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3 Jul 2017, 9:01 pm
Texas law requires children who attend public schools to begin their days with this trifecta: the Pledge of Allegiance, the Texas Pledge (“Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state, under God, one and indivisible”), and a minute of silence to “reflect, pray, meditate, or engage in any other silent activity that is not likely to interfere with or distract another student. [read post]
9 Dec 2013, 9:01 pm
Does a former stepfather have the right to custody or visitation of a stepchild he helped raise from birth? [read post]
30 Mar 2015, 9:01 pm
By a vote of 6-3, the Supreme Court just ruled in favor of Peggy Young, a UPS driver who claimed she was illegally discriminated against when she was denied a workplace accommodation that was made available to other employees with similar physical restrictions. [read post]
29 Jun 2020, 9:01 pm
Reproductive rights advocates and activists breathed a collectively sigh of relief when the Supreme Court issued its opinion in June Medical Services, L.L.C. v. [read post]
27 Oct 2014, 9:01 pm
What standard should be applied when unwed parents disagree about whether to change a child’s surname? [read post]
7 Oct 2019, 9:01 pm
Today, the Supreme Court will hear argument in three cases that could have monumental impact on federal anti-discrimination law. [read post]
11 Sep 2017, 9:01 pm
What’s to be done with a police officer who has a baby, returns to work, and wishes to continue breastfeeding her baby? [read post]
14 Apr 2020, 9:00 pm
The global pandemic wrought by COVID-19 has brought unprecedented chaos to virtually every aspect of our lives. [read post]
26 Apr 2021, 9:01 pm
Joanna Harper, a researcher and medical physicist, estimates that only 50 out of 200,000 athletes competing in women’s college sports are transgender (or 0.025%). [read post]
26 Sep 2016, 9:01 pm
In the year 2000, a lifetime ago in family law terms, the Supreme Court issued an important decision, Troxel v. [read post]
22 Jul 2013, 9:01 pm
At the ripe old age of three-and-a-half, Baby Veronica will now make her third transition to a new home. [read post]
28 Sep 2015, 9:01 pm
This was more or less the message from a New Jersey appellate court, which rejected most of the discrimination claims brought by a group of female casino waitresses who were suspended, fired, or otherwise subjected to a policy restricting weight gain. [read post]
26 Jun 2015, 5:16 pm
The first marriages by same-sex couples were celebrated in the United States in May 2004, as a result of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s ruling in Goodridge v. [read post]
3 Aug 2015, 9:01 pm
Devorah went to court to prove she was married to Steven—so she could divorce him. [read post]
15 Nov 2016, 3:39 pm
*** The tides turned with an EEOC ruling in 2015, in which the agency concluded that alleged discrimination against a gay man–because he was gay–constituted a form of sex discrimination that violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a federal law banning employment discrimination on the basis of certain protected characteristics such as sex, race, ethnicity, and religion. [read post]
17 Mar 2013, 9:01 pm
March 18, 2013, marks the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Gideon v. [read post]
17 Mar 2014, 9:01 pm
My son Ben, an eleven-year-old who is devoted in equal parts to soccer and his long and shaggy hair, can rest easy tonight. [read post]
14 Nov 2013, 9:01 pm
Hawaii is where it all started: the modern battle over same-sex marriage, that is. [read post]
9 Sep 2019, 9:01 pm
A small but interesting family law issue keeps popping up: Can ministers who are ordained online legally preside over marriages? [read post]
31 Jan 2021, 9:01 pm
The Trump administration was a four-year-long war on women’s health. [read post]
