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Equal Protection
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ImmigrationProf Blog
Court Issues Supplemental Order in Melendres v. Arpaio: Monitor, Bias Training, Policy Changes Mandated
Yesterday, Judge Murray Snow issued a supplemental permanent injunction/judgment order in Melendres v. Arpaio. As previously reported on ImmigrationProf, the District Court after a trial ruled that Sheriff Joe Arpaio…
The Appellate Strategist
Florida High Court Upholds Florida’s Birth Injury Compensation Plan (NICA)
Last term, the Florida Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a state plan that provides up to $100,000 to the parents or legal guardians of an infant found to…
Education Law Prof Blog
Alabama Choice Law Under Assault
By Derek Black
Earlier this summer LaJuana posted on Alabama's voucher/tax credit program (here and here) that would allow students to transfer out of failing schools and give them a $3500 tax credits…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Crack Cocaine, Congressional Inaction, and Equal Protection”
Main August 19, 2013"Crack Cocaine, Congressional Inaction, and Equal Protection" The title of this post is the title of this new paper on SSRN authored by Paul Larkin Jr. and…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Federal District Judge Shira Scheindlin Finds NYCPD’s Stop and Frisk Policies Violate Equal Protection
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
In a 198 page opinion today, accompanied by a 39 page order and opinion as to remedies, United States District Judge Shira Scheindlin has found the New York City Police…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
No Constitutional Violation in Aggressive Child Protection Case
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
In its opinion in D.B. v. Kopp, the Seventh Circuit affirmed the district judge's dismissal of an equal protection "class of one" claim against Grant County (Wisconsin) and certain officials…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Alienating Aliens: Equal Protection Violations in the Structures of State Public-Benefit Schemes by Gregory T. W. Rosenberg
Alienating Aliens: Equal Protection Violations in the Structures of State Public-Benefit Schemesby Gregory T. W. Rosenberg April 5, 2013 University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law, Vol. 16, 2014 (Forthcoming)…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
More on the Aftermath of Windsor (DOMA) and Perry (Prop 8) decisions: California, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, North Carolina Litigation
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
The Court's decisions in United States v. Windsor, declaring section 3 of DOMA unconstitutional, and Perry v. Hollingsworth, holding that the "proponents" of Proposition 8 lacked standing to appeal a…
Alabama Employment Law Report
DOMA Fallout: Lawsuit Filed In Pa. Seeking To Overturn State Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that a lawsuit was filed in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, July 9, seeking to overturn the state's ban on gay marriage. The lawsuit, believed to be the first…
Sentencing Law and Policy
After supplementalBlewettbriefing, Sixth Circuit panel stands pat
Main July 9, 2013After supplemental Blewett briefing, Sixth Circuit panel stands patAs regular readers likely recall, almost two month ago a split Sixth Circuit panel in US v. Blewett, No.…