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15 Nov 2016, 3:39 pm
*** The tides turned with an EEOC ruling in 2015, in which the agency concluded that alleged discrimination against a gay man–because he was gay–constituted a form of sex discrimination that violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a federal law banning employment discrimination on the basis of certain protected characteristics such as sex, race, ethnicity, and religion. [read post]
4 May 2020, 9:01 pm
There’s an old Latin maxim: silent leges inter arma. [read post]
5 Apr 2021, 9:01 pm
After a dramatic shift in public opinion, the Supreme Court (by a narrow majority) made gay marriage a national reality. [read post]
7 Mar 2023, 9:01 pm
In June 2022, the Supreme Court eliminated constitutional protection for abortion—forty-nine years after it had first announced that protection in Roe v. [read post]
23 Jan 2017, 9:01 pm
The Supreme Court has opted for marriage equality, expanding the number of people whose sexual relationships are protected by law. [read post]
24 Jun 2019, 9:01 pm
Last month, in an unsigned, per curiam opinion, Box v. [read post]
15 Jan 2018, 9:01 pm
Thank you, Hollywood, for providing law professors with the perfect exam hypothetical about pay discrimination. [read post]
3 Dec 2018, 9:00 pm
It’s hard to read a single day’s news without encountering a new threat to reproductive rights. [read post]
5 Jul 2022, 9:01 pm
On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court, dominated now by a bloc of six arch-conservatives, overruled Roe v. [read post]
19 Jun 2017, 9:01 pm
The Supreme Court has been asked repeatedly over four decades to answer some version of the same question: do fathers have the same right as mothers to pass on American citizenship to their children? [read post]
7 Nov 2019, 9:01 pm
It’s a tale as old as time: a woman in power obviously slept her way to the top. [read post]
11 Apr 2022, 9:01 pm
It can be hard to keep up with the cruel and mean-spirited culture wars being waged by GOP lawmakers around the country, from unconstitutional abortion bans to laws prohibiting the teaching of truth about racism to gender-policing of high school sports. [read post]
31 Jul 2017, 9:01 pm
Thanks to the Twitter habit of Donald Trump and those on his White House team, the public has been treated to a number of disturbing exchanges in which they spew accusations, threats, and other attacks against one another, as well as on members of the other two branches of government. [read post]
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization: The Supreme Court Is No Safe Haven for Abortion Rights
9 Dec 2021, 9:01 pm
Abortion rights stand on a scary precipice right now, and the Supreme Court will soon decide whether they survive or fall.On November 1, 2021, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Whole Woman’s Health v. [read post]
14 Apr 2020, 9:00 pm
The global pandemic wrought by COVID-19 has brought unprecedented chaos to virtually every aspect of our lives. [read post]
5 Jan 2023, 9:01 pm
I wrote about a bill called the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) in 2012, when it was introduced in Congress for the first time. [read post]
7 Sep 2020, 9:01 pm
Rather than using his position of power to help people cope with the raging COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. [read post]
8 May 2023, 9:00 pm
One need not scroll too far down any news or social media feed these days to find a conservative diatribe against no-fault divorce. [read post]
7 Oct 2019, 9:01 pm
Today, the Supreme Court will hear argument in three cases that could have monumental impact on federal anti-discrimination law. [read post]
11 Oct 2021, 9:01 pm
Let’s start with a stunning fact: a Texas law that unconstitutionally bans 85-90% of pre-viability abortions has now been in effect for six weeks. [read post]
