorado On Its Way to Defeat
It looks like the anti-affirmative action proposition is about to go down in defeat in Colorado. The latest figures show that Colorado Amendment No. 46, to end affirmative action on…