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15 Mar 2009, 6:46 pm
Here is the report of legislation monitored by the Southern Center for Human Rights (SCHR) during the 2009 session so far broken down by bills we will strongly advocate for and against, bills we will continue to monitor and bad bills that were successfully stopped from crossing over. [read post]
13 Mar 2009, 2:46 pm
All Americans are entitled to equal standing under the law. [read post]
10 Mar 2009, 1:42 am
The cyber harassment also harms women's dignity and sense of equal worth. [read post]
8 Mar 2009, 3:02 am
Though advocates say that women are still commonly victims of beatings, torture and trafficking, the 2001 overthrow of the Taliban has led to women's rights entering the vocabulary as the new Afghanistan Constitution and Ministry of Women's Affairs have, along with women's advocates, helped to promote greater equality for women. [read post]
6 Mar 2009, 10:43 am
It is always possible, of course, that George and Kennard were playing devil's advocate in their questioning and comments. [read post]
5 Mar 2009, 3:14 pm
This morning California Supreme Court justices hinted strongly that they will uphold Proposition 8, the November ballot initiative limiting marriage to heterosexual couples.The only bright spot for gay marriage advocates during the three hours and 15 minutes of argument came when the justices indicated that marriages held after last spring's In re Marriage Cases ruling but before the November vote would retain the force of law.Chief Justice Ronald George, who became a hero to gay… [read post]
5 Mar 2009, 8:09 am
That didn't happen to me (and likely surely never will), but something equally cool did. [read post]
4 Mar 2009, 2:10 pm
The plaintiffs' claims are brought under the 5th Amendment of the Bill of Rights, which the Supreme Court has interpreted to require the federal government to afford the same "equal protection of the law" to all Americans that the 14th Amendment expressly requires the states to afford to their residents. [read post]
4 Mar 2009, 9:15 am
And we have seen LRW applicants with credentials that were equal to, if not better than, those of some doctrinal candidates we have interviewed. [read post]
4 Mar 2009, 8:34 am
Or that the costs and risks of failure to act are equally distributed across all interests? [read post]
3 Mar 2009, 11:31 pm
Provides that amounts collectedas fees be paid to organization designated by Governor for purpose of protecting, and advocating for, rights of certain persons with disabilities.Reduces law library fee in circuit and county courts from 28 percent of filing fee provided by law to 14 percent…. [read post]
3 Mar 2009, 7:29 am
The rapid fire developments in the area of same-sex rights continues, with word from the Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders group, which successfully argued for same-sex marriage in Massachusetts, that it intends to file suit in Massachusetts seeking some federal benefits for spouses in a same-sex marriage. [read post]
2 Mar 2009, 12:25 am
President Obama, you're an advocate of change. [read post]
28 Feb 2009, 3:02 am
(The wonderful photo below is of women's rights advocates at a Women's Legal Rights Program. [read post]
28 Feb 2009, 3:02 am
(The wonderful photo below is of women's rights advocates at a Women's Legal Rights Program. [read post]
26 Feb 2009, 12:51 pm
Equally important is one's stance on consumer fairness. [read post]
23 Feb 2009, 1:48 pm
Re-purposed content produced primarily for television is the lifeblood of online video right now. [read post]
23 Feb 2009, 1:17 pm
The Public Advocate’s words in that report apply equally to the travesty being perpetuated on these dislocated property owners in Newark: The first duty of any local government is to its existing residents. [read post]
20 Feb 2009, 12:32 am
Despairing at the stimulus package, some voices on the right have launched a first principles attack on the borrowing it entails. [read post]
15 Feb 2009, 1:16 pm
Historian Ronald Numbers elaborates that by the late 1970s, creationist political advocates adopted the strategy of arguing for a "two-model" approach in public classrooms, one that would provide a "balanced approach" towards both evolution and creationism.Though the Supreme Court banned such "equal time" efforts in Edwards v. [read post]
