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Equal Protection
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ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Equal protection, immigrants and access to health care and welfare benefits – a 2014 update by Mel Cousins
Equal protection, immigrants and access to health care and welfare benefits – a 2014 update by Mel Cousins, Trinity College DublinAbstract: The introduction of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Pennsylvania District Judge Declares State’s Same-Sex Marriage Ban Unconstitutional
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn his opinion in Whitewood v. Wolf, Judge John E. Jones, III, announced that Pennsylvania would "join the twelve…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Oregon District Judge Declares Same-Sex Marriage Ban Unconstitutional
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawJoining a decided trend which we last discussed here and here, today Oregon District Judge Michael McShane declared unconstitutional…
Education Law Prof Blog
Massachusetts Upholds Pledge of Allegiance
By Derek Black
Massachusetts' Supreme Judicial Court held in Doe v. Acton-Boxborough Regional School District that the pledge of allegiance does not violate the state constitution. Plaintiffs' claim was a denial of equal…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Massachusetts High Court Says Pledge Does Not Violate Equal Protection
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolThe Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ruled last week that the daily recitation in school classrooms of the Pledge of Allegiance, with the words…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Idaho Federal Judge Declares State Ban on Same-Sex Marriage Unconstitutional
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn a 57 page opinion today in Latta v. Otter, federal judge Candy Wagahoff Dale concluded that Idaho's statutory and…
Education Law Prof Blog
Federal Judge Finds Florida’s Teacher Evaluation System Is Unfair, But Legal
Teachers lost their challenge to Florida's teacher evaluation law after the state was granted summary judgment in a ruling yesterday by U.S. District Judge Mark E. Walker. The teachers' suit…
Education Law Prof Blog
Court Upholds Michigan Ban on Consideration of Race in Admissions
By Derek Black
Yesterday, the Court held in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action that the Michigan referendum, which amended the state constitution to prohibit the consideration of race in admissions following…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Justice Sotomayor Gets It: Race Matters
By Tracy Thomas
From her dissent in Tuesday's decision in Schuette v. BAMN, upholding Michigan’s state ban on race-conscious (and gender-conscious) admission decisions. (Citations omitted).Race matters. Race matters in part because of the long…
Education Law Prof Blog
Two Funding Inequity Lawsuits Filed Against New Mexico
Two funding inequity lawsuits were recently filed challenging New Mexico's education system. The first alleges that ELL and economically disadvantaged students are receiving a substandard education under the state's funding…