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Equal Protection
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Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Georgia District Judge Finds Georgia Legislature Violated Equal Protection Clause by Terminating a Transgendered Employee
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In an extensive opinion, United States District Judge Richard Story of the Northern District of Georgia has granted summary judgment in favor of a former employee of the Georgia General…
Family Law Prof Blog
Smith: “Equal Protection for Children of Gay and Lesbian Parents: Challenging the Three Pillars of Exclusion – Legitimacy, Dual-Gender Parenting, and Biology”
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Catherine E. Smith has posted Equal Protection for Children of Gay and Lesbian Parents: Challengingthe Three Pillars of Exclusion - Legitimacy, Dual-Gender Parenting, and Biology,28 Law and Inequality 307 (2010)…
Real Estate, Land Use & Environmental Law Blog
San Francisco Distinction Between Drugstores and Supermarkets Goes Up in Smoke
Walgreen Co. v. City and County of San Francisco, No. A123891 (June 8, 2010) By Brenna Moorhead Walgreen Co. prevailed against the City and County of San Francisco in California…
D.C. Medical Malpractice Blog
Maryland’s Highest Court to Determine Constitutionality of Cap on Damages Awards
Posted by: Salvatore J. Zambri, founding partner American Medical News reported that the Maryland Court of Appeals "is set to decide the constitutionality of a general liability cap in a…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Stevens’ Anomaly: Rethinking Equal Protection and Affirmative Action
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With Justice Stevens' announced retirement, it is a fitting time to consider his contribution to constitutional law, doctrinally, theoretically, and pedagogically. One of Stevens' contributions in the equal protection area…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Gender, Equal Protection & Immigration SCOTUS grants cert in Flores-Villar: Analysis
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The question is a narrow one: : whether the court's decision in Nguyen v. INS, 533 U.S. 53 (2001), permits gender discrimination that has no biological basis?Recall that the Court…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
The Modern American: Call for Submissions (March 1 Deadline)
The Modern American Spring 2010 Call for Submissions: The Modern American, the award-winning legal publication dedicated to diversity and the law from American University Washington College of Law, is seeking…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Carlos Ball on Morality and the LGBT Rights Movement
This abstract is MORALITY AND THE LGBT RIGHTS MOVEMENTCarlos A. BallProfessor of Law, Rutgers University School of Law (Newark)There are at least three different questions we can ask about the…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Second Circuit addresses constitutional claims in challenge to NY felon disenfranchisement
Main January 28, 2010Second Circuit addresses constitutional claims in challenge to NY felon disenfranchisementThe Second Circuit has already addressed and rejected, en banc, a challenge to New York's felon disenfranchisement…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Elizabeth Foley on the Constitutional Implications of Human Cloning
Elizabeth Price Foley (Florida International University College of Law) has posted The Constitutional Implications of Human Cloning on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Given the theoretical inevitability of human cloning,…