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Equal Protection
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Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Symposium on the Jurisprudential Legacy of Judge Constance Baker Motley, the First Black Woman Federal Judge
By Tracy Thomas
Symposium in the recent issue of the Columbia Law Review.Tomiko Brown-Nagin, Identity Matters: The Case of Judge Constance Baker Motley Judge Denny Chin & Kathy Hirata Chin, Constance Baker Motley, James Meredith,…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
District Judge Partially Enjoins President’s Transgender Military Ban
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law In an Order and Opinion in Doe v. Trump, United States District Judge for the District of Columbia Colleen…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Court Upholds Denial of Parole to Pregnant Woman to Protect Unborn Child
By Tracy Thomas
Commonwealth v. Becker, (Pa. Super. Ct. Oct. 10, 2017)P & P opposed Becker's parole because of the risk that she may use heroin while pregnant. The trial court shared similar concerns,…
PrawfsBlawg
Zarda and the Trump Administration’s Surprising (and Largely Unrecognized) Approach to Anti-Discrimination Principles
Main Friday, October 13, 2017Zarda and the Trump Administration's Surprising (and Largely Unrecognized) Approach to Anti-Discrimination PrinciplesThe Trump Administration's Justice Department ("DOJ") attracted substantial public criticism for its decision to…
PrawfsBlawg
Unconstitutional Intent and the Executive
Main Thursday, October 12, 2017Unconstitutional Intent and the Executive A central focus of the ongoing Travel Ban cases is whether the restrictions they impose are invalid because they were motivated…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
SCOTUS Hears Arguments on Constitutionality of Partisan Gerrymandering
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law In oral arguments today in Gill v. Whitford, the United States Supreme Court confronted the constitutionality of gerrymandering on…
The Faculty Lounge
Does Denying Gay Man a Medical Expense Deduction for Costs of IVF Violate Equal Protection? 11th Cir. Says No
The Eleventh Circuit ruled earlier this week in Morrissey v. U.S. that the amounts a gay man paid to father biological children by paying for an egg provider, IVF, and…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
More Challenges to DACA Rescission
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law Recall that last week, fifteen states and the District of Columbia filed New York v. Trump challenging the rescission…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
States Challenge DACA Rescission in New York v. Trump
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law In a Complaint filed today in the Eastern District of New York in New York v. Trump, fifteen states and…
PrawfsBlawg
The Small and Vast Difference Between Two Op-Eds
Main Friday, August 25, 2017The Small and Vast Difference Between Two Op-EdsTwo op-eds published in the past two days provide a wonderful contrast with each other. In neither case do…