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Equal Protection
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California Employment Law Report
Five Employment Law Developments in April 2022 California Employers Need to Know
As we start April 2022, here are five new California employment law developments that California employers need to know about: 1. Court rules California’s law requiring corporate board diversity is…
California Employment Law Update
Court Declares California Law Requiring Diverse Corporate Boards Unconstitutional
By Mark Theodore, Ariel Brotman
As discussed in our previous blog, on April 1, 2022, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge, Terry Green, granted summary judgment in favor of individuals represented by D.C.-based nonprofit Judicial Watch,…
The D&O Diary
Court Strikes Down California Board Diversity Statute
Over recent months, there has been a series of regulatory, legislative, and litigation measures and actions implemented to try to address perceived concerns about diversity in the corporate boardroom. Prominent…
Health Law Prof Blog
Equal Protection and Scarce Therapies: The Role of Race, Sex, and Other Protected Classifications
Govind Persad (University of Denver), Equal Protection and Scarce Therapies: The Role of Race, Sex, and Other Protected Classifications, U. Denver L. Stud. Research Paper (forthcoming):The allocation of scarce medical…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
High Court Reverses Wisconsin Supreme Court on State Legislative Map
Steven D. Schwinn, University of Illinois Chicago School of LawThe Supreme Court earlier this week reversed the Wisconsin Supreme Court's ruling that adopted the governor's proposed state legislative map. The…
Simple Justice
Will Covid Break The Equal Protection Clause?
To be frank, it came as little surprise that the New York State health department decided to be so flagrant in its rationing of Covid drugs. This was the case…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Pennsylvania’s Abortion Case
By Jamie Abrams
Greer Donley wrote an Op. Ed on December 9 for the Pittsburgh Post Gazette stressing the importance of a pending Pennsylvania abortion case, Allegheny Reproductive Health Center v. Pennsylvania Department…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Eleventh Circuit Rejects Nineteenth Amendment Challenge by Women to Florida Felons Voting Law
By Tracy Thomas
Jones & McCoy v. Florida, No. 20-12304 (11th Cir. Oct. 18, 2021)Opinion by J. PryorThe plaintiffs, whose cases were consolidated in the district court, levied several constitutional and statutory challenges…
Religion Clause
Universal Life Church Can Move Ahead With Suit Over Nevada Marriage Solemnization Law
In Universal Life Church Monastery v. Clark County Nevada, (D NV, Sept. 19, 2021), a Nevada federal district court allowed the Universal Life Church (ULC) which ordains ministers online to…
ImmigrationProf Blog
“The Groundbreaking Decision That Just Struck a Blow to Our Racist Immigration Laws”
Elie Mystal for the Netion discussed the recent ruling in U.S. v. Carrillo-Lopez, in which U.S. District Judge Miranda Du declared 8 U.S.C. Section 1326, outlawing illegal re-entry into the country,…