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20 Mar 2018, 5:58 am by Timothy P. Flynn
Going after the source of the gun problem -the manufacturers- in this country will ignite a massive legal battle on the level of slavery, abortion, civil rights, and marital equality. [read post]
26 Apr 2011, 12:30 pm by Howard Wasserman
But if advocates of the anti-marriage position want to avoid being lumped in with retrograde opponents of racial equality of a generation ago, they might be well-advised to avoid adopting retrograde arguments. [read post]
30 Apr 2013, 7:21 am by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
The LGBT community and those who advocate for LGBT people must not allow this. [read post]
17 Jan 2015, 8:52 am by William Eskridge
   When substance fails the advocate, procedure is a last resort. [read post]
28 May 2011, 7:56 am by The Legal Blog
No effort should be made or allowed to be made by which a litigant could be deprived of his rights, statutory as well as constitutional, by an advocate only on account of the exalted position conferred upon him under the judicial system prevalent in the country........ [read post]
Ratification would strengthen the U.S. government's hand in advocating for women's rights on the international stage by showing that the standards it calls on other countries to meet are ones it is willing to hold itself accountable to at home. [read post]
24 Oct 2022, 9:00 am by Public Employment Law Press
 Division Commissioner Maria Imperial noted "New York was the first state in the nation to enact a Human Rights Law, affording every person an equal opportunity to enjoy a full and productive life. [read post]
24 Oct 2022, 9:00 am by Public Employment Law Press
 Division Commissioner Maria Imperial noted "New York was the first state in the nation to enact a Human Rights Law, affording every person an equal opportunity to enjoy a full and productive life. [read post]
19 Sep 2023, 6:30 am by The Petrie-Flom Center Staff
Advocates for abortion rights have seen scientific claims as powerful in the past. [read post]
2 Oct 2020, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell supplies the legal justification for withholding rights and obligations from nonmarital families, including children in those families. [read post]
2 Dec 2014, 8:22 am by Lyle Denniston
  That is outright discrimination based on sex, under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, added in 1978 to Title VII of federal civil rights law But women’s rights advocates, and the U.S. [read post]
17 Jun 2015, 12:17 pm by Guest Blogger
Gay and lesbian couples seek the equal right to enter into marital commitments on the same terms as opposite sex couples. [read post]
16 Jun 2011, 1:34 pm by Zoe Tillman
” Rabbi Bruce Kahn, a longtime board member of the Equal Rights Center and social justice advocate, received the Alfred McKenzie Award for his many civil rights litigation victories. [read post]
29 Sep 2020, 10:30 pm by Mitra Sharafi
This Pan-American network drove a transnational movement that advocated women’s suffrage, equal pay for equal work, maternity rights, and broader self-determination. [read post]
18 Dec 2009, 2:57 pm by Selene Kaye, Women's Rights Project
CEDAW is the international human rights treaty dedicated to gender equality and was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 18, 1979. [read post]
14 Jan 2014, 6:27 am by Dan Markel
How, if at all, would marriage equality impact other progressive movements, including the movements for economic equality, for reproductive rights, for racial justice, for disability rights, and for transgender rights? [read post]
30 Jun 2020, 7:00 am by admin
Arbitration’s erosion of legal recourse coincides with an equally alarming decline in organized labor. [read post]