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Equal Protection
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Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Flores-Villar Oral Argument Analysis: Father’s Rights or Citizenship Rights? And What Remedy?
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
The United States Supreme Court heard oral argument today in Flores Villar v. United States. As we discussed in our previous analysis when certorari was granted, the statute at issue in…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Planned Parenthood Suit Challenges Montana CHIP’s Lack of Coverage for Contraception
Medical News Today: Planned Parenthood Of Mont. Sues Over Teen Birth Control Coverage: Planned Parenthood of Montana has filed a lawsuit challenging Montana's version of the Children's Health Insurance Program,…
California Employment Law Update
Hotel Workers Ordinance Is Not Unconstitutional
By Tony Oncidi
Garcia v. Four Points Sheraton LAX, 188 Cal. App. 4th 364 (2010) In 2006, the City of Los Angeles enacted the Hotel Service Charge Reform Ordinance, which required non-unionized hotels…
Family Law Prof Blog
Kapai: “Minority Women: A Struggle for Equal Protection Against Domestic Violence”
By Family Law
Puja Kapai (Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong) has posted "Minority Women: A Struggle for Equal Protection Against Domestic Violence" (forthcoming Cambridge University Press) on SSRN. Here is the…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Justice Scalia: The Constitution Does Not Bar Sex Discrimination
Time Magazine: Justice Scalia Mouths Off on Sex Discrimination, By Adam Cohen: Leave it to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia to argue that the Constitution does not, in fact, bar…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell: Unconstitutional as Applied to Major Margaret Witt
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In an opinion today, Judge Ronald Leighton of the Western District of Washington, concluded:The application of “Don't Ask Don’t Tell” to Major Margaret Witt does not significantly further the government’s…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Ladies Nights?
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Are "Ladies' Nights" - - - when a bar or nightspot offers women lower rates than men - - - unconstitutional as a violation of equal protection? To even consider…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Neil Siegel and Reva Siegel on Pregnancy, Equal Protection, and Sex-Role Stereotyping
Neil Siegel (Duke Law School) and Reva Siegel (Yale Law School) have posted Pregnancy and Sex-Role Stereotyping, from 'Struck' to 'Carhart' on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The guarantee of equal protection…
California Employment Law Update
College Professor’s Racially Charged E-Mails Did Not Create Hostile Environment
By Tony Oncidi
Rodriguez v. Maricopa County Cmty. Coll., 605 F.3d 703 (9th Cir. 2010) Professor Walter Kehowski sent three racially-charged emails over a distribution list maintained by the college district where he…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Gender Transition Discrimination Violates Equal Protection
The District Court for the Northern District of Georgia held late last week that when the Georgia General Assembly fired a Legislative Editor because she was going to transition from…