As the New York Times reported on Monday, the United States Department of Justice filed a complaint challenging Alabama’s new immigration law, HB 56, on Monday in the Northern District of Alabama. The Justice Department argues that the “the state law conflicts with federal law and undermines federal immigration priorities” and that states cannot create [...]
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By Mary L. Bonauto and Gary D. Buseck Contrary to much of the commentary about the President’s decision not to defend DOMA in court, the issue of the standard of review for sexual orientation classifications is still a live claim in the First Circuit in the upcoming appeal of the Gill v. Office of Personnel [...] By Daniel Nazar Title IX recently emerged in the news in a very negative story, with Yale University facing a Department of Education probe into sexual harassment of female students and the school’s failure to address student complaints. This has led to criticism of Title IX’s weaknesses and calls for moves to strengthenen it, and [...] On March 9, 2011 at 5-7p.m. at Harvard Law School in Austin North Prof. Libby Adler presented her piece entitled, “Gay Rights and Lefts: Rights Critique and Distributive Analysis for Real Law Reform.” Click here to read the piece and the commentators’ responses. Streaming video of the March 9 presentation and discussion is below. [...] On the afternoon of February 28, 2000, Luis Alberto Jiménez was returning home from work when he was hit by a drunk driver in a stolen van near Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Mr. Jiménez was rushed to Martin Memorial Hospital Center (“Martin Memorial”), where he was stabilized, but only after suffering severe brain damage and [...] On February 1, CRCL’s Amicus will publish Prof. Libby Adler’s Piece entitled “Gay Rights and Lefts: Rights Critique and Distributive Analysis for Real Law Reform.” On March 2, commentators’ responses will be posted [...] Yesterday I highlighted two issues to watch for: role reversal on standing and the importance of the record. Reviewing these two items show a mixed result, but probably one more likely than not to affirm the district court decision (for those not following closely, that means same-sex marriage probably [...] By Mike Dorsi Today a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in Perry v. Schwarzenegger (1 PM Eastern/10 AM Pacific, C-SPAN, http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/Perryv ), the appeal of Judge Vaughn R. Walker’s ruling that Proposition 8, by banning same-sex marriage in California, violated the United States Constitution. The appellants seeking [...] |
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