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University at Buffalo School of Law

Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal

2013

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Separate Is Inherently Unequal, Unless You're Religious: The Peculiar Constitutionalization Of Religious Segregation, Franciska Coleman Sep 2013

Separate Is Inherently Unequal, Unless You're Religious: The Peculiar Constitutionalization Of Religious Segregation, Franciska Coleman

Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal

This article seeks to explain how a relative newcomer to constitutional anti-discrimination jurisprudence, secular identity, has managed to gamer a far higher degree of protection than historically suspect classes, such as race and gender. It attributes this phenom- enon to the "separate but equal" model of equality inherent in the doctrine of "separation of church and state." It notes that, despite acknowledging that government segregation is per se unequal in the Brown decision, the Supreme Court has continued to enforce religious segregation as a requirement of the Establishment Clause. In doing so, the Court has created a new type of …


The Reliability And Admissibility Of Fingerprint And Bitemark Analyses, David Chandler Sep 2013

The Reliability And Admissibility Of Fingerprint And Bitemark Analyses, David Chandler

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No abstract provided.


Teaching The Power Of Empathy In Domestic And Transnational Experiential Public Defender Courses, Cary Bricker Sep 2013

Teaching The Power Of Empathy In Domestic And Transnational Experiential Public Defender Courses, Cary Bricker

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No abstract provided.


The Abu Ghraib Convictions: A Miscarriage Of Justice, Robert Bejesky Sep 2013

The Abu Ghraib Convictions: A Miscarriage Of Justice, Robert Bejesky

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No abstract provided.