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27 Jun 2013, 9:00 pm
This structural element of the Constitution adds force to the rights-based criticism of Congress in Windsor. [read post]
27 Jun 2013, 6:19 am
These groups seemed surprised that the information that the FCC rules originally set up for one purpose (providing information for candidates as to rates and to be able to track the buys by their opponents so that they can plan to use their equal opportunity rights) did not provide easy to discern information about the totality of spending by candidates and groups on particular elections – something that really is not the province of the FCC, but instead of the… [read post]
26 Jun 2013, 7:32 pm
In general, a legal civil order is external, rights-centered, rule-oriented and upholds the supremacy of authoritative texts. [read post]
26 Jun 2013, 2:25 pm
Once a majority of the Court decided that the right thing to do at this moment of history was to vacate the Ninth Circuit’s Perry decision on standing grounds, there was no need for the Court to address the question of the right level of scrutiny for discrimination based on sexual orientation. [read post]
26 Jun 2013, 2:00 pm
Even beyond establishing the right of same-sex marriage in California, however, this ruling is a victory for same-sex marriage advocates because the Court did not rule definitively that same-sex marriage bans, which exist in three-quarters of the states, are constitutional. [read post]
26 Jun 2013, 9:22 am
Equal Opportunity Commission Guidance, as well as adopted by several circuit courts of appeals. [read post]
26 Jun 2013, 8:30 am
The constitutional drafting process that has gone on since the election of the National Constituent Assembly in October of 2011, revealed fault lines between Islamist and secular politicians on issues of human rights, most notably over freedom of expression and association, and gender equality. [read post]
26 Jun 2013, 8:30 am
The constitutional drafting process that has gone on since the election of the National Constituent Assembly in October of 2011, revealed fault lines between Islamist and secular politicians on issues of human rights, most notably over freedom of expression and association, and gender equality. [read post]
26 Jun 2013, 12:00 am
Windsor struck down a novel, contentious law, based on nothing more than bias and fear, which denied people a core constitutional right to equal liberty. [read post]
25 Jun 2013, 5:07 pm
In the meantime, civil rights advocates should consider targeted litigation under Section 3 to trigger preclearance coverage in a state like Texas, even if Congress does nothing.Although I am open to persuasion on this point, after reading the decision today my view of the way forward is this: Congress should not attempt to enact a revised Section 4. [read post]
25 Jun 2013, 12:02 pm
Among themselves, states have continued to play the game of equals, and the diuscussion has focused on the consequences for relationships between the United States, Russia and China, as a consequences of their actions in facilitationg Mr. [read post]
25 Jun 2013, 6:57 am
The Court rejected “the nebulous definition of a ‘supervisor’ advocated in the EEOC Guidance,” and found the employee’s “colloquial uses of the term ‘supervisor’” misplaced. [read post]
24 Jun 2013, 9:30 pm
But equally often the concept of “government failure” remains inadequately defined. [read post]
24 Jun 2013, 10:33 am
Much to the disappointment of Martin’s family and civil rights advocates, the jury will include absolutely no African Americans. [read post]
24 Jun 2013, 7:00 am
The limitation of the protection to only full-time, and not part-time employee, is also a departure from the original proposal that is not likely to garner much favor among equal pay advocates. [read post]
21 Jun 2013, 4:46 am
Perry 12-144Disclosure: Tejinder Singh of the law firm Goldstein & Russell, P.C., whose attorneys work for or contribute to this blog in various capacities, was among the counsel on an amicus brief filed by international human rights advocates in support of the respondents in this case.Issue: (1) Whether the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits the State of California from defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman; and (2) whether… [read post]
20 Jun 2013, 10:12 am
They may also assume, particularly if the aggressor is a female, that they have few rights in the situation. [read post]
19 Jun 2013, 8:03 pm
I am starting research on the role of the Chinese Communist Party within private and public companies in China, and eventually, on the role of the CCP in Chinese companies operating abroad. [read post]
16 Jun 2013, 3:49 pm
Perry 12-144Disclosure: Tejinder Singh of the law firm Goldstein & Russell, P.C., whose attorneys work for or contribute to this blog in various capacities, was among the counsel on an amicus brief filed by international human rights advocates in support of the respondents in this case.Issue: (1) Whether the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits the State of California from defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman; and (2) whether… [read post]
14 Jun 2013, 12:55 pm
The ACLU supported the great work of agency and advocate partners to reach this victory. [read post]
