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The New Maternity, Courtney Megan Cahill May 2020

The New Maternity, Courtney Megan Cahill

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Constitutional law has long assumed that mothers andfathers are fundamentally different. Maternity, that law posits, is certain, obvious, and monolithic - consolidated in an easily identifiable person who is at once a biological, social, and legal parent. Paternity, in contrast, is construed as uncertain, nonobvious, relative, and often unclear. Over time, constitutional law has grown more insistent about the obviousness of motherhood. It also has cemented its idea of maternity into a fundamental principle of sex equality law that applies in settings - like transgender rights - that have nothing to do with certain mothers and uncertain fathers.

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Prophylactic Redistricting? Congress's Section 5 Power And The New Equal Protection Right To Vote, Michael T. Morley Apr 2018

Prophylactic Redistricting? Congress's Section 5 Power And The New Equal Protection Right To Vote, Michael T. Morley

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Rethinking The Right To Vote Under State Constitutions, Michael T. Morley Jan 2014

Rethinking The Right To Vote Under State Constitutions, Michael T. Morley

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The Law Of Nations And The Offenses Clause Of The Constitution: A Defense Of Federalism, Michael T. Morley Oct 2002

The Law Of Nations And The Offenses Clause Of The Constitution: A Defense Of Federalism, Michael T. Morley

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Weinberger V. Wiesenfeld, 95 S. Ct. 1225 (1975), Barbara Cozad Biddle Jul 1975

Weinberger V. Wiesenfeld, 95 S. Ct. 1225 (1975), Barbara Cozad Biddle

Florida State University Law Review

Constitutional Law- EQUAL PROTECTION- DENYING SOCIAL SECURITY "MOTHER'S INSURANCE BENEFITS" TO FATHERS VIOLATES EQUAL PROTECTION COMPONENT OF FIFTH AMENDMENT DUE PROCESS CLAUSE.