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Civil Rights and Discrimination

University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law

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Equal protection

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The Racist Roots Of The War On Drugs And The Myth Of Equal Protection For People Of Color, André Douglas Pond Cummings, Steven A. Ramirez Jun 2022

The Racist Roots Of The War On Drugs And The Myth Of Equal Protection For People Of Color, André Douglas Pond Cummings, Steven A. Ramirez

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

By 2021, the costs and pain arising from the propagation of the American racial hierarchy reached such heights that calls for anti-racism and criminal justice reform dramatically expanded. The brutal murder of George Floyd by the Minneapolis police vividly proved that the social construction of race in America directly conflicted with supposed American values of equal protection under law and notions of basic justice. The racially-driven War on Drugs (WOD) fuels much of the dissonance between American legal mythology—such as the non-discrimination principle and the impartial administration of the rule of law—and the reality of race in the United States. …


A Look At Civil Gideon: Is There A Constitutional Right To Counsel In Certain Civil Cases?, Jess H. Dickinson Jul 2015

A Look At Civil Gideon: Is There A Constitutional Right To Counsel In Certain Civil Cases?, Jess H. Dickinson

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.


Criminal Procedure— Peremptory Challenges After Purkett V. Elem, 115 S. Ct. 1769 (1995): How To Judge A Book By Its Cover Without Violating Equal Protection, Jason Hendren Jan 1997

Criminal Procedure— Peremptory Challenges After Purkett V. Elem, 115 S. Ct. 1769 (1995): How To Judge A Book By Its Cover Without Violating Equal Protection, Jason Hendren

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.


Constitutional Law—Due Process—Equal Protection—Exclusion Of Females From Registration For Draft Not Violative Of Fifth Amendment, Neil Deininger Apr 1982

Constitutional Law—Due Process—Equal Protection—Exclusion Of Females From Registration For Draft Not Violative Of Fifth Amendment, Neil Deininger

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.