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27 Mar 2020, 12:47 pm
To help minimize incidents of coronavirus-related discrimination, the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights recently published a guidance document entitled “Civil Rights and COVID-19: Frequently Asked Questions. [read post]
3 Mar 2021, 3:46 pm
The Voting Rights Act, a landmark federal civil rights statute, was enacted in 1965. [read post]
11 Apr 2012, 10:42 pm
The majority of the forfeiture cases in Tennessee are civil. [read post]
6 Apr 2007, 12:00 am
This movement would expand the right to counsel in criminal cases to civil litigation. [read post]
10 Jul 2024, 1:54 pm
A review of the term’s civil rights and civil liberties decisions offers a mixed picture, but make no mistake: This is a court ready to create brand new constitutional protection for former President Trump, while turning away the claims of the powerless. [read post]
27 Oct 2012, 4:04 pm
Therefore, the court held, the Due Process Clauses of the U.S. and Ohio constitutions do not guarantee an indigent parent the right to appointed counsel at a civil-contempt purge hearing in a child support case. [read post]
9 Aug 2011, 12:44 pm
In response, Hosanna-Tabor has argued that, under a "ministerial exception" to civil rights laws like the ADA and Title VII, the federal courts are constitutionally barred from even considering Perich's claims. [read post]
5 Jul 2023, 6:20 pm
This is the case especially for grassroots organizations operating in the Global Majority and civil rights groups fighting for the protections of historically oppressed and vulnerable groups. [read post]
30 Mar 2016, 3:30 am
She first recognizes that the number of cases filed in federal court has increased significantly since the rules were adopted in 1938—some of this as the result of the creation of new substantive rights. [read post]
20 Nov 2017, 12:45 pm
In a speech on Friday, the attorney general signaled that he will rescind more civil rights guidance from the Obama era. [read post]
14 Jul 2012, 4:54 am
CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: Troy teen calls acquittal in gun case ‘the right verdict.’ A recent Troy High School graduate was acquitted Thursday of all charges in his arrest for carrying a rifle through downtown Birmingham. [read post]
DOJ SETS UP HOTLINE TO REPORT CIVIL RIGHTS ABUSES BY ARIZONA LAW ENFORCEMENT IN IMPLEMENTING SB 1070
26 Jun 2012, 11:08 am
According to an article on latimes.com: “The Justice Department responded to the Supreme Court’s ruling by establishing a telephone hotline and email address to receive reports of possible civil rights violations conducted under the auspice of SB1070, which equally incensed Brewer. [read post]
27 Jul 2012, 6:38 pm
Without much fanfare or explanation, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia noted on July 16, 2012 that the French embassy in Washington, DC had conceded jurisdiction of an American court over the civil rights claim of a French embassy employee. [read post]
26 Sep 2007, 12:55 pm
During the Jena protest, civil rights activists embraced these methods. [read post]
29 Apr 2008, 10:21 am
Back on December 8, 2006, I wrote about a case in Virginia whereby a couple entered into a civil union in Vermont. [read post]
5 Jan 2016, 10:00 am
The estate of civil rights era icon Rosa Parks was recently defeated in court when the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against it on a publicity rights suit. [read post]
2 Jul 2009, 10:40 am
To translate, it is as though each side of the dispute finds it remarkable that a group of intelligent and well-educated people who read the same prior cases that it did could reach such an idiotic result. [read post]
1 Jul 2020, 6:44 am
” The Court’s decision in Bostock expands workplace discrimination protections to LGBTQ employees under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. [read post]
9 Mar 2018, 8:50 am
” Those words from the Second Circuit spoke volumes as the court ruled that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits sexual orientation discrimination, overturning their own long-standing precedent. [read post]
13 Oct 2020, 11:33 am
Social welfare rights, however, are second generation rights that unlike traditional civil and political rights raise certain daunting conceptual and practical challenges. [read post]