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Equal Protection
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Religion Clause
11th Circuit Invalidates School’s Rule On Transgender Bathroom Assignments
In Adams v. School Board of St. Johns County, Florida, (11th Cir., Aug. 7, 2020), the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals by a 2-1 vote held that a Florida…
ImmigrationProf Blog
UnEqual Protection in Immigration Law by Carrie Rosenbaum
The Yale Journal on Regulation Notice and Comment continues its Symposium on Racism in Administrative Law with UnEqual Protection in Immigration Law by Carrie Rosenbaum. She trenchantly criticizes the racism embedded…
PrawfsBlawg
Shifting Rationales for Anti-Lynching Legislation
Main Wednesday, July 22, 2020Shifting Rationales for Anti-Lynching LegislationA federal anti-lynching bill is pending in Congress. A federal anti-lynching bill has been pending in Congress for over 100 years. What…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Giving Gender Discrimination a Meaningful Remedy: Rewriting Justice Ginsburg’s Opinion in Morales-Santana
By Tracy Thomas
I have just published: Tracy Thomas, Rewriting Sessions v. Morales-Santana, in Feminist Judgments: Family Law Opinions Rewritten (Rachel Rebouche ed., July 2020)In Sessions v. Morales-Santana, 137 S. Ct. 1678 (2017),…
Simple Justice
Tyranny Of The Minority
There’s a concept embodied in the Equal Protection Clause, of particular importance at this time in our history, that limits democracy. We do not, we cannot, allow a tyranny of…
ImmigrationProf Blog
The Equal Protection Claim in the DACA Cases
SCOTUSBlog is featuring a symposium on the Supreme Court's decision in Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California, which held that the Trump administration's attempt to…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
How Courts Have Responded to Equal Protection Claims of Pregnant Citizens Since the Nineteenth Amendment
By Tracy Thomas
Reva Siegel, The Pregnant Citizen, from Suffrage to the Present, Georgetown L. J. (forthcoming)This Article examines how courts have responded to the equal protection claims of pregnant citizens over the…
PrawfsBlawg
The Constitution as a Moral Hazard Problem
Main Friday, April 17, 2020The Constitution as a Moral Hazard ProblemHere's an idea that I've been kicking around lately for a paper. The Constitution helps secure our freedom and well-being.…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
The Use of Sex as a Proxy for Interest in Predictive Algorithms
By Tracy Thomas
Deborah Hellman, Sex, Causation, and Algorithms: Equal Protection in the Age of Machine Learning, 98 Wash.U. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2020)U.S. constitutional law prohibits the use of sex as a proxy…
Race and the Law Prof Blog
Upcoming Conference: Immigration, Equal Protection, and the Promise of Racial Justice
Little Haiti neighborhood of Miami, February 7, 1986. Photo copyright Gary Monroe. The Legacy of Jean v. NelsonApril 3, 2020NYU School of LawThe year 2020 marks the 35th Anniversary of Justice…