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Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization: The Supreme Court Is No Safe Haven for Abortion Rights
9 Dec 2021, 9:01 pm
Abortion rights stand on a scary precipice right now, and the Supreme Court will soon decide whether they survive or fall.On November 1, 2021, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Whole Woman’s Health v. [read post]
12 Oct 2016, 9:00 pm
The release of the now-infamous 2005 video in which Donald Trump boasts about what he can do to women may have caused his campaign to spiral downward, but it also has sparked a national conversation about gender and sexual assault. [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]
30 Mar 2016, 9:02 pm
What are we to make of a state that enacts an obviously unconstitutional law? [read post]
5 Jan 2023, 9:01 pm
I wrote about a bill called the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) in 2012, when it was introduced in Congress for the first time. [read post]
7 Sep 2020, 9:01 pm
Rather than using his position of power to help people cope with the raging COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. [read post]
8 May 2023, 9:00 pm
One need not scroll too far down any news or social media feed these days to find a conservative diatribe against no-fault divorce. [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 Oct 2021, 9:01 pm
Let’s start with a stunning fact: a Texas law that unconstitutionally bans 85-90% of pre-viability abortions has now been in effect for six weeks. [read post]
18 May 2020, 9:00 pm
As many in the United States struggle with unemployment, layoffs, furloughs, pay cuts, and other adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, pregnant women struggle just to be treated just like everyone else. [read post]
22 Sep 2021, 9:01 pm
On September 1, 2021, the law known as “SB 8” took effect in Texas. [read post]
9 Oct 2017, 9:01 pm
Nine months into Trump’s all-out war on women, it came as little surprise when the president officially rolled back the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate by allowing employers with religious or moral objections to exempt themselves. [read post]
21 Jun 2020, 9:02 pm
Coronavirus may have forced the LGBT community to forego the parades that have come to mark Gay Pride Month, but the Supreme Court’s decision in Bostock v. [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]
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]
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]
27 Feb 2017, 9:01 pm
At the end of a dizzying first month of Trump’s presidency, the Department of Justice and Department of Education issued a “Dear Colleague” letter withdrawing two statements of policy about the rights of transgender students. [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]
26 Feb 2018, 9:01 pm
A panel of thirteen judges on the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit just issued an opinion in Zarda v. [read post]
