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The Unconstitutionality Of Mississippi's Employment Protection Act And A Framework For Assessing Similar State Immigration Employment Laws, Nicholas Neidzwski Sep 2009

The Unconstitutionality Of Mississippi's Employment Protection Act And A Framework For Assessing Similar State Immigration Employment Laws, Nicholas Neidzwski

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

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Theorizing And Litigating The Rights Of Sexual Minorities, Nancy Levit Jan 2009

Theorizing And Litigating The Rights Of Sexual Minorities, Nancy Levit

Nancy Levit

One of the best measures of a society is how it treats its vulnerable groups. A central idea in Professor Martha Nussbaum's writings is that all humans "are of equal dignity and worth, no matter where they are situated in society." The strategic challenge in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) rights litigation is how to get courts to see sexual minorities as people worthy of equal dignity and respect. This article focuses on the roles of a positive emotion - love - and a procedural method of proof - science - in the shaping of laws defining the rights …


Engquist V. Oregon Department Of Agriculture: No Harm Meant? The Vanquished Requirement Of Ill-Will In Class-Of-One Equal Protection Claims And The Erosion Of Public Employees’ Constitutional Rights, Kerstin Miller Jan 2009

Engquist V. Oregon Department Of Agriculture: No Harm Meant? The Vanquished Requirement Of Ill-Will In Class-Of-One Equal Protection Claims And The Erosion Of Public Employees’ Constitutional Rights, Kerstin Miller

Maryland Law Review

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Civil Rights Litigation From The October 2007 Term, Martin A. Schwartz Jan 2009

Civil Rights Litigation From The October 2007 Term, Martin A. Schwartz

Touro Law Review

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