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8 Apr 2017, 3:52 pm
” To figure out what sort of discrimination based on sex Title VII bans, we look to the original understanding of what discrimination based on sex means, which was, as the 7th Circuit had previously held, “that it is unlawful to discriminate against women because they are women and against men because they are men,” and that “Congress had nothing more than the traditional notion of ‘sex’ in mind when it voted to outlaw sex discrimination. [read post]
7 Apr 2017, 9:47 pm
Also, one year ago, the Michigan Legislature joined 26 other states in outlawing revenge porn, making it a 93-day misdemeanor; a second conviction is punishable by up to a year in the county jail.Passage of the new law makes it a crime, under certain circumstances, to disseminate sexually explicit material of an adult on a computer without the subject's consent. [read post]
7 Apr 2017, 11:29 am
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination in the private sector on the basis of “race, color, religion, sex and national origin,” but does not specifically outlaw discrimination based on sexual orientation. [read post]
7 Apr 2017, 8:47 am
The newest form of civil rights claims – the question of whether transgender people are legally protected from discrimination in government programs or policies by laws that outlaw bias based on sex – is developing in lower courts across the country and is certain to be before the court before very long. [read post]
7 Apr 2017, 8:14 am
On rehearing, the majority noted that the Seventh Circuit had accepted as settled law that “Congress had nothing more than the traditional notion of ‘sex’ in mind when it voted to outlaw sex discrimination . . . [read post]
7 Apr 2017, 6:41 am
[JURIST] The Russian Supreme Court [official website, in Russian] began hearings on Wednesday on a request [RAPSI report] to outlaw the Jehovah's Witnesses religious group. [read post]
6 Apr 2017, 9:22 am
If there were ever a case that should get our state legislature to outlaw texting while driving, this is it. [read post]
5 Apr 2017, 6:30 am
Although various laws and decrees outlawed indio enslavement, several loopholes allowed the practice to continue. [read post]
5 Apr 2017, 3:52 am
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit declared that the main federal law against sex bias on the job – Title VII – outlaws discrimination based on sexual orientation. [read post]
3 Apr 2017, 1:36 pm
The question is, when will consumers realize that their choices in pet purchases have been supplanted by activists who believe that pet breeding (and the intentional breeding of any species) is immoral and should be outlawed. [read post]
2 Apr 2017, 1:01 am
After all he endured, through which he managed not only to live but to thrive – to get cut down by hateful nativists in an outlaw part of America was so unjust and outrageous. [read post]
30 Mar 2017, 3:00 am
That fire escape design had long been outlawed under legislation approved by the New York state legislature in 1928. [read post]
29 Mar 2017, 9:34 am
The state law outlaws this kind of display, the court said, because it forbids the charging of a credit card “surcharge. [read post]
29 Mar 2017, 9:20 am
On top of that, some in the Trump administration have warned that legal recreational marijuana could be the target of federal enforcement action, as the drug still remains outlawed under federal statutes. [read post]
29 Mar 2017, 7:00 am
“Is it or is it not an ethical dilemma? [read post]
28 Mar 2017, 9:05 pm
“SEAT Act: Top Senators Sponsoring Bill to Outlaw Low Cost Carriers, Raise Airfares” [Gary Leff, View from the Wing] “Trump’s Safe and Sane ‘Regulatory Reform’ Idea” [Cass Sunstein/Bloomberg, earlier Sunstein on Trump regulatory initiatives] Changing law and economics shape street protest [Tyler Cowen] Arizona’s bad idea on protestors involves racketeering charges, forfeiture, and more [Coyote] “Rights And Reality: Georgia Cop Jails… [read post]
28 Mar 2017, 1:20 pm
On the flip side, this legislation would probably outlaw lawmakers' and candidates' online speech, too. [read post]
28 Mar 2017, 11:54 am
The San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office filed more than 50 charges against an Ontario, California egg facility, Hohberg Poultry Ranches, after investigations revealed chickens were being kept in cages so overcrowded the animals were unable to turn around—conditions outlawed by the Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act. [read post]
28 Mar 2017, 6:14 am
Just as public kissing cannot be outlawed to shield others from observing the kissing, simulated masturbation cannot automatically be outlawed. [read post]
28 Mar 2017, 4:32 am
My aide had an outstanding idea . . lets all kill someone with a liberal . . . then maybe we can get them outlawed too! [read post]
