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Traveling While Hispanic: Border Patrol Immigration Investigatory Stops At Tsa Checkpoints And Hispanic Appearance, Pablo Chapablanco Jul 2019

Traveling While Hispanic: Border Patrol Immigration Investigatory Stops At Tsa Checkpoints And Hispanic Appearance, Pablo Chapablanco

Cornell Law Review

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Gender Parity: The Increasing Success And Subsequent Effect Of Anti-Male Bias Claims In Campus Sexual Assault Proceedings, Weiru Fang Jan 2019

Gender Parity: The Increasing Success And Subsequent Effect Of Anti-Male Bias Claims In Campus Sexual Assault Proceedings, Weiru Fang

Cornell Law Review

Part I of this Note briefly discusses sexual assault and the legislative and legal history of Title IX. Part II of this Note provides an overview of "male bias" gender-discrimination suits and focuses in particular on the recent decisions by the Second Circuit and Sixth Circuit. In Part III, this Note explains the discrepancy behind the circuit split and illustrates the ramifications of applying one standard over another by pointing to similar arguments made within the Title VII employment context. This Note contends, further, that for the sake of maintaining consistency across jurisprudence and vindicating the goals of discrimination laws …


Wrongful Termi(Gay)Tion: A Comparative Analysis Of Employment Non-Discrimination Laws And The Lgbtq+ Workplace Protections In South Africa And The United States, Jared Ham Nov 2018

Wrongful Termi(Gay)Tion: A Comparative Analysis Of Employment Non-Discrimination Laws And The Lgbtq+ Workplace Protections In South Africa And The United States, Jared Ham

Cornell Law Review

Although the United States has made great strides toward equality for its LGBTQ+ citizens in recent years, South Africa has demonstrated far greater progress concerning equal protection and employment non-discrimination of its LGBTQ+ citizens. The South African Constitution, South African Constitutional Court cases, and laws passed by the South African Parliament all mandate that LGBTQ+ South Africans be treated equally to their heterosexual counterparts. Discrimination against LGBTQ+ South Africans is expressly forbidden— including in the employment context. The United States still lacks comprehensive federal employment non-discrimination laws or workplace protections for LGBTQ+ individuals. Extending Title VII—either via court decision or …