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Equal Protection
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Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Florida Federal Judge: State Tuition Differential for Students of Immigrant Parents Denies Equal Protection
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U.S. District Judge K. Michael Moore held unconstitutional Florida regulations that classify U.S. citizen students who reside in Florida as "out of state" residents according to their parents' undocumented federal…
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Ninth Circuit Grants Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus of Death Row Inmate on Equal Protection and Due Process Grounds
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In a divided opinion in Ayala v. Wong, the Ninth Circuit today granted a petition for a writ of habeas corpus based on equal protection and due process grounds. As the opinion…
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Seventh Circuit: No Qualified Immunity Against Age Discrimination Claim Under Equal Protection
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A three-judge panel of the Seventh Circuit ruled last week in Levin v. Madigan that individual defendants were not entitled to qualified immunity against a plaintiff's equal protection claim.As part…
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The Constitutionality of Sex-Segregated Education Challenged in Lawsuit Against Middle School
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A complaint filed by the ACLU in Doe v. Wood County Board of Education argues that the mandated sex-segregated education practices of Van Devender Middle School in Parkersburg, West Virginia violate…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Split Second Circuit panel rejects varied constitutional attacks on NY parole practices
Main August 3, 2012Split Second Circuit panel rejects varied constitutional attacks on NY parole practicesAn interesting split circuit panel ruling comes today from the Second Circuit in Graziano v. Pataki,…
Land Use Prof Blog
The Politics of Chick Fil-A Bans
Matt has the legality of the various proposed Chick Fil-A bans covered. As numerous commentators have pointed out, prohibiting Chick Fil-A stores based on the opinions of the store's owner…
The Faculty Lounge
Teaching Legal History
I want to build on Al’s previous post on legal history and bring the discussion into the classroom. Last semester I taught a legal history seminar that I designed myself…
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Obama Campaign Files Complaint Alleging Changes in Ohio Early Voting Law Violate Equal Protection
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The Obama Campaign, Democratic National Committee and Ohio Democratic Party filed a complaint in the Southern District of Ohio today arguing that Ohio's recent changes to its early voting laws violate…
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Saturday Evening Review: What’s the Difference Between Equal Protection and Fair Cross-Section?
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What's the difference between the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause and the Sixth Amendment's Fair Cross- Section protection? In a word: "intent." But in other words: "not much," at least according to…
The Faculty Lounge
Taxation and Orwell’s Animal Farm
Indianapolis constructed sanitary sewers for a neighborhood and financed the project by a tax assessment of some $9,300 on each benefited parcel. Owners could pay in one lump sum, or…