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Weighing Influence: Employment Discrimination And The Theory Of Subordinate Bias Liability, Keaton Wong Aug 2008

Weighing Influence: Employment Discrimination And The Theory Of Subordinate Bias Liability, Keaton Wong

American University Law Review

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The 'High Crime Area' Question: Requiring Verifiable And Quantifiable Evidence For Fourth Amendment Reasonable Suspicion Analysis, Andrew Ferguson, Damien Bernache Jan 2008

The 'High Crime Area' Question: Requiring Verifiable And Quantifiable Evidence For Fourth Amendment Reasonable Suspicion Analysis, Andrew Ferguson, Damien Bernache

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This article proposes a legal framework to analyze the "high crime area" concept in Fourth Amendment reasonable suspicion challenges.Under existing Supreme Court precedent, reviewing courts are allowed to consider that an area is a "high crime area" as a factor to evaluate the reasonableness of a Fourth Amendment stop. See Illinois v. Wardlow, 528 U.S. 119 (2000). However, the Supreme Court has never defined a "high crime area" and lower courts have not reached consensus on a definition. There is no agreement on what a "high-crime area" is, whether it has geographic boundaries, whether it changes over time, whether it …


The Espionage Act And National Security Whisteblowing After Garcetti, Stephen I. Vladeck Jan 2008

The Espionage Act And National Security Whisteblowing After Garcetti, Stephen I. Vladeck

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Should government employees ever have a right to disseminate classified national security information to the public? As a general matter, of course, the answer is "no." It is necessarily tautological that the central purpose of classifying information is to keep that information secret. But what if the information pertains to what we might describe as "unlawful secrets," and the individual in question has exhausted all possible non-public remedies, to no avail? Are there any circumstances in which the law enables the government employee to come forward? Should there be?

As this essay suggests, because of the broad language of the …


Fair Housing Laws And The Constitutional Rights Of Roommate Seekers, Christine A. Kolosov Jan 2008

Fair Housing Laws And The Constitutional Rights Of Roommate Seekers, Christine A. Kolosov

The Modern American

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The Death Penalty In America: Riding The Trojan Horse Of The Civil War, Michael S. Brazao Jan 2008

The Death Penalty In America: Riding The Trojan Horse Of The Civil War, Michael S. Brazao

The Modern American

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Extending Title Vii Protection To Non-Gender-Conforming Men, Colleen M. Keating Jan 2008

Extending Title Vii Protection To Non-Gender-Conforming Men, Colleen M. Keating

The Modern American

No abstract provided.


Undercover Power: Examining The Role Of The Executive Branch In Determining The Meaning And Scope Of School Integration Jurisprudence, Lia Epperson Jan 2008

Undercover Power: Examining The Role Of The Executive Branch In Determining The Meaning And Scope Of School Integration Jurisprudence, Lia Epperson

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Exiling The Poor: The Clash Of Redevelopment And Fair Housing In Post-Katrina New Orleans, Anita Sinha, Judith Browne-Dianis Jan 2008

Exiling The Poor: The Clash Of Redevelopment And Fair Housing In Post-Katrina New Orleans, Anita Sinha, Judith Browne-Dianis

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No abstract provided.


The Need For Equal Opportunity And A Right To Quality Education, Stephen Wermiel, Paul Wockstein Jan 2008

The Need For Equal Opportunity And A Right To Quality Education, Stephen Wermiel, Paul Wockstein

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No abstract provided.


The Hidden Harms Of The Family And Medical Leave Act: Gender-Neutral Versus Gender-Equal, Deborah J. Anthony Jan 2008

The Hidden Harms Of The Family And Medical Leave Act: Gender-Neutral Versus Gender-Equal, Deborah J. Anthony

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.