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6 May 2011, 2:10 am by Anita Davies
Patricia Jones, 56, is challenging a Court of Appeal decision which gave her ex-partner, Leonard Kernott, an equal share of a home they owned. [read post]
4 May 2011, 1:15 pm by Dan Markel
Equal power-sharing consists, first, in the equal voting power that individuals, or groups to which they belong, have in the selection of policies or election of representatives. [read post]
4 May 2011, 11:56 am by David Lat
We’ll just have to take their word on it that they’ll do the right thing. [read post]
4 May 2011, 11:35 am by Steve Hall
In a speech Monday night to the Equal Justice Initiative, which advocates for indigent defendants,  Justice Stevens criticized the court’s March decision overturning a jury’s $14 million award to an innocent man who spent 14 years on death row after prosecutors concealed evidence that could have cleared him. [read post]
4 May 2011, 7:26 am by The Editors
A: I believe that health is a human right and that every life has equal value. [read post]
3 May 2011, 11:04 pm
Department of Justice would intervene on behalf of the civil rights advocates, and civil rights rides would increase, such that "in November, the Interstate Commerce Commission issued rules prohibiting segregated transportation facilities. [read post]
3 May 2011, 4:05 pm by Jess Bravin
In a speech Monday night to the Equal Justice Initiative, which advocates for indigent defendants,  Justice Stevens criticized the court’s March decision overturning a jury’s $14 million award to an innocent man who spent 14 years on death row after prosecutors concealed evidence that could have cleared him. [read post]
3 May 2011, 3:29 pm by Family Law Attorneys
The study also found no difference of opinion between male and female respondents in the study.This study is good news for advocates of fathers' rights in that it indicates that public opinion is solidly in favor of an equal division of child custody rights when all other factors are neutral. [read post]
3 May 2011, 10:16 am
Yet if a woman has perpetrated human rights abuses as a combatant, but has also suffered as a victim of rape or sexual violence, is she a perpetrator or a victim?? [read post]
2 May 2011, 4:06 am by rhapsodyinbooks
Albert Priddy, a eugenics advocate, was superintendent of the State Colony for Epileptics and Feeble-Minded at Lynchburg, Virginia during the 1910s. [read post]
1 May 2011, 12:57 pm
-focused human rights NGOs, unions, educators, and individuals will use them in similar efforts or in other advocacy strategies.Content Equality and Non-discrimination. [read post]
30 Apr 2011, 8:14 am
It should be cited to any judge where you encounter difficulties with the other side that sound familiar here, including advocating meritless claims. [read post]
27 Apr 2011, 9:07 am by Joe Consumer
It's about government closest to the people and equal justice with no special rules for anybody. [read post]
27 Apr 2011, 9:07 am by Joe Consumer
It's about government closest to the people and equal justice with no special rules for anybody. [read post]
26 Apr 2011, 3:35 pm by Elie Mystal
And to my mind a big Senior Day protest involving LGBT and straight students at Michigan Law will really show the community just how many people support the cause of equal human rights. [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]
26 Apr 2011, 10:39 am by admin
But so are the 5th amendment rights of equal protection, the 6th amendment rights of the accused, the 7th amendment right to trial by jury, and the 14th amendment right to a fair trial. [read post]
26 Apr 2011, 9:23 am by annalthouse@gmail.com (Ann Althouse)
The LGBT community in Atlanta has significant political influence, and the firm quickly became a target for major gay rights organizations including the Human Rights Campaign and the group Georgia Equality -- the largest gay rights advocate in the state. [read post]
25 Apr 2011, 8:22 pm by Orin Kerr
From the story:The LGBT community in Atlanta has significant political influence, and [upon agreeing to defend DOMA,] the firm quickly became a target for major gay rights organizations including the Human Rights Campaign and the group Georgia Equality — the largest gay rights advocate in the state. [read post]
25 Apr 2011, 7:14 pm by Jonathan H. Adler
Paul is entirely correct that our adversary system depends on vigorous advocates being willing to take on even very unpopular positions. [read post]