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26 Apr 2024, 7:56 am
The strict constructionist Sumner of 1855 advocated for a narrow construction of the Constitution in discrediting the Fugitive Slave Act, while the Sumner of the 1860s and 1870s demanded an elastic construction for carrying out Reconstruction and ensuring equal rights. [read post]
26 Apr 2024, 7:56 am
The strict constructionist Sumner of 1855 advocated for a narrow construction of the Constitution in discrediting the Fugitive Slave Act, while the Sumner of the 1860s and 1870s demanded an elastic construction for carrying out Reconstruction and ensuring equal rights. [read post]
29 Jan 2013, 1:18 pm
The ACLU has been at the forefront of the immigrants’ rights movement for 25 years. [read post]
10 Dec 2023, 9:30 pm
As a corrective, we advocate a set of interpretive steps designed to ameliorate the Constitution’s democratic flaws and advance equal citizenship. [read post]
17 Nov 2013, 9:30 pm
And by showing how advocates shaped marriage’s meaning in the space outside marriage, it reveals how nonmarital advocacy built the foundation for today’s marriage equality jurisprudence.The full article is available here. [read post]
28 Jan 2015, 11:56 am
One federal judge in Northern California has decided to rule on the whether the classification is constitutional, a decidedly extraordinary and rare move, especially as marijuana rights advocates have pressed Congress to change the classification for decades. [read post]
17 Jan 2018, 10:15 am
The lawyers and staff of Wise Law acknowledge Ontario’s proud diversity and our special responsibility as legal professionals to protect the dignity of all individuals, and to respect and advocate for human rights laws in force in Ontario. [read post]
23 Jan 2015, 1:32 pm
Advocates for the bill see these specific questions as proof of the need for the law. [read post]
30 Nov 2021, 11:54 am
Nor is the court likely to construct a right of abortion on a new, equal-protection foundation. [read post]
15 Oct 2015, 10:00 am
Thomas, University of Akron School of Law, and Tracey Jean Boisseau, University of Akron, have posted After Suffrage Comes Equal Rights? [read post]
21 Apr 2009, 4:34 pm
Animal rights advocates were thrilled last year when real estate mogul Leona Helmsley's will left the bulk of her fortune to a charity, the Leona M. and Harry B. [read post]
7 Nov 2017, 12:00 pm
Our new governors must be advocates for stronger voting rights and actively battle federal attempts to weaken the franchise. [read post]
14 May 2007, 8:10 pm
The case is brought under Connecticut's state constitution of 1965, which was amended during the 1970s by the addition of an Equal Rights Amendment, providing that equality of the law in Connecticut shall not be abridged on the basis of sex. [read post]
6 Mar 2014, 5:10 am
The trial court rejected the equal time arrangement advocated by both parents. [read post]
18 Mar 2011, 7:46 am
There is a roughly equal balance of members in the “for” and “against” camp, and a chairman who, as a civil servant, could act as an impartial judge. [read post]
31 Aug 2020, 2:05 pm
Right. [read post]
20 May 2015, 9:51 pm
In forced arbitration, the laws that protect us from discrimination based on age, sex, religion, race, disability, and unequal pay for equal work, such as the Civil Rights Act and the Equal Pay Act, become meaningless and unenforceable in court. [read post]
19 May 2009, 11:04 am
“Under the defendants’ policy, students may access websites that promote anti-gay views and that advocate that persons should change their sexual orientation through so-called “reparative therapy,” but not the web sites of organizations such as the Human Rights Campaign, which is one of the largest civil rights organizations in the United States working to achieve equality under the law for LGBT persons. [read post]
1 Aug 2021, 5:57 am
Decades of battles for women’s rights and for their chance to be equal, destroyed with one ludicrous decision. [read post]
19 Aug 2011, 2:02 pm
In this Symposium, we explore elder law and aging policy from a civil rights perspective and begin the important task of rethinking equality across the lifespan. [read post]
