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Equal Protection
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Education Law Prof Blog
Supreme Court Grants Certitorari in Case Challenging Denial of Grant Funds to Religious School
The U.S. Supreme Court has granted certiorari in Trinity Lutheran Church v. Pauley, No. 15-577 (cert. grant. Jan. 15, 2016), which challenges Missouri's establishment clause barring the grant of public funds to…
Education Law Prof Blog
Scholarship on Teacher Tenure Lawsuits
Teacher tenure lawsuits that allege that tenure prevents school districts from firing ineffective teachers have been discussed on this blog here and here. Two recent student journal notes that discuss two prominent cases, Vergara v. California and Davids v.…
Education Law Prof Blog
Can Plaintiffs’ Educational Adequacy Challenge to the Growing Hypersegregation in Minneapolis Reinvigorate a National Movement?
By Derek Black
Plaintiffs in Minneapolis and Saint Paul have filed a lawsuit against the state, alleging that the racial and poverty segregation in the metropolitan area violates the state constitution's education clause,…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Federal Judge Applies Intermediate Scrutiny in Transgender Equal Protection Claim
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawConsidering a complaint regarding an arrest during the 2011 Occupy Wall Street protests, United States District Judge Jed Rakoff…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
“Of Visible Race-Consciousness and Institutional Role: Equal Protection and Disparate Impact after Ricci and Inclusive Communities”
The title of this post comes from this recent paper by Professor Richard Primus, the abstract of which states: When Ricci v. DeStefano was decided in 2009, I identified three…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
“Disparate Impact and the Role of Classification and Motivation in Equal Protection Law after Inclusive Communities”
The title of this post comes from this intriguing paper by Professor Samuel Bagenstos, the abstract of which states: At least since the Supreme Court’s 2009 decision in Ricci v.…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Ninth Circuit on Unconscious Bias, Equal Protection, and Batson
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawA divided Ninth Circuit panel has affirmed the district judge in granting habeas corpus and vacating a death sentence…
Race and the Law Prof Blog
Integrating Biological Insights into the Study of Race and the Law
For those following the legal developments of equal protection doctrine in the courts, Race and the Law in the Genomic Age: A Problem for Equal Treatment Under the Law by…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
The current issue of the Michigan J. of Gender & Law
By John Kang
Current Issue: Volume 22, Issue 1 (2015)ArticlesCentering the Teenage "Siren": Adolescent Workers, Sexual Harassment, and the Legal Construction of Race and GenderAnastasia M. Boles1Teen Pregnancy in Charter Schools: Pregnancy Discrimination…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
The Week in Books on Law & Gender
By Tracy Thomas
New this week in BOOKS: Linda Hirshman, Sisters in Law: How Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the WorldThe title tells all: Sisters…