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Equal Protection
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Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
William Van Alstyne on Abortion and Marriage in Constitutional Law
William W. Van Alstyne (William & Mary Law School) has posted The Unbearable Lightness of Marriage in the Abortion Decisions of the Supreme Court: Altered States in Constitutional Law on…
Family Law Prof Blog
Hendricks: “Contingent Equal Protection: Reaching for Equality After Ricci and PICS”
By Family Law
Jennifer S. Hendricks has posted “Contingent Equal Protection: Reaching for Equality After Ricci and PICS,” 16 Michigan Journal of Gender & Law__, (2009), on SSRN. Here is the abstract:The Supreme…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Student Scholarship: Health Care Reform and Abortion Coverage
Jennifer M. Keighley (a student at Yale Law School) has posted Health Care Reform and Reproductive Rights: Sex Equality Arguments for Abortion Coverage in a National Plan on SSRN. Here…
Family Law Prof Blog
Hendricks: “Contingent Equal Protection: Reaching for Equality After Ricci and PICS”
By Family Law
Jennifer S. Hendricks has posted “Contingent Equal Protection: Reaching for Equality After Ricci and PICS,” 16 Michigan Journal of Gender & Law__, (2009), on SSRN. Here is the abstract:The Supreme…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Zimmer on the Procedural Aspects of Ricci
Mike Zimmer (Loyola-Chicago) continues with his thought-provoking series on Ricci with this piece on its procedural aspects on the Concurring Opinions blog:Much of the buzz about Ricci v. DeStefano before…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Primus on Disparate Impact After Ricci
Richard Primus (Michigan), cited by both the majority and dissent in Ricci, has just posted on SSRN his article (forthcoming 108 Michigan L. Rev.) The Future of Disparate Impact After…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Fifth Circuit (properly) dodges whether federal prohibition on gun sale to a 19-year-old is constitutional
Main October 21, 2009Fifth Circuit (properly) dodges whether federal prohibition on gun sale to a 19-year-old is constitutional Thanks to this post at The Volokh Conspiracy, I see that the…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Hot Off the Presses
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This was intended to be a bi-weekly feature, but the ravages of the illness have caused a delay in publication. However, the feature (and its author) are now healthy and…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Today is the anniversary of the Fourteenth Amendment
JURIST: Today in Legal History:On July 28, 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution, granting citizenship to former slaves and protecting due process of law and equal protection of laws in…
California Employment Law Update
City Violated Title VII By Discarding Results Of Test That Disparately Impacted Minorities
By Tony Oncidi
Ricci v. DeStefano, 557 U.S. 557, 129 S.Ct. 2658 (2009) One hundred eighteen firefighters took written examinations administered by the city of New Haven, Connecticut in order to qualify for…