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Reproductive Rights And Medico-Legal Education Post-Dobbs: A Fireside Chat, Michael S. Sinha, Anna Krotinger, Maya A. Phan, Louise P. King

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

The Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization was a pivotal moment that reshaped the landscape of abortion policy and delivery of abortion care in the United States. To create a space for critical reflection on the implications of Dobbs for the teaching and learning of abortion care in both medical and legal education, the authors engage in a dialogue highlighting the varied perspectives of professionals and professionals-in-training in both the medical and legal professions. As new attacks on reproductive autonomy continue at both state and federal levels, we foreshadow a tumultuous landscape for abortion policy …

Progressive Constitutionalism And Its Libertarian Discontents: The Case Of Lgbtq Rights, Carlos A. Ball

Saint Louis University Law Journal

This Article, based on the 2023 Childress Memorial Lecture given at the Saint Louis University School of Law, argues that libertarian political morality and constitutionalism constitute double-edged swords for progressives. On the one hand, libertarian principles have helped advance some progressive objectives inside and outside of the courts, including several related to LGBTQ rights. On the other hand, libertarian understandings of the Constitution have undermined a wide array of other progressive distributive and egalitarian objectives. In promoting a generalized skepticism of state action, a progressive constitutionalism that embraces (or fails to question) the libertarian ethos of limited government and exclusively …

Accommodating Trans Rights, Susan V. Hazeldean

Saint Louis University Law Journal

In the last few years, state legislatures have advanced a record number of bills aimed at restricting the rights of transgender and gender non-conforming people. In the 2023 legislative session alone, 510 bills were introduced across the nation that would ban gender-affirming healthcare, weaken protection from discrimination in employment, public accommodations, and hospitals, censor drag shows, limit access to books about LGBTQ people, and exclude trans people from bathrooms and locker rooms, among other things. To many, these proposed bills are efforts to exclude transgender people from public life and effectively legislate them out of existence. Such attacks are likely …

The Constitutionality Of Daca: Balancing The Rights Of Undocumented Individuals And Constitutional Considerations, Olivia Dixon

Saint Louis University Law Journal

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Beyond Disability Rights: A Way Forward After The 2020 Election, Robyn M. Powell

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

Throughout Donald Trump’s presidency, people with disabilities and other historically marginalized communities experienced incessant attacks on their rights. From continuous attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, to decreased enforcement of federal disability rights laws, to reductions to social safety net programs, to the intentional disregard of the COVID-19 pandemic, Trump’s presidency threatened nearly every facet of disabled people’s lives. However, even before the Trump administration, people with disabilities experienced a range of pervasive and persistent social, economic, and health inequities. Moreover, many of these injustices endure today—nearly two years since President Trump left office.

The disability rights movement originated …

Making Rights Meaningful: Advocating For Simple Changes In Federal Agency Practice To Promote Health Equity, Mary Quandt

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

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Human Rights And Disinformation Under The Trump Administration: The Commission On Unalienable Rights, Robert C. Blitt

Saint Louis University Law Journal

The former administration of Donald J. Trump shattered norms governing the responsibility to relay accurate, truthful information to the public. Whether regarding trivialities or vital issues of the day, the “Trump Doctrine” unleashed a global torrent of damaging misinformation and disinformation. This penchant for falsehood and distortion did not spare U.S. human rights policy. The administration’s decision to establish a Commission on Unalienable Rights (COUR) represented a high-water mark in its campaign to subvert international human rights norms.

After introducing key concepts relating to misinformation and disinformation, this article reviews the establishment of the COUR and the substance of its …

Rights Not Fundamental: Disability And The Right To Marry, Gabriella Garbero

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

Disabled people have long been systematically excluded from marriage, despite its personal, religious, cultural, and symbolic importance, and despite it being treated as a fundamental right in other contexts. This exclusion has been perpetuated by arcane laws that require Social Security and Medicaid beneficiaries to include their spouse’s income and assets in eligibility calculations. Since eligibility is contingent upon very little income and very few assets, couples who marry and intend to keep benefits are forced to live far below the poverty line in order to meet income and asset criteria, and many people are unable to make such a …

Data Battles, Platform Shutdowns, And Digital Rights In Surveillance: Labor Politics In The Online Sex Industry, Winifred R. Poster

Saint Louis University Law Journal

Sex workers are often portrayed as groups with little authority over their jobs. But lately they are making much use of online spaces, both large scale public-facing platforms and their own smaller websites. Taking a deeper ethnographic look into their online activities, I recount a story of highly adept, technologically proficient, and expert digital navigation by sex workers online.

The analysis follows the trajectory of platforms in the online sex industry over the last two decades. First it charts the rise of platforms for matching, reviewing, and identity verification, many of which developed roughly around the 2000s, and their impact …

Emphasizing Voting Rights In And Out Of The Classroom: A Service Learning Model Toward Achieving A Just Democracy, Denise Lieberman

Saint Louis University Law Journal

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Constitutional Entitlements To And In Courts: Remedial Rights In An Age Of Egalitarianism: The Childress Lecture, Judith Resnik

Saint Louis University Law Journal

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Rights Without A Base: The Troubling Ambiguity At The Heart Of Constitutional Law, Stephen A. Simon

Saint Louis University Law Journal

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Should Foreign Sales Exhaust U.S. Patent Rights Post Quanta?, John R. Schroeder

Saint Louis University Law Journal

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When Gangs Were White: Race, Rights, And Youth Crime In New York City, 1954–1964, Anders Walker

Saint Louis University Law Journal

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The Continued Need For The Voting Rights Act: Examining Second-Generation Discrimination, Jenigh J. Garrett

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

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An Uncertain Future For Section 5 Of The Voting Rights Act: The Need For A Revised Bailout System, Christopher B. Seaman

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

In Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. Holder (“NAMUDNO”), 129 S. Ct. 2504 (2009), the Supreme Court declined to decide one of the 2008 Term’s most prominent issues: the constitutionality of the 2006 renewal of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. Instead, the Court adopted an unexpected statutory construction permitting the plaintiff to seek an exemption called “bailout” from continued coverage under this provision. Even though the Court avoided directly ruling on its constitutionality, NAMUDNO left little doubt that Section 5 remains on uncertain constitutional ground.

A revised bailout system is likely the best approach for …

Maine Election Law: Do Maine’S Petition Signature Requirements Deprive Third-Party Candidates Of Equal Protection And Freedom Of Association Rights?, David W. Morin

Saint Louis University Law Journal

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Transsexual Law Unconstitutional: German Federal Constitutional Court Demands Reformation Of Law Because Of Fundamental Rights Conflict, Gregory A. Knott

Saint Louis University Law Journal

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Teaching Immigration Law And Immigrant Rights From Your Own Caseload, Bill Ong Hing

Saint Louis University Law Journal

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The Death Penalty Of Civil Cases: The Need For Individualized Assessment & Judicial Education When Terminating Parental Rights Of Mentally Ill Individuals, Stephanie N. Gwillim

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

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An Excess Of Methods: Identifying Implied Fundamental Rights In The Supreme Court, Robert C. Farrell

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

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Reconciling The Conflicting Rights Of Victims And Defendants At The International Criminal Court, Mugambi Jouet

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

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Rights As A Functional Guide For Service Provision In Homeless Advocacy, Nestor M. Davidson

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

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When Conflicting Rights Collide: Dealing With Sexually Aggressive Students With Disabilities, P. Tyson Bennett

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

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U.S. Ratification Of The Convention On The Rights Of The Child, John Quigley

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

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Why The United States Should Not Ratify The Convention On The Rights Of The Child, Richard G. Wilkins, Adam Becker, Jeremy Harris, Donlu Thayer

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

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Hill V. Colorado And The Evolving Rights Of The Unwilling Listener, James J. Zych

Saint Louis University Law Journal

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Union Rights, No Dues: In Re Epilepsy Foundation And The Nlrb’S Extension Of Weingarten Rights To Nonunion Employees, Ladawn L. Ostmann

Saint Louis University Law Journal

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Prior User Rights For Business Method Patents, Robert C. Haldiman

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

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